Festival Partnerships

We are excited to announce our performance opportunities at Sound City Festival, taking place across Liverpool from 3rd-4th May 2025.

We are looking for current Leeds Conservatoire student bands or artists (all pathways and years) to apply, as well as those that graduated from the Conservatoire in 2024.

You would receive a free weekend pass to the festival, including the conference on May 2nd. Depending on logistics, the Conservatoire will either arrange transport to and from the festival, or make a contribution towards artists' expenses.

Application window: Monday 28th October - Monday 18th November.

Applications will close at 12pm on Monday 18th November. Late submissions cannot be accepted.

Applications will be reviewed as quickly as possible, and successful applicants will hopefully be notified by Friday 20th December.

If you’re successful, performances will take place at a time TBC across the weekend. You must be able to commit to these dates in advance.

In order to make our involvement with these festivals as successful as possible, you must be willing to work with Leeds Conservatoire around any promotional activities associated with the festival. A hard-working and positive attitude from any musician involved is essential.

If you feel you would be an appropriate candidate (having read the above details), please complete the form below. Any questions can be directed to the Employability & Enterprise team at EaE@lcm.ac.uk.

To apply: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/6e8a581751104193a5feaf04c354155ee

Live at Leeds in the City is a multi-venue festival taking place across Leeds on Saturday 16th November 2024.

This year Leeds Conservatoire is partnering with Futuresound to provide ten voluntary work opportunities for current Leeds Conservatoire students and Class of 2024 graduates.

The role involves shadowing and supporting the technical manager at one of the following Live at Leeds venues:

• Stylus
• The Wardrobe
• Headrow House
• Oporto
• Key Club

This volunteer role is to assist the Venue Technical Manager/Front of House engineer. Each volunteer will be positioned in 1 Venue only.

The role will consist of assisting with the technical production on show day. Reporting to the Venue Tech Manager, they will be given direction through the day. The tasks may consist of, but are not limited to: stage end tech and backline manoeuvring; backline management; cable management; assisting artists and other general Stage Crew tasks. Ultimately, technical production is very dynamic and the tasks that may be presented on the day vary dependent on the venue and artist.

Desirably the candidate will have an interest in Stage Tech/Crew roles and will have some experience and understanding of this side of the industry. An understanding of standard backline (drum kits, guitar amps, bass amps and electronic instruments) will certainly help.

• Hours: Each applicant will be required to work around 4-5 hours at a specific venue during the course of the festival
• Availability: Applicants must be available throughout 16th November, as exact timings are tbc.
• Application deadline: Thursday 7th November 10am. Applications will be reviewed as soon as possible.

These opportunities are unpaid; however you will have full access to the festival before and after your shift.

In order to make our involvement with the festival as successful as possible, you must be willing to work with Leeds Conservatoire around any promotional activities associated with the festival. A hard-working and positive attitude is essential. Whilst you’ll be able to enjoy the festival when you are not working, you’ll be expected to work throughout the hours of your shifts and be ready to start in advance.

If you feel you would be an appropriate candidate for these roles please complete the form below.

Any questions can be directed to Mark at EaE@lcm.ac.uk.

Application form: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/6bb50468ff4f45b2ad4e55593a5ae763 

Previous experiences include, sending 25 Leeds Conservatoire DJs to Leeds Festival, to curate and perform at the campsite stages over the bank holiday weekend. We've curated showcase stages at The Alternative Great Escape and Liverpool Sound City and organised performers, curators and staff for festivals such as Underneath the Stars, Long Division and We Out Here.