Strasbourg Music Week Independant festivals: models, challenges,values

Pierre Hivert has been the director of the Décibulles festival since 2010

Set in the unique natural surroundings of the Vallée de Villé (67), Décibulles organisation set up an annual festival featuring 36 artists over 3 days of open-air concerts. 

The programme features an eclectic mix of internationally and nationally renowned groups, emerging artists and regional talent, not forgetting impromptu music and street art companies. Thanks to its conviviality and festive spirit, the Décibulles festival has carved out a place for itself in the cultural landscape of eastern France.

Nicolas Mohnen joined the publishing department of JauneOrange in early 2022, where he trained and specialized in catalogue management and synchronization. 

That same year, he co-founded a small booking and management structure based in Brussels, and joined the Microfestival team as responsible for pre-production and artist hospitality. 

Since 2024, he has taken over the booking department within JauneOrange in addition to his other activities.

Micro Festival: Created by JauneOrange in 2010, the Micro Festival has become a must-attend event for any alternative music enthusiast in Belgium. Held in Liège, over three days and three stages, the Micro brings together and unites a loyal community since 2010 (over 2500 people/day). The festival aims to be democratic, friendly, citizen-oriented, sustainable, focused on discovery and musical diversity.

JauneOrange Collective: JauneOrange is a community of independent bands based in Liège (Belgium) and an independent label operating since 2000. Within JauneOrange, you'll find around fifteen different musical projects spanning the entire spectrum of independent music (from pop to rock, from electro to folk, from punk to noise, with all the combinations you can think of...).
 

Yannick Grégoire joined the Collectif JauneOrange when he left university in 2010. That year, the Collectif created the Micro Festival.
Today, Grégoire is responsible for the co-ordination, co-organisation and co-programming of the Micro Festival and the co-ordination, co-organisation and co-programming of the Micro Festival.
of the Micro Festival and the co-coordination, label management, programming, organisation and production of JauneOrange.

Created by JauneOrange in 2010, the Micro Festival has become a not-to-be-missed event for fans of alternative music in Belgium. Held in Liège over three days and three stages, the Micro has been bringing together a loyal community since 2010 (over 2,500 people a day). The Micro Festival aims to be democratic, friendly, civic-minded, sustainable and focused on musical discovery and diversity.

Jérémie Fallecker est le fondateur, directeur et programmateur de l'association Pelpass basée à Strasbourg depuis 2006. 

Il est également programmateur au festival Decibulles depuis 2008 et Strasbourg Music Week depuis 2023. 

Pelpass est l'organisateur d'événements culturels à Strasbourg tout au long de l'année, parmi lesquels figurent : 
- Le Festival Paye Ton Noël : découvertes / musique / courts métrages et arts de la rue en décembre, 
- Le Festival Fanfar’o’doï : événement de fanfares et orchestres de cuivres mi-février,
- Le Festival Ind’Hip’Hop : festival de découvertes et d'éclectisme dans le hip-hop en mars,
- Le Festival Pelpass : festival en plein air sous chapiteau en mai

L’association Pelpass & Cie a vu le jour en mai 2006 à l’initiative d’un groupe de copains qui a décidé de créer ses propres événements culturels.
Aujourd'hui, plus de 100 personnes, dont la plupart sont des bénévoles, s’investissent dans l’association.
L’ambition première de l’association Pelpass est de proposer des manifestations pluridisciplinaires, originales et festives à travers la région Alsace, de contribuer au dynamisme du paysage culturel local et de soutenir l’émergence artistique. 
Ainsi, spectacles d’arts de la rue, de cirque, soirées hip hop, journées jeux, festival de fanfare, concerts de chanson française ou encore de rock se succèdent sans transition lors des nombreux événements organisés par l’association, tels que le festival Pelpass en mai, ou lors de la saison avec Ind’ hip’pop, Fanfarodoï, le festival Paye Ton Noël, etc…

Fabian Mösch (he/him, 1994, based in Zurich) has been working in various areas of the music scene for over ten years. 

He is part of the management team and is responsible for the programming of the One Of A Million Musikfestival in Baden (OOAM), an event that sees itself as a tasting festival promoting talented and emerging artists of tomorrow. Fabian Mösch also currently works as a project manager for PETZI, the Swiss federation of clubs and pop music festivals, for the booking agency Glad We Met Collective, and as a musician in various projects.

The OOAM festival focuses on pioneering creators of the current and future music scene alongside some better-known names. OOAM utilizes its roots and the city of Baden as a stage by performing in various diverse and unconventional venues such as churches, former cinemas, or city cleaning facilities. Thus, music and urban space harmonize and create exciting experiences. In addition to good music, the festival also focuses on environmental sustainability and societal engagement, structural values of OOAM since 2016.

Chris W. Burr is a music enthusiast.

A self-taught singer-songwriter in the 80s and 90s, he founded the booking agency Hotellounge in 1999, promoting international artists. The agency split into two divisions with a concert activity that radiates throughout Europe: the European office (green logo) is based in Saarland, near France and Luxembourg, and handles German tours, while its Swiss office (red logo) is located in Bern (Switzerland) and manages concerts.

In 2019, Hotellounge launched its own festival called Hemmersdorf POP, which takes place every October in Guerstling (FR) and Hemmersdorf (DE). This cross-border festival communicates in German and French. It showcases new trends in neo-classical, modern jazz and indie-pop from the Greater Region, and receives extensive media coverage in Germany, France, Luxembourg and other countries. The festival also covers cultural participation in rural areas.