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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source The brilliant Roddy Woomble should have joined us at Long Division 2020. We still hope he will be joining us for LD2021. But we DO KNOW that he’ll be playing a brilliant livestream on December 12th, right at the point when we’ll all…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Great to be included in ArtsDesk’s latest round up: “Wakefield’s annual Long Division Festival is a tightly knit support system for the indie scene…If you want a new artist smorgasbord and you want it on plastic, it’s vital one-stop shop.” + plenty of…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We’ve had a nice little rush on merch this week which has been lovely – this stuff really is keeping us going at the moment. Check out the link if you want to see what we’ve got, but we are down to the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We’re pretty quiet at the moment but we hope you are all doing ok. P.s. Nice work #WakefieldCouncil for going against the #Tory vote and pledging to tackle #childfoodpoverty MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source “The research, conducted on behalf of Live, the umbrella group representing the live music industry, estimates that 64% of the sector’s 262,000 workers will be out of a job by Christmas.” 170,000 jobs in UK’s live music sector ‘will be lost by Christmas’…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source So a whole heap of venues and organisations have been saved by the Arts Council – awesome. Now we need to think about those that weren’t. If nothing else, this is a golden age for new merch and our director got himself a…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Shout out to Association of Independent Festivals for working so hard on behalf of us and many of our peers the last six months. Right now we’re not planning next year’s festival, but in regular times we’d be getting started next month. The…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source A reminder that we are looking for musicians to help us create some digital content. You’ll likely get paid more than you would for the gigs that aren’t happening now and you can do it from the comfort of your own home! Artist…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We’re looking for schools to work with on a new project. Basically, a big gig in your school + workshops for musicians. How’s that sound? More info on the link below! Get Involved – Long Division CIC Get involved with Long Division's many…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source It's been great today to see so many organisations dear to us receive the news that they've received vital Arts Council funding to support them through this Covid crisis. But there will be plenty who didn't. Many weren't eligible (like us), many tried…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We are really pleased to be able to announce we have a brand new commissioning chance. We're looking for two musicians to help us create some online music tutorials to form part of our educational output. Or, we're looking for someone who can…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Big love to @wakefieldjazz for bringing live music back to Wakey. Great night with three lads from Agbrigg and one from Horbury. @dominic_ingham + Pete Rosser Trio #livemusic #live #jazz #Wakefield MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source “The Great Wakefieldian Songbook” arrived today and looks CLASS. Big old A4 beast full of secrets of songwriting #Wakeystyle – grab a copy through this link now: https://longdivisionfestival.bandcamp.com/merch MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Our celebratory 10 years gold enamel badges have arrived! They are real chunky fellas and happily dominate in the company of regular round badges. They very much represent what we feel is a massive achievement – to have not just survived an increasingly…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Thanks so much to everyone who treated themselves to merch yesterday! Still a chance to grab some limited edition bits and pieces before they all go out in the post on Monday. Link in bio / here: https://longdivisionfestival.bandcamp.com/merch MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We’ve got new merch! Lots of limited edition items to be snapped up including gold plated enamel badges, our Great Wakefieldian Songbook, pin badge sets, vinyl and some swishy enamel mugs. We thought it’s a nice way to celebrate our tenth year and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Tonight is the Wakefield Artwalk – digitally of course. Give them a follow on all their channels and explore using the hashtag #artwalkathome They will be sharing a retrospective of ten of the 20+ works we have commissioned over the last couple of…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source To highlight that the live events sector urgently needs support from governments to survive the Covid-19 crisis, there is a day of global action today on September 30th. Across the globe from 8pm local time, thousands of venues and places of work will…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We're so pleased to have completed our new project "The Great Wakefieldian Songbook Vol.1" https://longdivisionfestival.bandcamp.com/…/the-great-wakef… Created off the back of a little idea we had for our Crowdfunder, it's grown into a great celebration of Wakefield Music. It features 20 songs – chord…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source There can be a lot of controversy around the Mercury Music prize – who is nominated, who wins etc – but a band like Lanterns On The Lake getting a nomination is such a great thing and a real positive of what the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Thanks to @wakefieldexpress for the full page on our ambitious expansion of the #YoungTeam education programme. Our city needs young creatives and youth empowerment more than ever: “I don’t want to tell them what to do. I want them to create their own…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Great to hear some 6Music Tom Robinson Music airplay for In The Morning Lights – the track appears on our recent vinyl compilation and is a bargain £15 for that track and nine others from emerging artists. https://longdivisionfestival.bandcamp.com/album/new-addition-vol-2-2 MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source More good news over at LD Towers (we don't have a tower, yet). We were accepted to be part of the final cohort of Prosper North, alongside around 30 other organisations of all shapes and sizes. This provides us with 6 months of…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Some festivals – including the brilliant Deer Shed – showed alot of ingenuity this year. New festival formats: Who dares wins | IQ Magazine As the season draws to a close, IQ looks at festivals that dared to take restrictions in their stride…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source The New Adelphi over in Hull has such a legacy of amazing gigs and in order to keep things going through 2020, they’ve been releasing weekly posters from their Archive to buy. It’s astounding to think all these artists played there and so…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Our friends at Theatre Royal Wakefield are running a Crowdfunder right now and it'd be great if you could take a look. We love Theatre and Culture (of course) but they do so much more. Check this out from their info: "We regularly…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source All prepped for our first face to face team meeting on Monday since February. Supporting @musicvenuetrust at the same time @fightbacklager #newmusic #grassroots #Wakefield MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We're delighted to formally announce our success in securing funding from Youth Music for the first time. Their support, alongside what we had already received from Community Foundation Wakefield District has enabled us to employ an Education Development Manager and fund the delivery…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We’re really pleased to introduce you to a new member of the LD Team! Paul has been with us since the beginning, volunteering to run the Cathedral stage in 2011 (and meet a musical hero Emmy The Great – as you can see,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source A year ago this weekend saw the largest gig in Wakefield history take place (so we believe) when PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING played as part of the Festival Of The Moon. It was a great, hugely memorable event. BUT… Seven and a half years…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source A new compilation was dropped yesterday to raise funds for Wharf Chambers and Mabgate Bleach in Leeds – two essential and vital parts of the local DIY music infrastructure. It’s got some great deep cuts from all sorts of artists, so send live…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source It's no-fee Bandcamp Day. That means any purchases today = more money for artists. Our recent comp has been getting great reviews and is just £15 + P&P. "at least a couple of artists on here who are quite capable of being Long…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Great review of our compilation from the mighty Louder Than War Magazine : "at least a couple of artists on here who are quite capable of being Long Division headliners in the not too distant future." It's Bandcamp No-Fee day tomorrow, so a…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source We've had a cool couple of days where lots of our commissioned artists from over the years have dropped by to give us copies of their work, now that we have space to store them. It's been great refamiliarising ourselves with them and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source A live prize draw for all those who pledged to our Crowdfunder last month. Good luck! [fb_vid autoplay= “true” id=”photo_id”:”341526397028395″”][fb_vid autoplay= “true” id=”341526397028395″] MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Thanks to Maximum Volume Music for their review of the new compilation and a 9/10 rating. “This excellent compilation is well worth a listen” and possibly even a purchase. Do both at our Bandcamp… now! https://longdivisionfestival.bandcamp.com/album/new-addition-vol-2-2 REVIEW: LONG DIVISION FESTIVAL – NEW ADDITIONS…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Don’t mind Monday Mornings when we’ve got our lovely office to come into. So peaceful! Today we’re making our Great Wakefieldian Songbook… @ The Art House Wakefield MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Thank to everyone who has got themselves a copy of our compilation. It's been great writing out the addresses all over the country. We'll be heading to the post office tomorrow, so why not grab a copy right now? Just £15 (+P&P) with…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Our brand new compilation is finally released today. A bargain £15 for tracks from ten great emerging artists that should have played this year's festival. "packed with new discoveries to warm to at home" – Backseat Mafia "while this second collection – like…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Long Division Festival [ad_2] Long Division Source Tonight is the final of our Twitter #LDWorldCup20 and 32 of our most excellent performers from across the years have been whittled down to just two. ASH vs CUD Ash have never really been challenged, comfortably seeing off The Wedding Present, The Twilight…
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