This list is compiled by CIMA's UK/EU representative, Shain Shapiro. Shain has contacts for all of these festivals below. If you have any questions on the festivals listed below please email shain@cimamusic.ca.

European Showcase Festivals:
Legend:
** showcase
% trade fair
$ conference

Primary Opportunities:
Eurosonic (for business), WOMEX, Reeperbahn, Great Escape, MIDEM, PopKomm, Amsterdam Dance Event, Canada Day.

Secondary Opportunities:
Liverpool Soundcity, Celtic Connections, Inferno, Helsinki Metal Meeting, Leipzig Pop-Up, Internation Music Summit, Nuits Sonores, See Me Sofia, Spot on Denmark, Camden Crawl (for showcasing), Leeds Int'l Jazz Conference, European Jazz Network,

Tertiary Opportunities:
City Showcase, EU Music Days, MEI, Folk Arts England, TIME, By:Larm, Iceland Airwaves, You Are In Control, MusExpo, ILMC, Europavox, In The City, Dubai Soundcity, Music Southwest, European Forum on Music.

2010 European Showcase Festivals (2011 dates TBA when noted)

January:

Eurosonic
Groningen, Netherlands
Jan 12-15
%$
Eurosonic is the largest gathering of European festival organizers.  It's mainly rock/pop and Canadians are not allowed to showcase.  We can attend the trade side of it though.
www.eurosonic.nl

MIDEM
Cannes, France
Jan 23-27
**$%
No need to explain, as MIDEM is the largest music conference in all of Europe, held at the Palais in Cannes. There are limited showcasing opportunities.
www.reedmidem.com

Celtic Connections
Glasgow, Scotland
Jan 15-31 (conference Jan 28-30)
**%$
Celtic Connections is a two-week long traditional music festival for consumers, with a conference element titled 'Showcase Scotland' on the back of it in the final week.  It features a 'country sponsorship', which Nova Scotia is participating in next year, a one-day trade fair and a series of conferences.  It is the largest traditional music gathering in the UK.  The delegates are chosen by the organizers, as you have to apply, and there around 190 on average each year.
www.celticconnections.com
www.activeevents.org.uk

February:

By:Larm
Oslo, NO
Feb 18-20
%$
By:Larm is the largest Scandinavian rock and indie conference.  Canadians are not allowed to showcase, but we can attend the conference.  It's mianly Norwegian, but features businesses across Scandinavia and the UK.
www.bylarm.no

Helsinki Metal Meeting
Helsinki, FI
Feb 18-20
**$%
Helsinki Metal Meeting is the largest metal and hard rock conference across Northern Europe and Eastern Europe, featuring about 600 delegates and 300 bands.  It is strictly metal, but Canadians are allowed to showcase / plan showcases, as well as attend.  The Finnish Music Office is a partner. 
www.fme.fi

March:

International Live Music Conference
London, UK
March 12-14
$
The ILMC is a trade conference for the booking agents in the UK.  Anyone is welcome to attend and the main components are securing booking and festival dates for the next year.  There is no showcase or trade element, and the registrants are usually around 300.
www.ilmc.com

Tallin Music Week
March 19-22
$
It's the largest music festival in Northeastern Europe, but mostly featuring bands from Estonia. It is the best music market for Northeastern Europe, especially if one is interested in the the relatively strong Baltic festival market. A lot of Finnish companies attend as well.
www.tallinnmusicweek.ee

M4Music
Zurich, Switzerland
March 24-27
**%
M4Music is a small but growing music conference in Switzerland, and as I know it the only active Swiss centric conference.  It offers a demo clinic but is expanding its showcase model, from 1 venue to 3 venues.  It also has a conference element in Lausanne, which is a 2-3 hour train journey away.
www.m4music.ch

Leeds International Jazz Conference
Leeds, UK
March 25-29
**$
Begun in 1993, the event at the University of Leeds is one of the leading jazz conferences in Europe.  It picks a theme each year and is focusing mainly on the conference element, but there is opportunity to showcase as well.  It's very small and quite academic, but is a good networking event for strictly jazz organizers.
http://www.lcm.ac.uk/research-conference/leeds-international-jazz-conference.htm

Babel Med
Marseilles, France
March 28-31
**$%
This is billed as the gateway to the African music community, through the Mediterranean.  It is a fairly large showcasing festival with both a conference and a trade show.  It focuses a lot on folk and 'world' music, but has opened up to a lot of styles in recent years, including forms of dance.  It offers a fair amount of showcasing opportunities as well.
www.babelmed.net

Inferno Metal Meeting
Oslo, Norway
March 31- April 3
**$%
Inferno is the world's largest metal conference, essentially taking up from where Helsinki left off. Canadians are allowed to showcase, and it has a huge trade fair.  There is also a consumer driven music festival promoted alongside, and mostly Black and Death metal are the focus.
www.infernofestival.net

April:

New Skool Rules
April 1-3
Rotterdam, L
$**
- This is a relatively new but active hip-hop and urban music conference, that is small but very targeted.  It's centered on the Dutch urban community, but offers up international showcasing opportunities and has a good set of panels for the international delegates.
www.newskoolrules.com

European Forum on Music
April 15-19
Vienna, Austria
$
This is produced by the International Music Council (UNESCO) and Austria's classical music community.  It features evening showcases of Austrian classical performers, but during the day is a conference specifically targeted to European jazz and classical, mostly touring and licensing.
http://www.emc-imc.org/index.php?id=496

Printemps de Bourges
April 13-18
Bourges, France
$**%
A big indie music festival in Bourges, and possibly the largest independent industry gathering in all of France. Canadians are invited to apply and showcase, and it's one of the better domestic French opportunities.
www.printemps-bourges.fr

Jazz Ahead
April 22-25
Bremen, Germany
$%**
This is a new but exciting jazz conference that's in Germany, and one that looks to be the first of its kind. Not much is know about it, but there are limited showcasing opportunities and a large trade show element. Canadians are invited to attend and apply to showcase.
www.jazzahead.de

May:

Camden Crawl
London, UK
May 1-2
**
The Camden Crawl is a consumer-focused showcase festival, with no trade or conference element attached.  It is two days and around 300 slots for showcasing, both afternoon and evening, with a wristband policy in affect for consumers.  Canadian Blast will be staging an afternoon showcase at the festival
www.thecamdencrawl.com

Leipzig Pop-Up
Leipzig, DE
May 7-8
**$
Leipzig Pop-Up is the gathering for the indie (both style and independent) community in central and southern Germany.  There is a small trade show and a conference, and bands are allowed to showcase upon application.  It's very targeted towards the independent community and is the fourth music conference in Germany.
www.leipzig-popup.de

Go North!
Inverness, Scotland
June 10-12
$**
Go North is a targeted but small festival in the north of Scotland, and the largest in the region.  It is co-sponsored by the Rockness Festival, which happens that weekend.  Artists that showcase at one get a slot at the other, and they are open to applications.  There is a conference element as well.
www.gonorth.info

MusExpo
London, UK
June 10-11
**$
MusExpo is a two-day conference with around 15 showcasing slots, held in a hotel in central London.  It is mainly focusing on publishing and digital, and the showcases are often poorly promoted.  It is produced by A&R Worldwide.
www.musexpo.net

SONAR
Barcelona, Spain
June 23-27
**$%
Sonar is one of the largest and most respected music festival in Spain.  In addition to the consumer element, there is a business conference titled Sonar Pro, which is targeted towards dance and electronic companies from across Europe.  It should be seen as a priority within that genre. 
www.sonar.es