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2026 Mercury Prize returns to Newcastle Following its biggest year yet in 2025
2026 Mercury Prize returns to Newcastle Following its biggest year yet in 2025, The Mercury Prize has announced its return to Newcastle as the host city for 2026, in partnership with Newcastle City Council. The 2026 Awards Show will be...
Northern music export
Northern musicians are poised to expand their reach internationally through a new initiative aimed at showcasing...
Next up X Nrthrn Baby
We’ve teamed up with Newcastle-based music and culture agency Nrthrn Baby to launch a new two-year programme,...
New Black Music Incubator Empowering Northern Creatives in Music
A collaboration between a range of Northern cultural organisations and music industry heavyweights is aiming to...
Generator Appoints New Member of Their Board of Directors
Generator is ecstatic to welcome Yaw Owusu to their Board of Directors.
Lizzie Esau
This week we’re continuing our brand new feature on Tipping Point – ‘NE Hot Seat’ – where we sit down with some of...
Meet Our Create Live Cohort: Grace Stubbings
We get to know our Create:Live Young Promoters, read more about Grace Stubbings' (aka Moonray Pixie) Nature & AI...
MMF & YouTube Music open applications for their Accelerator Programme
The Music Managers Forum (MMF) and YouTube Music have announced that applications open today for their Accelerator...
MOBO and Newcastle City Council Announce The Fringe Festival
In Partnership With Generator, Glasshouse, Northern Roots & Nrthrn Baby In the lead-up to the highly...
NE HOT SEAT: BOO
This week we’re back with our artist insight feature ‘NE Hot Seat’ – where we sit down with some of the North East’s...
Generator Live 2024
Music, community and big conversations from the heart of the North East.
Community First: How We’re Powering the North’s Creative Culture
At Generator, community is not just something we serve. It’s something we build with. For over 30 years, we’ve worked...