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18.01.2019
Acceleration Program (Leansquare x The Universal Music Group Accelerator Network)
Be part of the first MusicTech start-up program in Belgium ! Organized by Leansquare, a VC fund based in Liège, this program aims to support the most promising international musictech start-ups. 10 start-ups will be selected to be part of the program. Teams will be individually coached by experienced entrepreneurs and music industry experts in […]
14.01.2019
Wallifornia MusicTech Hackathon: how technology impacts live experiences
Brave hackers, are you ready for some intense coding? Our Hackathon is coming ! Coders, artists, developers, companies that need creatives to use your API and build something innovative for the music industry alongside artists and industry mentors, come join us! This year’s thematics is : “How technology impacts live experiences”. Prior to the event, […]
17.07.2018
The second edition of Wallifornia Music Tech sets the Ardentes festival on fire (ENG)
The second edition of Wallifornia MusicTech closed its doors with the pride to have achieved its goals: increase the content quality and its number of international participants. On one side, the famous festival of urban music Les Ardentes settled in Liège, Belgium, announced its opening sold out. On the other, the professional convention, Wallifornia MusicTech […]
08.07.2018
Le Wallifornia MusicTech 2018 embrase les Ardentes (FR)
Dear Walliforners, La deuxième édition du Wallifornia MusicTech ferme ses portes avec la fierté d’avoir atteint ses objectifs : augmenter la qualité du contenu et le nombre de participants tant nationaux qu’internationaux. D’un côté, l’illustre festival de musiques urbaines Les Ardentes annonçait son ouverture à guichet fermé. De l’autre la convention professionnelle Wallifornia MusicTech a réussi […]
06.07.2018
Start-up competition at Wallifornia MusicTech 2018: The winner is…
More than 35 start-ups have been chosen to participate in our « Start-up Garden » to showcase the ultimate innovations of the field. During the week, 15 start-ups participated in our acceleration program. We are delighted to announce the laureates of our 2018 Pitch Session : The winners will walk away with the following prizes […]
05.07.2018
Investor Summit: a promising moment for music business
This Wednesday, LeanSquare was hosting the “investor summit” segment of Wallifornia Music Tech. More than thirty investors and ecosystems actors of the music world, coming from Belgium, but also from the USA, Israel, Scandinavia, Canada, … converged to Liège to discuss the future of music. Among the sharpest minds in the music business, like Scott […]
31.05.2018
10 start-up selected for WMT Acceleration Program 2018
Our acceleration program has its 10 Laureates ! The program will start in Liège before the convention [27th june – 6th July] ! Congratulations to all of them! The lucky 10 laureates will be receiving 10 days of coaching in Liège (Belgium) with invest fund VC LeanSquare in order to set up the best investing […]
02.05.2018
Open calls for Wallifornia MusicTech 2018
BE PART OF WALLIFORNIA MUSICTECH 2018! All activities / Tickets / Contact ABOUT WALLIFORNIA MUSICTECH Wallifornia MusicTech is a conference that gathers, each year, the international musictech industry, on the same week and the same place than Urban Music Festival Les Ardentes (80.000 festival-goers). Wallifornia MusicTech aims to promote music and new technologies by bringing together artists, labels, agents, festival organizers, musictech start-up, […]
22.09.2017
AGENDA – What’s new?!
Workshops, performances, talks,… No, you won’t get bored this autumn! TRAKK (KIKK Galaxy) is launching two cycles of workshops around music and sound. Want to learn new sound design techniques? Get familiar with analog electronic? Invent new instruments? You’re in the right place! The Théâtre de Liège is presenting its brand-new (and super exciting) European […]
09.08.2017
1st Wallifornia MusicTech Festival (Belgium) has been a success
AUGUST 9th, Liège, Belgium The first edition of the Belgian « Wallifornia MusicTech » Festival has been a great success. Launched in march, this new initiative was aimed to create a Musictech hub and to foster new experiences in the field of music and technology in Belgium. Organized by Les Ardentes Music festival, KIKK Festival, […]
12.05.2017
Call for 38 MusicTech Start-up for Wallifornia MusicTech
Are you launching a start-up in the creative industry and more specifically in MusicTech? Are you dreaming of meeting other cutting-edge start-up in the MusicTech? Of presenting your project in front of a panel of investors? Of exchanging with high-level mentors and experts? Of meeting leaders in the technology and music As a part of […]