The primary objective of the network is to foster information exchange and learning about one another’s experimental music scenes, to initiate new collaborations, and to increase audience exposure to adventurous music events and artists in the Nordic-Baltic region.
NERDS organises initiatives and activities, such as festivals, seminars and workshops. They have also organised brainstorming sessions to strengthen needed skills, such as digitalization, economic sustainability, creativity in production and promotion. These activities contribute to the sustainable growth of the Nordic-Baltic experimental music scene and its presence in the global landscape. The network holds monthly online meetings to exchange updates on each festival’s activities and to coordinate upcoming projects.
Network funding is part of the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, which strengthens artistic and cultural cooperation in the Nordic region and the Baltic countries.