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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source ‘Not consistent with Brexit’: Culture minister Caroline Dinenage responds to the petition for visa-free EU touring MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source A really nicely written piece by Colin of Radiohead about the joys and importance of touring in Europe. Each article seems to pull a couple more insights out of the bag: “There’s also that ugly word, cabotage – the rights for transport movement – with…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source PRS WITHDRAWS ONLINE TARIFF We warmly welcome PRS for Music‘s logical revision to the Online Small Scale Tariff announced last week, enabling songwriters to perform their own material without licence for streaming events. The introduction of this Tariff has already seen hundreds of live events…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Thanks to you all for your kinds words of support around our postponement – it really does help! Some of you may be interested in becoming Patrons. It means supporting us with a little each month (as little as £3, so basically a coffee or…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Here’s your evening; 30 short films of all kinds as part of Artwalk Wakefield ‘s film night. Get on the link below and watch in any order at your leisure. From us you’ll find a ten years retrospective and a performance from Rib Corps as…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source The news you feared but were likely expecting. We look forward to welcoming you to a brilliant Long Division Festival on September 25th 2021. If you want to help us through these tricky times take a look at the link below. Otherwise, look after yourselves…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Tomorrow night it is Artwalk Wakefield Film Night. It looks great and we’ll be sharing two brand new films: 1. A ten year retrospective on us and what we do. Some nice memories including very early shaky footage of venues that no longer exist! 2.…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Be assured; the government at the top level has utterly let down the festival and live events sectors. Actually ‘let down’ is far from adequate a term, but there you go. Bare in mind this is the second festival season to take place during the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source This is really long but good weekend reading. Great insight with numbers and information on the future reality of European touring post-Brexit. You have to ask, why would a government do this to its own Music Industry? THE FIRST WHAMMY – this is a long…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source This coming Wednesday is Artwalk Wakefield ‘s first film night. There’s loads of great shorts lined up *including* a brand new film from us. It’s a bit of a journey as it started a year ago when we were gearing up up celebrate our tenth…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source A detailed report from NME here into the return of live music and festivals in 2021: When and how could gigs and festivals return in 2021? Industry insiders tell us what to expect MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source A very quick read on how the UK Government has completely destroyed the UK Music Industry, not just for our artists, but effectively closing us off as a market to European performers. It’s as much of a wall as you can build without getting the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source It really is crunch time now for festivals. It’s not months, it’s weeks. We’ve been represented by our Association Of Independent Festivals membership which has been great but it really is time for the government to engage with the specific challenges and needs of the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source It’s 2021 and we really want to put on a festival for you this year! Like all festivals, January is going to be a big make or break month for us. So we are asking for your help. Would you be so kind as to…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Hello to you all as we say farewell to 2020. We’ve been quiet on socials because that’s a nice thing to do and we’re sure you’ve got plenty going on to not need to hear from us. But we did want to offer our heartfelt…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source A great livestream lineup here, featuring a few old Long Division friends. It’s a Pay What You Can deal, with funds going towards a Food Bank Charity. Seriously, check out that line-up! We’ve never made it to a Kid Canaveral Christmas Baubles Show, but this…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We've worked with IVE to create some content for their "Arts Award Discover At Home" programme – a great way for young people, parents and carers to keep engaged with Arts & Culture. We brought in our old friend Leon Rhymes of Too Many T's…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source 2020 – it’s nearly over. We’re getting ready to wind down, but before we do… we’d love to make a few last trips to the post office and get some merch sent out to you. T-shirts, Books, Badges, Music – it’s all here in our…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Wakefield’s last rehearsal space closed down in October. We now find ourselves in a city where there is nowhere for artists and artists to rehearse. It’s a basic piece of live music and creative infrastructure and not having it will massively, detrimentally effect Wakefield. We’ve…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We had some great news this week; we've received a small grant from the Tesco Bags Of Help programme to help develop our Songbook Tutorials into a full online package that can form an Arts Award Qualification for young people. That'll mean sending out free…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We were wondering, how many of you have been getting into the livestream shows lots of artists have been doing? Of course, it’s not quite the same but we’ve enjoyed making the effort (nice beers and snacks, maybe getting dressed up…!?) for the gigs. We’ve…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We had a great time today filming some new commissions; video tutorials for our #GreatWakefieldianSongbook – it was really cool to hear Wakefield music reinterpreted – like our own private mini gig. We'll use the videos as part of our education output, thanks to Adam,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source We’re in the ArtWalk’s Creative Christmas Gift guide if you’re looking for something a little different. Lots of other very good creative people in here too. Creative Christmas Gift Guides It can be hard enough to find the perfect creative Christmas gift for the quirky…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Our Merch Sales have been a real lifeline for us this year. For a festival, we are either selling tickets, selling merch or encouraging sponsorship and funding. With no event, they are all pretty difficult to achieve! It's the last Bandcamp No-Fee day of the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Really sad news from Mush yesterday and we’d like to join many, many others in passing on our thoughts to the band and their extended family of friends and fans. They would have played our BBC stage this year and we were so excited for…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source It's December, which means we can recommend some Christmas listening to you. The fanzine that birthed us, Rhubarb Bomb, released two Christmas EPs and they are both available as Name Your Price on the Long Division Bandcamp. Without wishing to pick favourites, highlights include the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Source Can it really be December tomorrow? We’ve been down the post office today already to send out the latest orders. These Tees are going really fast, so do grab one soon! The “Wakefield Ist Rad” tee was taken from a design originally put together for…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We’re super excited to be part of the Wakefield Artwalk Virtual Marketplace with loads of great creatives. It’ll be a brilliant place to find unique Christmas gifts and support creative folk directly. Even though it’s digital, we’ve been getting in the mood and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Got the projector out this eve for @thecribs livestream… Goodness we need live music back in our lives, but this’ll keep us going a little longer… #cribs #cavern @cavernliverpool #livemusic MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Congrats to @thecribs on the release of their new album today. Can’t make it to @wahwahrecordswakefield to pick up our copy today but we’ll be at the @cavernliverpool tomorrow gig tonight. Alright! #Wakefield #DIY #NightNetwork MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source A week today the Artwalk’s Virtual marketplace kicks off and we’re part of it – alongside some other brilliant artists. The idea is that it’s a great place to pick up some awesome and unique Christmas gifts whilst also supporting independent artists. We’re…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We’re really pleased to be working with Studio Print Press on our new t-shirts – we wanted to make sure we supporting independent business as much as we can. And the great news is they’ll be with us at some time around the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We’ve got some good news – we’ve been successful in securing some funding to buy Wakefield a “City PA”. This will be available for free / severely reduced hire fees for all local artists and promoters. This idea dates back to long before…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source 2021 is going to be class. No Trump, No Cummings and lots of great festivals. Grab our 10th Birthday Calender to keep track of all the excitement (and rescheduled 2020 gigs) and help us keep things going into the new year. https://longdivisionfestival.bandcamp.com/merch #2021calender…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Want to do something great today? You could become a Long Division Patron. Tiers range from £3 – £10 a month and come with a range of perks. The absolute basic is to be part of our private chats, monthly video updates and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Alright, so, we’d been planning to open a shop this month. Just a little pop-up thing but with an exhibition with loads of great things we’ve commissioned, old artworks etc. We very much hope we’ll be able to do that next year. However!…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Wishing you could see live music this evening? A recommendation for you; @lanternsOnTheLake are streaming a live show this evening from The Sage in Gateshead. Crazily, they’ve had such an outstanding year with a Mercury nominated album, yet they’ll see the year out…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Thanks to everyone who has been supporting us today on No Fee Bandcamp day. Lots of interest in our new / back in print T-shirts – and great to see some badges and vinyl go too. There was alot of request to get…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Here we are, back in lockdown. Don’t know about you, but it’s felt like we’ve been walking a tightrope for a long time now. After so long and so many months of crisis, it can be difficult to know what we can still…
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