Glastonbury Festival announce Emerging Talent finalists

Invite-only Final is held Saturday 30th April

By Raph Pour-Hashemi | Published: Wed 6th Apr 2022

Glastonbury Festival 2022

Wednesday 22nd to Sunday 26th June 2022
Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4AZ, England MAP
around £265 (sold out)

Daily capacity: 210,000

Glastonbury Festival 2022 has announced the finalists for the EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION 2022, which is supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation.

The acts, chosen from thousands of entries, are: Amahla, Crae Wolf, English Teacher, Lewis McLaughlin, Nia Wyn, Smoothboi Ezra, SOFY and Zola Courtney. Listen to them below.

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This year’s invite-only final will take place on Saturday 30 April, 2022 - which we at eFestivals will cover.

The winners of the free-to-enter competition will be given a slot on one of the main stages at Glastonbury 2022. They will also be awarded a £5,000 Talent Development prize from PRS Foundation to help take their songwriting and performing to the next level. Two runners-up will also each be awarded a £2,500 PRS Foundation Talent Development prize.

The eight acts were selected by Glastonbury judges from the longlist of 90 artists which was compiled by 30 of the UK’s best online music writers.

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