Speaking, training and chairing
Talks, workshops and keynotes
We are asked to speak as often as we are asked to deliver. Alongside consultancy we run full-day workshops, deliver talks and keynotes, and sit on or chair panels — sharing exactly how a grassroots scene is built, promoted and sustained, with the evidence of having done it in a city that started from very little.
All-day workshops
A full day, hands-on, for bands, venues, promoters or council teams. People arrive with a project and leave with a promotion plan they wrote themselves.
- Half day or full day
- 10–40 participants
- Workbook and templates
Talks and keynotes
Conference keynotes, council briefings, college sessions and industry events, tailored from strategic overview to practical detail.
- 20–60 minutes
- Tailored to the brief
- Q&A included
Panels and chairing
We sit on panels and chair sessions — venue forums, cultural summits, night-time economy debates — keeping a room honest and useful.
- Panellist or chair
- Agenda and prompts
- Written follow-up
What a workshop day covers
Six practical modules
Promoting your band
Identity, content that travels, press and radio, getting on the right bills and being asked back.
Filling a venue midweek
Programming, listings, partnerships and the promotion habits that turn a half-full room around.
Building a scene
How artists, venues and promoters stop competing and start compounding each other's audiences.
Digital and social that works
Daily posting, tagging and engagement — the method behind 80k+ monthly reach.
Listings, print and press
Running a gig list, distributing print, and getting local media to care.
Fair pay, access and safety
Paying artists properly, inclusive line-ups, safeguarding and accessible events.
Who it is for
- Bands and emerging artists
- Venues, promoters and pub operators
- Council culture and economy teams
- Universities, colleges and youth projects
- Festivals and cultural organisations
Formats
- Full-day workshop, in person
- Half-day intensive
- Keynote or conference talk
- Panel appearance or chairing
- Remote and hybrid sessions
Let's talk
Start the conversation
Happy to run a free initial call on your city's music ecosystem and where the quick wins are.