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BEYOND THE MUSIC has announced 70 new artists for its 2024 music lineup. Partnering with brand new curators for its second year, including SXSW, Manchester Pride, BBC Introducing and Secret Garden Party, Beyond The Music will welcome over 200 artists to perform for its 3 day takeover of Manchester’s Northern Quarter and Aviva Studios from 9th – 12th October 2024. Tickets for the second edition of Beyond The Music are available here.

Led by its NO ARTISTS. NO MUSIC ethos, the music lineup for Beyond The Music 2024 strives to showcase a genre-spanning range of grassroots artists on a global platform. Its by-night music programme will follow upon 3 days of vital music industry conversation between some of the most important voices in music, tech and content at Aviva Studios; offering brand new artists from Manchester and beyond the chance to perform in front of some of the industry’s most powerful players.

Earlier this year, the festival issued a call out for new artists to perform at Beyond The Music 2024. As a result, 70 brand new artists have been added to this year’s festival, with 25% of the lineup dedicated to local North West-based artists, including [ K S R ], Yasmin Coe, poor effort., Moreish Idols, Cody Frost and more.

Speaking about the lineup for Beyond The Music 2024, festival founder Oli Wilson says: “Our festival is all about supporting the new wave of music talent. We haven’t booked headliners, we’ve selected this lineup with an amazing range of curators and also from several thousand new artists that applied to play this year.

From going through that process and booking the festival it seems like there is a revolution pending in music and we’re really proud to be able to give a platform to this new generation of musicians. The talent isn’t just in one genre, it’s in every genre, and we’re representing that diverse mix of music and people in the festival.”

BEYOND THE MUSIC 2024 – MUSIC LINEUP

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BEYOND THE MUSIC 2024 – STAGE CURATORS

In addition to its night time music programme, Beyond The Music will take over Aviva Studios with an expansion upon its preexisting conference structure. Spanning twelve summits, four keynotes, ten networking sessions, talks, and exclusive announcements, its 2024 delegate programme welcomes some of the most influential voices in music, tech and content to uncover solutions on some of the most pressing challenges in the music and content sector today. This year asking ‘Is It Time For The Music Industry’s Great Reset?’

The speakers so far announced for the 2024 edition of Beyond The Music include: Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester), Rebecca Ferguson MBE (Artist), Tony Harlow (Warner Music UK), Grace Blakeley (Economist / Author), Sam Taylor (BBC Radio 3), Matt Wilkinson (Apple), Dan Chalmers (YouTube), Jen Smith (CIISA), Tom Gray (The Ivors Academy / Gomez), Nick Raphael (NWS), Tom Vek (Artist), Zelda Perkins (Can’t Buy My Silence), Erinch Sahan (Doughnut Economics Action Lab), Laura Harper (Lewis Silkin), Gemma Vaughan (AO Arena), Futurecut (Songwriters/Producers), Dr. Jo Twist MBE (BPI), Annabella Coldrick (MMF), Andy Edwards (UK Music), Jon Collins (LIVE), Richard Jacques (Composer), Sophie Jones (BPI), Dotty (Apple Music), Sam Duckworth (Get Cape, Wear Cape Fly / MVT), Karen Gabay (BBC broadcaster / filmmaker), Ben Wynter (AIM), Atlanta Cobb (MIM), Kara Mukerjee (Warner / Restore The Music), Sarah Wilson (Tunecore), Dr Diljeet Bhachu (Musicians’ Union), Ni Maxine (Artist), Grace Meadows (Help Musicians), Roxy Erikson (Music Climate Pact), Elijah (DJ / Writer), Abbas Lightwalla (IFPI), Gregor Pryor (Reed Smith), Nick Fellingham (Condense), Laurence Oxenbury (PPL), Nickie Owen (Universal), Sarah Williams (IMPEL), with more to be announced soon.

Beyond The Music has been hailed for its unwavering dedication to opening the floor for honest and topical discussions across music industry issues – and today brings a new wave of announcements for their daytime programme. Today’s announcement includes The Evolution of Black British Music, later expanding with Who Is Looking After The Industry’s Mental Health? – A Collective Remedy where Music Minds Matter will lead a groundbreaking cross industry mental health initiative bringing together industry allies in order to deliver a cross sector strategy.

2024’s conference programme will bring together some of the biggest names in the music industry, for example, welcoming Warner Music UK’s CEO and Chairman Tony Harlow for an opening Keynote discussion. The conference will also revisit their call for climate action with an update on the Music Climate Pact from its leader Roxy Erikson. New to the schedule this year is the Classical Summit, the first Classical Summit to be held in the North, it aims to help usher classical music into the mainstream in both audience and discourse.

BTM will also open vital conversations around the support of the broken grass roots pipeline during the Growing the grassroots: How cross industry investment can save the music ecosystem panel. The Economics Summit will feature economists from outside of the industry as well as stakeholders from within including Grace Blakely and Erich Sahan, Dan Chalmers (YouTube), Annabella Coldrick (MMF) and more in search of a new economic model. Tom Gray (The Ivors Academy / Gomez) will take to the stage once more for his BTM Address, this year asking “Just how did we get here? A short history of a messy business”.

This year, the conference schedule opens discussions in new territories of the creative industries, expanding into discussions surrounding gaming, tech and content. Artificial Intransigence: Where’s Our AI Copyright Law? will bring copyright, legal, musical and AI experts to debate what needs to be done to protect our creative industries – and what legislation/regulation should look like.

The newly announced Gaming & Music Summit will see a talk with IVOR NOVELLO award-winning, GRAMMY®, and BAFTA nominated Composer Richard Jaques, whose credits include Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy and Sony’s Little Big Planet 2, about his career and the intrinsic and changing nature of music in today’s video game landscape.

Staying true to their mantra of providing tangible and real-time solutions, Beyond The Music 2024 comes with a plethora of networking and learning opportunities. Planned across the weekend are networking events hosted by the likes of PRS, PPL, BPI, MMF, Musicians Union Universal Publishing, Music Tech UK and Gameopolis. AIM’s Regions and Nations Roundtable which will look into the current musical landscape in Manchester. The session will facilitate candid conversations between independent artists, music entrepreneurs, and music stakeholders by addressing regional challenges and providing a space to connect.

About Beyond The Music:

Co-founded by promoter and social enterprise founder Oli Wilson and Sarah Pearson, Founder of Wasted Youth Music, alongside Rose Marley, CEO, Co-operatives UK, Beyond The Music’s founding members span CityCo, Co-operatives UK, Factory International, GMCA, MCR BID, Manchester Accommodation BID, Co-op Live, AO Arena, and BPI and supported by Manchester City Council.

Their desire to empower and equip attendees and performers with knowledge and a space for honest conversation has extended to their lineup, as the festival earlier issued a call out for new artists to perform at the 2024 edition, to which over 2,500 artists applied.

Tickets to Beyond The Music 2024 are on sale now. A standard Delegate Pass (including conference and festival access) is priced at £225, a Festival Day Ticket ranges from £15 – £25, and a Festival 3-Day Ticket is available from £45 – tickets are available here.

To be kept in the loop with updates join Beyond The Music HERE.

Lineup

Plain Navy

Idle Noise

Smokin Eskimo

In Your Ears Music is back bring another 3 brilliant bands to Manchester!

Plain Navy
Plain Navy are a 4 piece indie rock band from Saddleworth, Greater Manchester & are signed to 42’s
records.
They’ve recently released a single “Sun kissed melodies” a super catchy tune with a sunny summer vibe!
They are planning to release more new music soon & no doubt they will be showcasing some of their
new tunes at Aatma on 18/11….

Idle Noise
Idle Noise are an indie rock quartet from Coventry, taking influence from bands such as the Strokes, the
Vaccines & the Enemy.
Autumn 2023 sees Idle Noise heading out on a run of live dates across the UK, ready to showcase their
anthemic sound and upcoming releases to new audiences and cities.

Smokin Eskimo
Smokin Eskimo are a 4 piece band from Bilston, West Midlands. Combining a blend of blues & rock
styles, they cater for a wide range of listeners.
The band are heavily influenced by 60’s psychedelic rock and blues, 90’s britpop with a smattering of
jazz & funk. This gives Smokin Eskimo a multi-genre sound that doesn’t allow them to fall into one
specific category.

An eclectic night of music featuring artists from Netherlands, Spain and Manchester

Lineup

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