What a city can commission
Consultancy services
Elements can be commissioned individually or combined into a programme shaped around the district and its budget.
Music scene audit and report
Mapping venues, artists, infrastructure, gaps and funding needs, with written recommendations.
Social and digital strategy
Building and growing a city-wide platform, channel by channel, with a team who can keep it running.
Curated gig guides and programming
A public listing that people actually use, plus programmed events to fill it.
Networking and scene-building
Let's Make a Scene sessions, venue forums and industry talks on a sustained schedule.
Women in Music and diversity
Programmes that widen who performs, who attends and who feels welcome.
Training, talks and workshops
Practical capability building for venues, promoters and artists.
Long-term strategy and reporting
Council-ready reporting, evidence and forward strategy for institutional stakeholders.
Indicative engagements
Three ways to start
Scene Audit
8–12 weeks
Mapping, interviews, evidence base and a written report with recommendations a council can act on.
Fee on application
Scene Activation
6–12 months
Audit plus delivery: digital platform, gig guide, event series, networking programme and evaluation.
Fee on application
Retained Advisory
12 months+
Ongoing strategic support, quarterly reporting, programming guidance and an annual recognition moment.
Fee on application
Packages are indicative and shaped to the city. Elements can be commissioned individually.
Twelve to twenty-four months
Example roadmap for a city
- 01
Scene audit
Identify venues, artists, promoters and stakeholders. Establish the baseline and the pressure points.
- 02
Digital platform
Create the channels and gig guide, and build a local team who can sustain them.
- 03
Networking and events
Scene-building initiatives: convening sessions, venue forum, first showcases.
- 04
Programming guidance
Curated events, artist pathways and venue support with fair fees built in.
- 05
Annual recognition
An awards moment that celebrates achievement and gives the press a story.
- 06
Evaluation and reporting
Reports and recommendations for council and institutional stakeholders.
Outcome: a scene that runs without us
The measure of success is not our contract length. It is whether the platform, the network and the habits we build are still working in the city two years after we stop invoicing for them.
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Happy to run a free initial call on your city's music ecosystem and where the quick wins are.