[ad_1] SQUARE, a brand-new celebration of independent artists and grassroots music communities across the continents bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, is scheduled to take place from January 29th to February 1st, 2025. The four-day event will unfold across four locations in Portugal: Braga, Barcelos, Famalicão, and Guimarães. Positioned to contribute to a more diverse and…
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[ad_1] There can be no doubt that festivals play a crucial part in the nurturing of grassroots music, but we perhaps need to delve into the genres that are benefitting most from our sector and see if and how we can assist across the board. We asked Ray Paul, Creative Director at The Playmaker Group,…
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[ad_1] The Department for Culture Media and Sport, via Arts Council England (ACE) is encouraging grassroots music venues, recording studios, promoters and festivals to apply for grants of up to £40,000 to develop new revenue streams, make repairs and improvements, the grants are available until March 2025. The latest round of funding follows the original…
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[ad_1] Mr Wilsons Second Liners An annual, multi venue music festival with a twist, ONWARDS, as the name suggests, leads audiences successively through Huddersfield town centre grassroots music venues, showcasing a carefully curated programme of live music Onwards Festival began in 2016 fulfilling a concept conceived by event organisers Sam Hodgson & Noah Burton of…
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[ad_1] Forgetting The Future was added to the bill of 2023’s Isle of Wight Festival, having been selected from hundreds of applicants via Amplead’s Apply to Play to Play service, to perform on the Platform One stage. The band will play on Friday evening, receiving VIP treatment, being helicoptered in and out of the festival…
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[ad_1] Cellar Door Moon Crow. Phil (L) and Tommy (R). Download gave us the chance to chat with Cellar Door Moon Crow about 2022, all it has brought so far and the importance of festivals to grassroots artists looking to grow their audience. South Yorkshire’s Goodwin brothers, Phil (Guitar) and Tommy (drums and keys, sometimes…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals [ad_2] Source GOOD LUCK to all of the Grassroots Music Venues opening their doors today to #ReviveLive 🙌 GMVs have been working hard to create Covid Secure environments for artists and audiences to welcome back live music once again 🤟 Check out http://musicvenuetrust.com for more info…
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