Saturday April 13th is the confirmed date for the annual Amsterdam preview, Eurovision in Concert. Taking place once more at the Melkweg, it’s the perfect start to a month of Eurovision, leading up to the Grand Final on May 18th.
Joan Franka, Eurovision in Concert 2012 (Marieke Duijts, EBU)
Why should you think about going? We asked one of the organisers, René Romkes. “It’s a great party before the contest in May,” he explained. “And if you don’t have the opportunity to attend the real thing in Malmo, Eurovision In Concert (EiC) is the best alternative. We’re expecting more than twenty participating acts will come over to Amsterdam to meet the fans, and take to the stage with their Eurovision Song Contest entry.”
You can show your interest on their Facebook Events page, tickets should be on sale through the main EurovisionInConcert.nl websites in the next two weeks.
The ESC Insight team will be heading to Amsterdam, and it’s a very specially anniversary for us, as it was the first event attended by our senior interviewer Terry Vision. He’ll be back, grudgingly, to speak to the 2013 intake of singers to the world of Eurovision, just like Can Bonomo last year.