Changes are afoot at c/o pop: not only is it taking place 2 months earlier this year than previously, from 23 – 28 June 2010, it’s also moving to the other side of the Rhine. That’s right: c/o pop has finally found a permanent home (at least for the next few years!) in the Staatenhaus am Rheinpark (Rheinparkhallen).
Despite the many changes, though, the festival will still feature all the projects and parties its visitors have come to know and love. more

The Interprofessional Studio of the legendary Architectural Association - School of Architecture (AA) and c/o pop are to collaborate as part of the new c/o pop Convention. As part of this multifaceted cooperation, content will be exchanged and common formats developed for cross-sector dialogue. more

Los Angeles based NVPR and the c/o pop Convention are teaming up to put into place a global marketing and PR campaign for the ever-expanding c/o pop Convention. The two progressive partners are pulling together the most ground-breaking themes and ideas from the Americas and Europe to carve out pioneering program points for the Convention. more

As every year, the South by Southwest festival (SXSW – 12-21 March) in Austin, Texas is set to present the newest trends in music, film and technology. Over the past few years the festival has become one of the scene’s most important gatherings and a true trend barometer. It goes without saying that c/o pop and Sound of Cologne will be in Austin again this year to discover new trends and present German artists. more

In the third year of their successful partnership, Früh and c/o pop are once again looking for the talents of tomorrow. Ambitious and creative DJs and, for the first time, live acts are invited as of now to enter the New Talent contest by sending us a Frühstyle mix! The winner will be selected by the c/o pop programme team and receive the unique opportunity to perform at the c/o op festival in June.* more

For the first time the music cluster Sound of Cologne and Total Confusion present the traditional Weiberfastnachts-open-air 2010. They found the perfect location with the Barthonia Forum at Venloerstraße to celebrate this very special Cologne holiday. more

c/o pop - Festival & Convention (23 - 28 June, Cologne) and the Reeperbahn Festival (23 – 25 September, Hamburg) are to collaborate on a major scale for the first time this year.
In the course of the cooperation, the Hamburg festival will present its own showcase at this year’s c/o pop, while the team from Cologne are to develop new discussion panels which will feature at both the c/o pop Convention and the Reeperbahn Campus.
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In the last few years, particularly within the framework of the Europareise project, c/o pop has played an active role in promoting cultural exchange between European export offices and festivals worldwide. To tie in with Ruhr.2010, the Ruhr metropolis’ reign as European Capital of Culture, MusicXport.nl has now initiated the DTEP (Dutch Talent Exchange Programme). more

Embracing the interior design frenzy gripping Cologne in the form of the Passagen, Frühstyle is celebrating Cologne Music Week by venturing amongst designers. And where do designers hang out? Right! In galleries! The stars of the guerrilla gig on Tuesday 19th January in the Franta Gallery are Beat!Beat!Beat!, one of Germany’s most promising young indie bands. The car park concert is followed by »Frühstyle Classic« with Pille Popstar in the Barracuda Bar. more

No time for a breather! Just three months after what was a bumper c/o pop 2009, followed by our move into the creative centre cc4711, there’s more big news to report: c/o pop has secured the use of Cologne’s Rheinparkhallen as its new festival headquarters and venue for the c/o pop Convention in 2010. And as if that wasn’t enough, as of next year, c/o pop will take place not during its traditional mid-August slot, but from the 23rd-28th of June 2010! more

From 18 – 23 January 2010 c/o pop is presenting its second Cologne Music Week the same week as the IMM Cologne - international furniture fair and PASSAGEN – Interior Design Week Cologne with a cultural diverse program. Amidst the bustle of 190 international designers exhibiting their work in the galleries, showrooms and furniture shops of the city centre, c/o pop will provide some unmissable concerts, parties and live acts. more

In mid-November, on the initiative of the music network sound of cologne, event organizers based in the city got together for the first time at an informal meeting in the new creative centre cc4711. The aim of the meeting, attended by around 20 representatives of Cologne’s event scene, was to gather information about the current requirements of event organizers in the city as the first step towards setting up a joint interest group. more

Networking, cooperation and knowledge transfer have been key c/o pop concepts since the beginning. For over six years, c/o pop has been encouraging various industries to pool their ideas and successfully integrating effective cross-sector communication into the annual conference programme. For the Frankfurt Book Fair, which starts on October 14, c/o pop has now developed an exciting new format. more

The legendary music conference In The City is taking place from 18th - 20th October in Manchester, England. Keynote speakers already announced include Mike Smith, Mark Ronson, John Harris, Anthony Volodkin, Sean Adams, Simon Raymonde, Pat Nevin and Gerad Mankowitz, as well as speakers from Seatwave, Soundcloud, Songkick and many more. c/o pop delegates will benefit from a special discounted rate to this year's In The City. more

At the music & culture convention a2n, taking place for the first time next week in Berlin, c/o pop and the industry magazine Musikwoche are taking the panel »Values 2.0 – intellectual property vs internet culture?« into the next round. (Thursday 17 September, 2 – 3.30 pm, Münze Berlin). more

A little exhausted, but delighted with what lies behind us and raring to go in 2010, we would like to thank all guests and friends of the c/o pop Convention warmly for attending in such numbers, participating with such engagement and showing such great interest in c/o pop this year. Some parts of the c/o pop Convention were recorded in full, and one hotly contested panel is now available as video-clip on our website. more

The official sound track to c/o pop 2009 is dedicated to entirely to Cologne’s own Italic label, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year - among other occasions on the big c/o pop Closing Party on August 16 starring Prins Thomas, Kreidler, Popnoname and Antonelli. more