Yard Act named as this summer’s most-booked new act at European festivals

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Yard Act have been named in a new study as this summer’s most-booked new music act on the European festival circuit.The annual study, which is conducted by the European talent exchange programme ESNS Exchange, sheds a light on “the most promising European emerging acts of the moment”.Yard Act have come out on top of this year’s study, racking up 11 bookings at ESNS Exchange-affiliated festivals in 2022.The four-piece are three ahead of Ukrainian rapper Alyona Alyona, Priya Ragu and Wet Leg, who have eight European festival bookings each.

The likes of CMAT, Holly Humberstone and Daði Freyr also feature in ESNS Exchange’s charts.You can see ESNS Exchange’s top 10 most-booked emerging acts, as well as a top 10 of the most-booked acts per country, below.ESNS Exchange Artist Chart 11 – Yard Act (GB) 8 – Alyona Alyona (UA) 8 – Priya Ragu (CH) 8 – Wet Leg (GB) 7 – CMAT (IE) 6 – Enola Gay (IE) 6 – Holly Humberstone (GB) 6 – Mesterem Mees – (BE) 6 – Mimi Webb (GB) 6 – Mezerg (FR)ESNS Exchange By Country Chart  11 – Yard Act (GB) 8 – Alyona Alyona (UA) 8 – Priya Ragu (CH) 6 – CMAT (IE) 6 – Meskerem Mees (BE) 6 – Mezerg (FR) 5 – Joe & The Shitboys (FO) 5 – Altin Gün (NL) 5 – Friedberg (AT) 3 – Daði Freyr (IS)Yard Act will headline the Left Field at Glastonbury next weekend, with the band also set to perform at William’s Green at this year’s festival.You can see the band’s upcoming UK tour dates below and find any remaining tickets here.July15 – Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival, Stirlingshire21 – Secret Garden Party, Abbots Ripton22 – Truck Festival, Oxford22 – Standon Calling Festival, Hertfordshire23 – Bluedot Festival, Cheshire24 – Tramlines, Sheffield27 – The Cluny, Newcastle28 – The Caves, Edinburgh29 – Deer Shed, Thirsk30 – Ynot.