Launchpad Festival - 15th April, 2022

What: All-dayer
Who: ft the likes of Dialect, Rumbi Tauro, Sister Wives, Team Picture and loads more!
Location: Belgrave Music Hall, Headrow House & Howard Assembly Room

Launchpad Festival is a new live music event featuring over 30 new and emerging artists from across Yorkshire, performing across 3 venues in Leeds City Centre, with a single ticket gaining entry to all the acts.

Artists included:

Akin Amusan / Blackson / Chante Amour / Chiedu Oraka / Curtis Charles / Dialect / Dilettante / Dreuw / Fran Minney / Galaxians / Hang Linton / James Adrian Brown (DJ) / Jessie Marcela (DJ) / Harris Hameed / joegarratt / Josephine Sillars / La Rissa / Lucky Iris / Luxury Goods / Mollie Coddled / Ntantu / Pile of Clothes / Pleasure Centre / Rosie Miles / Rumbi Tauro / Shauna (DJ) / Simeon Walker / Sister Wives / Skinner / Sunday Lendis / Team Picture / Tsarzi / VERA SACRA / Wandering Monster / wax works / Wildest / Yaatri

All the artists performing at the festival had been supported by Launchpad - a talent development program that supports artists and emerging professionals throughout Yorkshire in the music industry. Launchpad offers ongoing support through its advice portal, including regular advice sessions, and biannual open calls for new artists to apply for support. 

Launchpad Festival was paired with Launchpad Conference, a free day of panels, workshops, presentations and networking for those working in, or aspiring to work in the music industry, with speakers from the local music scene, and those working on a national and international level taking place the day before, on Thursday 14th April.

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Launchpad Festival is part is delivered by Music Local, partnering with Super Friendz & Howard Assembly Rooms and is supported by Youth Music, with public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England, as well as Leeds 2023, arts@leeds, Leeds City Council, Awesome Merchandise, PPL, PRS For Music and PRS Foundation's Talent Development Partnership supported by PPL.