London Calling UK’s Musical Youth! Youth Music gives under 19s the opportunity to perform at Underage Festival in Victoria Park
Submission Deadline: Monday 15th June 2009
Performance: Sunday 2nd August 2009Youth Music is ten this year and as part of the birthday festivities, the UK’s largest children’s music charity is celebrating the power of music to improve the lives of young people with its very own
‘Music Is Power’ stage at the Underage Festival – the world’s largest and best loved festival strictly for under 19s.
Youth Music’s Underage campaign launches on 1st April 2009. Young musicians in any genre can sign up on the interactive microsite
www.youthmusic.org.uk/underage and the four best acts will be selected to play alongside established artists such as
Ladyhawke,
Tommy Sparks, Kissy Sellout and many more, in what is already promising to be the best ever festival exclusively for young people. The young artists will get to hang out backstage with the pro bands and participate in a festival film for the Youth Music website.
To enter, musicians will upload their video or audio demos and be asked to tell us how they would use the power of music to make a difference in their area. Youth Music will then offer the bands guidance on how to make that difference for other young people in their communities. Entrants and registered users will be able watch, comment on and rate all entries.
The
deadline for submissions is 15th June 2009 after which, the demos will be judged and short-listed acts will be invited to attend one of three regional auditions (London, Bristol and Manchester). The judging panel will consist of high profile industry experts from the BBC and NME along with underage A&Rs.
Tom Baker from Underage Festival says "We are very pleased that Youth Music will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary by hosting an exciting line up of new and established bands at the Underage Festival.
Youth Music is a great platform for young musicians to find and develop their talents, something we at the Underage Festival are very happy to be involved with. We hope we can build on this relationship for future years."