Daniel Somlo

Co-Founder/Head of Booking at Budapest Showcase Hub

Daniel Somlo, Co-Founder/Head of Booking at Budapest Showcase Hub aka. BUSH (ETEP member showcase festival+conference), Founder&Agent at Catharsis, home of Daniel Avery, Max Cooper, Halina Rice, GOLAN, XCES, Fvlcrvm; and booker/international PR manager at INOTA Festival 2023 where he booked artists like Nils Frahm, Rival Consles, Overmono, Forest Swords, Lebanon Hanover, Blackhaine, Caterina Barbieri, Lucrecia Dalt, Daniel Avery, Max Cooper, etc. Also booker of two iconic downtown venue in Budapest and one open-air summer venue at Lake Balaton.

He has been working as an A&R at Eastaste Music (the only all-Central-Eastern European music licensing agency) for almost ten years where he signed more than 300 artists from 16 countries of the CEE region, and represented them for sync and licensing.

After he left the company, took over the hottest new Budapest venue, Turbina’s programming as an international promoter for the first year of their operation.

He has worked with hundreds of artists/managements/agents/labels/publishers and has an extensive network of key music industry players across all Europe/UK with a strong focus on Central-Eastern Europe and its rising new music scene.

A frequent visitor of international music conferences/festivals and a true cultural missionary.