Three pillars
What we do
Advice and delivery in the same contract — research that tells a city what is true, and the programming that acts on it.
Music ecosystem reviews
We meet venues, artists, promoters and organisations to map local music activity — identifying strengths, pressures, gaps and the opportunities that are already sitting there unclaimed.
- Venue and artist mapping
- Stakeholder interviews
- Barriers and risks
- Report and recommendations
Cultural event programming
We curate events, showcases and networking that bring a community together, live and digitally, and put local talent in front of real audiences.
- Curated line-ups and showcases
- Multi-venue event series
- Digital gig guides
- Artist fees and fair booking
Talks and workshops
We share what actually works: building sustainable grassroots communities, social media that people engage with, event management, artist development and diversity in music.
- Sector talks and panels
- Practical workshops
- Venue and promoter training
- Artist development sessions
Delivery, not just advice
Tested in Bradford first
Every recommendation we make has been tested in Bradford first — as a live platform, a public event series, an awards show and a venue forum. We hand cities a method that has already survived contact with reality.
Delivered, at scale
Live events and programming
Darley St Market
Large-scale delivery with 10,000 footfall across the opening weekend — a new civic space activated with live music from the first day it opened.
Let's Make a Scene
A recurring networking series that put artists, venues, promoters and organisations in the same room, on purpose, on a schedule.
Formats that learn
Indoor acoustic versus outdoor amplified, line-up length, stage placement — every format adjusted from the last event's evidence.
What we handle
- Multi-act line-up coordination
- Artist liaison and contracting
- Paid performances across multiple venues
- Stage, sound and technical planning
- Marketing, listings and press
- Post-event evaluation and reporting
Let's Make a Scene · Venue council
Convening the venues
We host and chair private venue meetings, bringing local venue owners into one room to share challenges and solutions they would not put in writing. It is the single highest-value hour in the calendar.
- Chaired venue council meetings with clear agendas and follow-up.
- Collaboration and cohesion encouraged across the city's ecosystem, including competitors.
- Strong working relationships with councils, cultural organisations and arts institutions.
- A model designed to be replicated in new cities from a standing start.
- Someone has to hold the middle. Cities rarely lack talent or venues — they lack a trusted, neutral convenor with no competing commercial interest in the room.
Development work
Community, artists and equity
A scene is a network of people who know each other. Most of our development work is simply making sure the right people meet, repeatedly, with something to do when they get there.
What we run
- A working network of musicians available for events, collaborations and public exposure.
- Seasonal Top 8 Artists to Watch, distributed to BBC Introducing, local media and venues.
- BMS Awards celebrating artists, venues and organisers, driving positivity and recognition.
- Let Them Eat Cake — Women in Music events promoting inclusivity and visibility.
- Networking events and talks with influential industry professionals.
Equity as method
Diversity in our programming is not a reporting line. It changes who turns up, which audiences a venue can reach, and whose city it feels like — and it is one of the easiest things to get measurably right.
The measure is not how many events ran, but how many careers moved forward because the city finally had a route through.
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.