Together with 23 organisations from across Europe’s music ecosystem, MCN joins a joint call urging EU institutions to ensure a strong budget and an ambitious sector-specific approach for music within the future AgoraEU programme. While we welcome the proposed increase in the programme’s budget, the current AgoraEU proposal fails to include dedicated measures for music, despite the sector facing major challenges related to cross-border mobility, access to sustainable funding, skills...

Europe’s music ecosystem is often discussed at a strategic level - in policies, funding lines, and frameworks designed to operate across borders. Yet the ecosystem itself does not exist on paper. It exists in places. In cities, towns, and regions where artists develop, venues anchor cultural life, and policy decisions are felt immediately. This reality shaped Music Cities Network’s  full-day programme at Eurosonic Noorderslag  2026 in Groningen . As part of the 8th Music Moves Europe Dialogue...

Many of you already know, but we’re happy to officially share that Music Cities Network will be back at ESNS this year - and with a strong role in shaping the conversation.