Aly Duff and Amy Wheeler talk about the Rising Music Festival
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00:00Hello, I'm Amy, I'm the Director for Rising Music Festival.
00:05My name's Ali and I'm the Artist Development Director for Rising Music Festival.
00:10So Amy, tell us what Rising Music Festival is about.
00:15So Rising Music Festival, I think the clue's in the name, is about rising.
00:19So all artists under the age of 24 are going to be taking over the Phoenix Theatre and
00:23Arts Centre in Borden for two days over the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of June.
00:29We're going to have multiple stages, all genres welcome to apply, and it's about no matter
00:33what stage you are in your career, you're going to come along and you're going to play
00:38and show everyone what it's all about.
00:40We're going to be capped at about 500 and in the lead up to the festival, Ali and I
00:44are going to be looking at nourishing all the local talent.
00:47So you can come along to one of three of our workshops and one of three of our Battle of
00:51the Bands, where the winner will be headlining the festival.
00:54Yeah, absolutely.
00:55Yeah, so applications are on the website and there's loads of social media on Facebook
01:02from Backbeat Collective and I think your band as well, White Knives for Sheep.
01:05Yeah, White Knives for Sheep.
01:06And obviously the Phoenix have got all the information on their website.
01:11But we encourage everyone, musicians, musical theatre, classical, jazz, rappers, producers,
01:17DJs, anyone that needs any help with any kind of industry stuff, this is definitely the
01:22festival for you.
01:23This is your chance to apply.
01:25Photographers, videographers, as Ali said, literally anyone.
01:29If you've got any kind of interest and you're under the age of 24, please get in contact
01:32and we will fit you in somewhere.
01:33We will find a way to help you somehow.
01:35And if you're not under the age of 24, please come along, please come and help support these
01:39local artists.
01:40It's £15 for the early bird tickets and that's for the entire weekend.
01:44We also have discounts on group bookings and that's until the end of March.
01:48So if you want to grab yourself a bargain, because where else are you going to get an
01:51entire weekend of entertainment for £15, then please do so and the tickets are available
01:56through the Phoenix Arts website.
01:58What's the date?
02:00The date is the 21st and 22nd of June.
02:02Okay.
02:03And where is it being held?
02:04The Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre in Bordham.
02:06There you go.