The Spanish Wave open call for Zandari Festa (South Korea)to celebrate in Seoul among the September 4th and 6th.
In 2025 The Spanish Wave made its way to Asia for the first time at Zandari, a party where you can listen to new music from around the world, participate and attend showcases, conference panels and do business.
Zandari means “small bridge” and the wave crosses this bridge between Spain and Korea again to present new talents. Last year, they were Alexabril and The Petunias the artists who crossed that border to present themselves to the Asian public.
This year it is brought forward and will be September 4 to 6 in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, a historic city and the sixth largest metropolitan economy in the world as well as being the national center of the music industry, entertainment and culture. In addition to the showcases, the festival has a series of conferences as a platform to become known and share experiences.
At various concert halls and other locations in the area of Hongik University (“Hongik Daehakgyo” in Korean), a neighborhood in the Mapo district of Seoul, South Korea, from which it is named, each year Zandari Festa offers more than 100 performances from Korea and artists from around the world. The neighborhood is known for its street art and indie music culture, as well as its shops, clubs, cafes and entertainment. in Seoul. In turn, a very select group of international professionals attend Zandari Festa to discover the most innovative and emerging Korean music in a close and efficient environment that can only be experienced in Asia.
Conferences are also an important point these days where industry delegates representing festivals and labels, in cooperation with foreign embassies, each year present showcases with artists from different parts of the world. It also has secret shows and business opportunities that make the festival great. The Hongdae area is known as ground zero of Korea’s independent music scene.
If you want to participate in the call you can do so at this same link. The call ends on June 30 at 11:59 p.m.
The Spanish Wave is a project for the internationalization of Spanish talent that aims to help in the export of emerging artists and bands from our country, participating with “showcases” in the most important fairs, festivals and musical events in the world, with the presence of professionals from the national and international industry. It works closely with booking agencies, record labels, both national and international promoters, as well as with partners such as AIE, the SGAE Foundation, Instituto Cervantes, Live Nation Spain, Ticketmaster Spain, Mondo Sonoro and Radio 3.
