Guy Garvey, Tim Burgess, Frank Turner To Curate New Multi-Venue Manchester Event Off The Record
Tuesday, 09 August 2016
Written by Laura Johnson
Guy Garvey, Tim Burgess and Frank Turner are among 30 curators announced for a new multi-venue event in Manchester, which has been put together by those responsible for Kendal Calling, Sound City and Bluedot, in collaboration with Louder Than War.
Off The Road will take place on November 4 and as well as industry talks and seminars during the day, in the evening it will play host to performances by 30 new artists across six venues. The line up will be chosen by the curators, which, in addition to Garvey, Burgess and Turner, include John Kennedy, Huw Stephens and Lara Baker, among others.
The only criteria for the line up selection is that a band can be no more than 24 months old and cannot have released a debut album. The bill will be announced 24 hours before the event.
Andy Smith, director of From The Fields promotion company said:
“Each curator will nominate the top three emerging acts that they believe will make the biggest impact on the national stage in the next 18 months. Their combined recommendations will see the most nominated 30 acts programmed to perform. And these will be NEW acts.. acts which have formed within the last 24 months and yet to release an album. We believe that new music is at a creative high and we will prove it with this unique event.
We’ve taken the unusual step to not release a lineup until the event is nearly upon us. For most emerging artists a captivating live performance comes well before they have the opportunity to step foot in a professional recording studio - we want to capture the thrill of seeing something truly special and new on stage for the first time with no preconceptions.
The networking element of conferences is very important to me. The idea for Kendal Calling was formed at a music conference in Kendal back in 2005, and I’ve gone on to meet brilliant people at conferences as far apart as Brighton, Norwich and Halifax (Nova Scotia), some of whom have become very key members of our team. I hope the conference will prove a very useful gathering for Manchester and the North’s music industry, whether aspiring or professional.”
John Robb of Louder Than War also commented on the event:
“As a music fan who listens to new music all the time and loves the way music culture has fast forwarded into the 21st century I am thrilled to be part of this new music conference that puts Manchester back at the centre of UK music. There is so much great new music not only to talk about and listen to but also to discuss how we get to listen to it and encourage it into the future.”
Ticket are available via the event's website, with prices starting from £15.00, plus fees.
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