Create: Live - Generator

Create: Live is a brand new project made possible by the Youth Music Incubator Fund

Over the past year, we have been training 10 young people across the North East to become the next generation of live music promoters, with the opportunity to plan and deliver a show at a local venue.

About the Programme

Bill Ryder-Jones performing on stage at the cluny at tipping point live 2019

We will train 10 young people across the North East to become the next generation of live music promoters. You will…

Learn new skills, form peer networks, and access mentoring
Demonstrate your development by planning and delivering a show at a North East venue featuring local artists and other local industry freelancers
Attend relevant industry insight events curated by Generator to support your development and help your planning process
Join an industry network
Be matched with a relevant mentor and have regular meetings, who will help guide you through the programme and support the development of your career
Receive a budget of £1000 to spend on venue hire, artist and crew fees, advertising and promotion (within guidelines)
Receive up to £500 bursary for travel and other necessary expenses

Meet our 2021/2022 Create:Live Cohort! See details of their live shows below

Evie Hill

Evie Hill

Written Records: Interchanges
27th February at The Cluny

Written Records presents Interchanges, an exciting new music night exploring the places in which genres meet, and in which new sounds are discovered.
Pippa Morgan

Pippa Morgan

PM Music: NEWISM (North East Women In Soul Music)
19th March at Cobalt Studios

Bringing you a night of the region’s best current and upcoming female soul artists, featuring: Georgia May, Kate Bond, Frankie Jobling and FALLU
Grace Stubbings

Grace Stubbings

Moonray Pixie Presents Nature & AI
9th April, The Studio

An immersive art installation with live music, exploring themes of the development of AI and Nature and how they correspond.
Live Music from Me Lost Me & Madeleine Smyth with a DJ set (special guests).
Donny Jevs

Donny Jevs

Pundits Present: Teessound Festival
17th April, Basecamp Boro

Teessound will unite musicians, creators and all lovers of art and sound from TEESSIDE…
Bringing you a day and night of local culture and RAVE…
Ellen Harris

Ellen Harris

Blue Brick Promotions: Brella Fest
23rd April, Tyne Bar

Lyras & others
Kier Kyle

Kier Kyle

Strutter Promotions presents: Lovely Assistant and Maius Mollis

30th April, Bobiks

Defiantly without genre Lovely Assistant explore long-distance, long-dead Americana alongside bygone bits of the New Wave.
Archie Jury

Archie Jury

Damp Squib Promotions presents the best live R&B and Hip Hop artists in the North East.
Rebecca Cook

Rebecca Cook

The Alternative Fix presents: details coming soon!
Scarlet Kane

Scarlet Kane

Never Sleep presents: details coming soon!

Damp Squib Productions

R&B vs Hip Hop. 27th January 2022 – Fabios, Durham

Written Records

Written Records: Interchanges. 27th February 2022 – Cluny 2, Newcastle

PM MUSIC

NEWISM (North East Women In Soul Music). 19th March 2022 – Cobalt Studios, Newcastle

Moonray

Nature & AI. 9th April 2022 – The Studio, Hartlepool

Pundits Network

Teessound Festival. 17th April 2022 – Base Camp, Middlesborough

Blue Brick Productions

Brella Fest. 23rd April 2022 – Tyne Bar, Newcastle

Strutter Productions

Lovely Assistant + Maius Mollis. 30th April 2022 – Bobiks, Newcastle

The Alternative Fix.

Announcement coming soon

Neversleep.

Announcement coming soon

the band polo performing on stage at tipping point live 2019

Live music is the incubator that nurtures new artists, allowing them to test, experiment and grow.

The North East is becoming increasingly dominated by a few large promoters, which reduces opportunities for emerging artists and diversity of both artists and audiences.

Creating a new peer network of promoters across the region preserves a space for talent development, increases diversity and access of artists and audience, promotes collaboration and co-creation, and strengthens the grassroots music community.

The skills you gain through this programme are transferrable to other music industry roles such as Artist Manager, Tour Manager, Festival Producer, Artist Liaison, and more.

About Youth Music's Incubator Fund

Youth Music’s new £2 million Incubator Fund – expected to run over at least the next two years – is designed to help music industry organisations, particularly micro-businesses and SMEs, to harness the skills and creativity of diverse young talent.

It offers grants of up to £30,000 to forward-thinking music industry employers to support the careers of people aged 18-25. The funding, which can be spent on wages and support, provides a tangible way for small, independent organisations in the music industry to thrive and collaborate with the next generation and the wider sector.

The fund is available to people in England, Scotland, and Wales and has been made possible by support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

It works particularly with those who don’t get to make music because of who they are, where they live, or what they’re going through.

Every year, Youth Music funds more than 300 projects nationwide, supporting around 80,000 children and young people to make music, develop their skills, and progress on their chosen paths. The charity campaigns alongside young people to advocate for those who are missing out, to invest where it’s needed most, and to drive change in the music industries and education.

Youth Music is funded thanks to the National Lottery via Arts Council England, players of People’s Postcode Lottery, and support from donors, partners and fundraisers.