National final season may be behind us for another year, but with Eurovision looming there’s still plenty to look forward to. As always, April is dominated by preview events. We see the return of the ever popular London Eurovision Party and Eurovision in Concert, while the Moscow Preview Party is the highlight of the east. However, all the action kicks off in Latvia with the Eurovision PreParty Riga. It may just be in its third year, but the concert has already established itself as a prominent fixture in the Eurovision calendar.
With so much going on, it’s easy to lose track. We’ve prepared a handy guide to all four parties, so whether you’re planning on jetting out and joining the festivities or just following the fun from home, there’s no excuse not to be fully up to date.
* Updated 01:30 CET 22 March 2016
Eurovision PreParty Riga – 2 April
Participants: Ivan (Belarus), Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Jüri Pootsmann (Estonia), Hovi Star (Israel) Justs (Latvia), Barei (Spain) and Rykka (Switzerland).
Special Guests: Herreys (Sweden 1984) and Schlagerfeber (Eurovision and Melodifestivalen cover band).
Tickets: €12 plus booking fee. Buy online or at the door.
More information: Official website and Facebook.
Moscow Preview Party – 3 April
Participants: Eneda Tarifa (Albania), Iveta Mukuchyan (Armenia), Samra (Azerbaijan), Ivan (Belarus), Minus One (Cyprus), Kaliopi (FYR Macedonia), Ira Losco (Malta), Lidia Isac (Moldova), Sergey Lazarev (Russia), Serhat (San Marino), Barei (Spain) and Rykka (Switzerland).
Special Guests: TBA
Tickets: 1,500 to 3,000 Russian Rubles. Buy online.
More information: Facebook and VK.
Eurovision in Concert, Amsterdam – 9 April
Participants: Eneda Tarifa (Albania), Iveta Mukuchyan (Armenia), Zoë (Austria), Ivan (Belarus), Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Nina Kraljic (Croatia), Minus One (Cyprus), Amir (France), Hovi Star (Israel), Francesca Michielin (Italy), Justs (Latvia), Kaliopi (FYR Macedonia), Lidia Isac (Moldova), Highway (Montenegro), Douwe Bob (Netherlands), Agnete (Norway), Barei (Spain) and Rykka (Switzerland), Manuella (Slovenia).
Special Guests: Hera Björk (Iceland 2010)
Tickets: Sold out.
More information: Official website, Facebook and Twitter.
London Eurovision Party – 17 April
Participants: Zoë (Austria), Nina Kraljic (Croatia), Minus One (Cyprus), Greta Salomé (Iceland), Francesca Michielin (Italy), Justs (Latvia), Kaliopi (FYR Macedonia), Highway (Montenegro), Michal Szpak (Poland), Barei (Spain), Agnete (Norway), Ovidiu Anton (Romania), Ira Losco (Malta), Amir (France), Poli Genova (Bulgaria) and Joe and Jake (United Kingdom)
Special Guests: Eleftheria Eleftheriou (Greece 2012), Selma (Iceland 1999 and 2005) and Aminata (Latvia 2015).
Tickets: £39.37 plus delivery fee. Buy online.
More information: Official website, Facebook and Twitter.
Omg! Barei works Hard! She’s present in all cities ! Lov it !
Agnete will be in London too.
Los Leo…ones a ruguir a la selva, pues solo son alimañas salvajes, ese es su sitio su ecosistema.
Leo cuantos años tienes? Por tu comentario estoy seguro que mentalmente no superas los 5. No creo que en europa esten muy interesados en el dinero que tenga Barei. No creo que sean tan marujas de porteria como algunos eurofan españoles, entre los que te incluyo a ti claro esta. GO SWEDEN!!
we don’t know all of the participating countries for the eurovision in concert yet so maybe we’ll also see ireland, czech republic etc.
Lack of promotion isn’t really an issue any-more. None of the top 5 of last year did any promotion and managed to do well. Curiously does who did promotion(Spain, Slovenia and some more) didn’t do to well. So maybe promotion is to much promotion?
Ireland misses the preview parties again?!? This annoys me and is also ONE of the reasons that we fail so bad. Ireland gives zero promotion to its entry and that usually means that the first time people outside of Ireland see the Irish act live is at the semi finals. These preview parties are where fanbases are formed and people begin to support their favourites, not to mention the practice for the actual ESC and trying out different things and swing how the audience reacts before it hits the stage in Stockholm. This is why we fail every year.
Leo: I guess Barei´s family will pay for her outfit, coaching… but not for her EuroPromo that´s why she has just signed with Universal, no need to get the RTVE ‘s financial agreement .
@Leo
Spain buying votes? Of course, we do it every year, my god… Do you have any problem with Barei being in every concert? Do you have any problem with Barei’s family money? Is having a rich family a problem to participate in Eurovision? Has that something to do with buying votes? So, if for any reason Barei reachs the Top 10 that will mean she has bought votes? I hope you were only joking.
Samra (Azerbaijan) will be in Moscow too.
Yeah…Germany does not participate in any of these events…Czech Republic too?? Sad =(
*not amused how promotion and odds influence the outcome the last few years*
Nicky must be keeping the feet up for the next 2 months…
LOL you can tell Barei’s family money is doing it’s job. She’s paying for everything because TVE doesn’t pay and she’s everywhere… will she buy some points at the eurovision as well? We’ll see
@William Lee Adams You missed that Måns Zelmerlöw will be in London. Just saying.
Too bad Gabriela from Czech Republic is not in any event bad points for her
wow, Barei is hella busy