IMPALA REVEALS 2025 ARTIST AND LABEL CAMPS WITH PARTNERS FROM
NORWAY, PORTUGAL, SWEDEN, FINLAND, HUNGARY AND TURKEY
Oslo, 11th September 2025
IMPALA is delighted to reveal the recipients of the 2025 Artist and Label Camps, a programme co-funded by the European Union to strengthen the independent music ecosystem across Europe.
The 2025 camps will be hosted by:
- Artist Camp – FONO / AMAEI (Norway & Portugal) – at by:Larm Music Festival and Conference,11–13 September
- Label Camp – HAIL / BMYD (Hungary & Turkey) – at BUSH Showcase Hub, 29–31 October
- Label Camp – SOM / IndieCo ry (Sweden & Finland) – location and date TBC
These Artist and Label Camps (announced earlier this year) are being organised through services provided by independent associations and are designed to foster cross-border collaboration, empower the next generation of artists and music companies, and promote diversity, sustainability, and innovation within the independent sector. By bringing together emerging talent and entrepreneurial labels from different countries, the camps create new opportunities to share knowledge, build networks, and showcase creativity to wider audiences.
The camps form part of IMPALA’s wider EU co-funded projects, aimed at boosting the competitiveness and resilience of Europe’s independent music community, while celebrating its cultural diversity and supporting a more sustainable future.
About IMPALA
IMPALA was established in 2000 and now represents over 6000 independent music companies in Europe. 99% of Europe’s music companies are small, micro and medium businesses and self-releasing artists. Known as the independents, they are world leaders in terms of innovation and discovering new music and artists – they produce more than 80% of all new releases and account for 80% of the sector’s jobs. IMPALA’s mission is to grow the independent music sector sustainably, return more value to artists, promote diversity and entrepreneurship, improve political access, inspire change, and increase access to finance. IMPALA works on a range of key issues for its members and started a new co-funded work programme as an EU cultural network in 2025. IMPALA runs various award schemes and has a programme aimed at businesses who want to develop a strategic relationship with the European independent sector – Friends of IMPALA
