CITY MUSIC FORUM 2021
Tuesday 8th June 2021 - online
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Music:Leeds City Music Forum is an opportunity for all stakeholders in music in Leeds to have their say, and feedback on important issues that impact the role and profile of music in the city. This online event will bring the music community together, and discuss recovery, development and plans for celebration from Leeds City Council and Leeds 2023.
Our event in 2019 featured keynote speakers from those working regionally, nationally and in Europe to support music communities, as well as from Tom Riordan, Chief Executive Leeds City Council alongside an open space for attendees to put forward their own topics for discussion. You can find out more about the event, and read the round-up of those discussions here.
For this upcoming event, we would like to bring the music community together to address overcoming the challenges of Coronavirus and the opportunities presented by Leeds 2023 and Leeds Culture Strategy.
Leeds music venues and businesses received over £5m support from the DCMS / Arts Council England Cultural Recovery Fund in Autumn 2020, but many in the music community have not had access to funding, including many self-employed freelancers. The financial impact has also affected many other public services, with Leeds City Council running consultation on services, while facing a £119m deficit for the coming financial year and seeking to maintain its commitment to supporting the culture sector.
Leeds 2023 is planned to be an extraordinary, year-long programme of creative experiences. Co-created with local, national and international artists, Leeds 2023 will be for Leeds, with Leeds and inspired by Leeds. With planning now well underway and a growing team, this will be an opportunity to hear more about the year, what opportunities will exist for music-related activity, and how the music community can take advantage of the spotlight on our city.
We’d like to invite anyone involved with music in Leeds to come to this event, listen, think and contribute to an afternoon of discussion that will feed directly into how music can play a role in the growth of the city, what it needs to be supported, and how it can be showcased. Notes from these conversations will be published after the event.
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2:00 pm – Session 1
Presentation: Leeds City Council - economic recovery, culture and culture strategy development (20 minutes)
Followed by breakout rooms – how do the emerging culture strategy priorities relate to Leeds’ music industry; what are key sector challenges over the next three years; progress - what has the sector managed to achieve or progress over the last year? (40mins)
3:00 pm – Break (30 minutes)
3:30 pm – Session 2
Presentation: Leeds 2023 – Vision, Delivery and Programme (20 minutes)
Followed by breakout rooms – How do the programme themes relate to your work? What do they make you think of? What can we do together using Leeds 2023 as a catalyst that we haven’t been able to do before? (40 minutes)
4:30 pm – Conclusion and Thanks
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Accessibility:
We'll be using Zoom for both the sessions, which works well on mobile, tablet and desktop and you don't need an account to join the meeting. Zoom is also usable with a screen reader.
In both Zoom sessions, automatically generated closed captions will be available and conversation can happen via the chat box as well as through video/audio.
There will be a thirty-minute break in between the two sessions.
If you have any access requirements or questions, please free to drop us an email at hello@musiclocal.co.uk.
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Unable to attend the event? Make sure you're signed up to our mailing list as we'll be collating feedback leading up to the event. However, we're really looking forward to welcoming a range of people to the event to share their thoughts, so we really hope you're able to make it!
Please note - the attendee list for this event will be sent out to all attendees before hand. This will include your name, job title and company name if you provide them in the order form.