Developing Lancashire’s Music Industry, People, Scenes and Places
On Friday 28 March at the Mechanics in Burnley, the Lancashire Music Association (LMA) will be hosting an event to look at the future of Lancashire’s music industry, and how to enhance Lancashire’s profile as a place for music.
The convention will bring together music people from across Lancashire along with special guests; music legend Peter Hook, author Rebecca Hook, Will Wolstenholme from BBC Introducing, musician/ author/ journalist John Robb, pioneering tour manager/ author/ wellbeing coach Kim Hawes, and more.
Whilst the event will look at what can be learned from northern cultural flashpoints of the past, the event will be predominantly future facing. It will help build networks and consider how to gain advantage through working more collaboratively.
Music Industry Advisor Tony Rigg, who founded the Lancashire Music Association explained,
“Lancashire is home to numerous flagship music activities and businesses already, and it has more than its fair share of musical talent. There is tremendous enthusiasm and energy in our music communities and scenes, which is clear from some of the amazing music things that are happening out there, but also evident through things like the tickets for this event selling out almost immediately.”
The LMA officially launched October 2024 at the first Lancashire Music Summit. Since then, it has been bringing music stakeholders together, building a network of strategic partners, collaborators and supporters. These include some of Lancashire’s outstanding music enterprises, music makers, venues, local authorities, arts and culture organisations, trade associations, educational institutions including universities and colleges, and many more. The advisory board currently has sixteen members representing different places in Lancashire and perspectives from the music industry, with plans to add more.
Rigg added,
“Most important of all are the LMA members, Lancashire’s music people, present and future. This Burnley event is also a consultation meeting. We are here to listen, understand our member’s needs, and to help build a thriving music industry for the county”.
The event is for any, and all music stakeholders in Lancashire, those working on public domain music and related activities, professional, semi-professional, and anyone interested in developing a sustainable music career.
If you missed out on tickets for this event, the LMA will be coming to a town near you with a series of activities across Lancashire but to make sure you are first to know about upcoming events, you can join the LMA for free at www.lancashiremusic.org.
This event is supported by the Lancashire Music Hub and in association with Arts Lancashire, Burnley Leisure and Culture, BLC Group, The Mechanics, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire County Council, More Music, Actual Music, Rebellion Festival, and others.