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New Live Music Dimension Adds Extra Night To 'Wide Days' Music Convention For 2019 Wide Days is set to add a major new live music dimension to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the convention, which takes place in Edinburgh from 11-13 April. Scotland's music convention Wide Days was launched in 2010 and is hosted every April in Edinburgh. It attracts key music industry players from the UK, Europe and North America and in 2018 drew 350 registered delegates with a further 800 registrations for the evening showcases snapped up by members of the public.
“Kelburn Garden Party shines a light on alternative and leftfield scenes and we’re delighted to be joining forces with Wide Days.” Chris Knight, cofounder Kelburn Garden Party
Billed as the 'Festival Takeover', the new element will see three Scottish summer festivals Soulful Cologne-based duo Lunir play the Kelburn Garden Party stage :: www.facebook.com/wearelunir programme a selection of acts at Wide Days across two venues, providing a flavour of their events. The novel new initiative features line-ups pop” purveyor and Northern Irish Music Prize TBA) - Electric Fields: ROE, Rascalton :: curated by Electric Fields, Tenement Trail and winner, ROE. Fresh from supporting Snow Patrol Kelburn Garden Party: Lunir, Earth Wire, Main Kelburn Garden Party, with a dozen exciting acts on an arena tour she will be joined by Ingredient (live set), DJ Astrojazz :: Tenement set to perform on the final evening. Manchester-based Calva Louise, who have been Trail: Alligator, Calva Louise, Cara Rose. “Scotland has excellent festivals and this is a championed across various BBC stations, and the www.widedays.com fantastic opportunity for both locals and visitors soulful Cologne-based duo Lunir. Confirmed Acts to get a taste of the great artists they can expect www.twitter.com/widedays For Each Festival's Stage (additional artists to see this summer,” says Wide Days founder www.facebook.com/widedays Olaf Furniss. The 'Festival Takeover', combined with a launch party on the first night (in partnership with the Antidote Booking agency) and the Scottish showcase, sees a trebling of the live shows taking place at the convention. In previous years, performances focused on presenting seven emerging Scottish acts on the Friday evening, which provided an early career springboard for acts including Honeyblood, Be Charlotte, C Duncan, Fatherson and Kathryn Joseph. The showcase acts for Wide Days 2019 were announced last week. “Like Wide Days, all three ‘takeover’ festivals have an established record of promoting exciting new talent across a broad range of genres, so when we started to talk about expanding the live programme, it made total sense to invite them on board,” says Furniss.
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He adds that the Festival Takeover provides an opportunity for Wide Days to include acts from outside Scotland, in response to interest from events in the rest of the UK and Europe which have been keen to establish artist exchanges. Partnerships, supported by PRS Foundation, have already been agreed with Focus Wales and Sound of Belfast, with a Scottish act set to play at each festival later this year. Moreover, ten showcase festivals from across Europe have been invited to take part in Wide Days this year. The first act to be booked as part of the exchanges is self-described “grumpy electro http://bit.ly/issuu-googleplay
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