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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We’re totally thrilled to be welcoming Roddy Woomble to this year’s festival. Truly one of Scotland’s finest songwriters (and frontman of legendary indie-rockers Idlewild, Roddy has just released his sixth solo record ‘Lo! Soul!’, which he celebrates with a special online stream this evening from…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source It won’t be for long, but applications for Long Division Festival 2021 (September 25th weekend) are now open. We are being cautious with our booking, so the festival doesn’t have a whole lot of slots available this year. But we will be running monthly gigs…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source LESS THAN A MONTH TIL OUR FIRST GIG IN AGES! The Government’s announcements confirming the next stage of re-opening gives a definite thumbs up to this show. So if you want to get back into the swing of live gigs, join us on June 5th…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We’re so proud and pleased to announce something pretty massive for us. We’re being supported by Youth Music in a really big way to create three brand new job roles for young people here at Long Division. The roles will begin in September and run…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Shout out to all Wakefield based musicians – we’re looking to run a few gigs through the Summer to get ourselves and yourselves back into the swing of things. We know everyone’s first gig back will be a big deal, but we’re looking for something…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Today we’re really saddened by the closure of long time LD venue Warehouse23. W23 has been a huge part of Long Division Festival for years and the home of some incredible memories for us, and no doubt loads of you too. We’re sending our love…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Log in or sign up to view Source Today is EARTH DAY. The Earth is pretty important – it’s where Long Division Festival happens. We’ve signed up to the Music Declares Emergency campaign not just for this reason of course, but because it’s probably the largest…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Thank you to EVERYONE that has either bought a ticket for LD2021, or simply kept the faith and held on to theirs from 2020. OR were one of the total legends that purchased one through last year’s Crowdfunder. All in, that means we’ve sold out…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Great to receive our first @LastNightFromGlasgow subscribers package! A quality source of new music and always enjoy working with them. Hope to have at least a few of their artists venture to Wakefield in September. MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We’re not ones to spam your timeline with well-trodden memes, but… We are about 70 tickets away from selling out Long Division 2021. We hope (and are working hard to make sure) we’ll be able to grow that capacity. But for now, that’s where we…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Our Songwriter’s Social Club wrapped up this week after a great month of get-togethers sharing insights, stories and approaches to making music. A big thanks to our super-mentors The State of Georgia, Sunflower Thieves and Jodie Nicholson for being so inspirational and to the brilliant…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source A reminder that we are looking for a designer to create some flyers / listings for the Wakefield Live Music Consortium gigs. Deadline in a week so please get in touch if you are interested (or tag someone that might be!) http://longdivision.org/designer-commission Designer MORE RECENT…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We’re putting on a gig! A real life, in the flesh gig! On June 5th, Crake and The Lodger will join us at Balne Lane WMC in Wakefield and we can’t wait. You may have noticed we announced streams by those artists over the last…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We are delighted and relieved to share the news that we are among 2700 organisations that will benefit from the latest round of the Arts Council’s Cultural Recovery Fund. This will allow us to fully return to the things we love doing and be part…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Log in or sign up to view Source It’s been good to see plenty of artists make a stand against what has been happening with SSD. In some cases, cancelling shows that would have earned them much needed income after an awful 12 months. But the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source #LDTV is back. You don’t need to wait until September for your next Long Division hit. Announcements of new and classic gig streams coming this weekend x MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Some great news + a great commission chance! We’re super pleased to be teaming up with Bodys Philophobia Music and Wakefield Jazz to present LOTS OF LIVE MUSIC, thanks to support from Arts Council England ‘s Grassroots Live Music fund. Collectively we will be working…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We’ve had such a good time with our Songwriter’s Social Club! This week we are joined by special guest Jodie Nicholson who will share inspirations, ideas and approaches to Songwriting. We’ve got a great group of young people from our first two weeks but we’re…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Excited that we are almost down to just double figures for remaining #LD2021 tickets. Yes, that’s pretty exciting! We are currently working on which venues we’ll be using this year and are hopeful some breakthroughs will result in us being able to up that capacity…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source So… a year. We’re still in the middle of this really. Next year will be a more interesting and realistic time to reflect. Although the death toll will surely be lower, the longer term effects will really be coming to light. But it is a…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source A happy Sunday to you all. It’s been real nice to see such a steady flow of people snapping up tickets for September, so thanks for that! In case you hadn’t spotted, we have different tickets from the standard £30. They are: – U18s ticket…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Big thanks to Joyzine for interviewing us about the return of Long Division. It was great to chat to them about what’s got us excited for 2021 and put together our first playlist of the year too. It’s all here:https://joyzine.org/2021/03/19/interview-playlist-long-division-festival-director-dean-freeman-on-returning-for-the-wakefield-fests-10th-year/ Interview + Playlist: Long Division…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We had a great time at the first ever Songwriters Social Club this week, with a brilliant group of young writers / performers. Our next one is on Wednesday Evening and we’re joined by special guests Sunflower Thieves – not only great writers of their…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Our first Songwriter’s Social Club kicks on Wednesday night. It’s free and aimed at 14-18 year olds who play an instrument or sing (at any level). It runs for 4 weeks and our first guest mentor is Georgina Jakubiak, followed by Sunflower Thieves next week!…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Great to be listed as part of a group of organisations creating online educational resources for young people during the Pandemic. There’s some great things here if you have young ones itching for something creative to get involved in. AND DON’T FORGET – we have…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Hope you’re having a great weekend. We’ve been making plans today for what could be a pretty awesome show in June. Yeah, June! In the meantime, if you’re in need of some live music, you could do worse than check out this show we streamed…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source It was great to launch our ⚡️Super 16⚡️ yesterday. For us, that’s already great value and a brilliant day of music. More will follow but it’d sure make us feel great if you were able to get our tickets in advance! http://longdivisionfestival.co.uk/tickets Here’s the statement…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source FIRST FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS for LONG DIVISION FESTIVAL 2021. Here we go; after Monday’s sneak peak, here’s our first full batch of artists for 2021. All in Wakefield City Centre within easy walking distance, in a range of weird and wonderful Wakefield spaces. Just £30 for…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source May we present: Songwriters Social Club! Our education wing #YoungTeam is launching a brand new online series of social songwriting events aimed at 14-18 year olds. The weekly socials will feature a guest mentor and a chance to meet other young people who love performing…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source To celebrate March 8th, we thought we’d surprise drop the first 9 artists for September 25th 2021. In 2018 we signed up to Keychange which is committed to a gender balance in festival lineups, and that work continues into 2021’s event. So, help us support…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Not long until those schools re-open! Anyone looking for an activity over this weekend for younger people might want to check out our Discover Sessions – a mix of videos sessions with rappers and folk artists and all sorts. They range from young people needing…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source You know the drill – it’s Bandcamp Friday. That means any sales we make today get a little bit extra in the bank as Bandcamp waive their fee. We’re fairly close to selling out a few items and the sun is starting to come out…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Whilst we get our exciting plans together to make Wakefield Rad Again (c) , don’t forget you can start getting you Summer wardrobe in order through our Bandcamp Page! https://longdivisionfestival.bandcamp.com/ MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source September 25th 2021. After 26 months of waiting we’ll finally be bringing Long Division Festival back to Wakefield. Tickets available now at the link below. We’re being cautious. We’ve reduced our capacity for the time being. We’re working with venues already to explore how things…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source amazing how quick the industry has lurched back into action – emails have been flying in and we should be able to share a first poster with you next week. And there’s some great news coming up for earlier in the Summer too: it’s hard…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We’re sure you’ve all seen the news of the Government’s Roadmap back to normality by now. Of course, it’s pretty exciting. And it certainly gives us even greater hope of putting on a great festival in September. In fact, that’s REALLY exciting. But we’re not…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Great to spend time today chatting with Wakefield College Students about organising events. We really want to see more young people leading culture in the city across all artforms, so really look forward to seeing the events they’ll create in the future. MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source A closer look at our second online education programme for young people: The Great Wakefieldian Songbook. This is ideal for guitarists of all abilities. We took our Songbook, which feature 20 songs of Wakefield from 1986 to this year, and created video tutorials for them…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source A closer look at the ‘Taster Sessions’ we launched yesterday as part of our online learning for young people. These are aimed at young people without access to any instruments, or even any previous musical ability. They’ll simply use their voices and things found around…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source #YoungTeam is Long Division’s education programme and today we’re launching some new strands aimed at young people struggling to engage with culture or looking for fun, music based activities to take on. Our “Discover: Taster Sessions” are bite-size mini-projects to introduce young people to skills…
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