Ryan's Gig Guide - September 2019

Worcester Foodbank is set to benefit from the donations raised during the 2019 music festival, taking place across the city from 13th to 15th September. Nicola Boraston, fromWorcester Music Festival, said: “We are delighted to announce our support for the Foodbank during the 2019 festival. Now, more than ever, the Foodbank provides a really valuable service and we’re looking forward to working with them over the summer and raising lots of money to support them during the festival weekend.” Grahame Lucas, Manager of Worcester Foodbank, said: “It’s a huge boost to have the backing of the festival, especially at a time when we’re seeing unprecedented demand for emergency food. As well as helping us to raise vital funds towards our rising costs, it will also give us a great platform to increase awareness of the causes of hunger and poverty in our city.” Worcester Foodbank is the latest in a long line of charities to benefit from the festival, which has raised £55,000 for good causes since its launch in 2008. The three-day annual festival has established itself as a firm favourite with music lovers across the region and there is always fierce completion to perform at the event. Last year there were more than 270 performances spread across 26 venues. mouse-pointer www.worcestermusicfestival.com Huge Free Festival To Support Foodbank The Actions Just one of hundreds of acts set to appear atWMF 2019 Taking place on the 27th September 2019, Pivotal Music Conference will return for a second year to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham after it’s debut year in 2018. It’s first year saw 250 Delegates attend from all facets of the music industry and garnering support from the likes of The BPI,Association of Independent Music (AIM), ROTORVideos,The Ticket Fairy, CD Baby and others.This time around sees Pivotal return with industry support from it’s new main sponsors AWAL,The Music Producers Guild (MPG),WARM and ACM and returning sponsors The Association of Independent Music (AIM),The BPI and ROTORVideos. This year’s conference will take place across a number of venues over the course of the day and will feature panels, workshops, networking opportunities, keynotes and showcases supported by executives, artists and professionals from the worlds of distribution, licensing, new technologies, PR, production, songwriting, management. Pivotal will also once again feature an exhibition and label zone giving delegates access to a wide range of companies and labels. Alongside the panels and workshops, Pivotal will feature several networking opportunities. These will include the well- received speed surgeries from the first year which again involve the main sponsors and others to be announced.As well as the speed surgeries, several other networking events will run throughout the day and give professionals and artists the chance to build relationships and develop new contacts throughout the day. Chris Rogers founded Pivotal off the back of the development of the BirminghamTribes networking nights and said: “I am thrilled that Pivotal is coming back for a second year to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham. After it’s inaugural year last year and the success of it we are excited to continue to build upon that and involve some incredible partners and sponsors at this years event.The Birmingham and wider Midlands music scene is growing massively and Pivotal is here to continue to help develop the infrastructure of the industry in the city and shine the light on the talent that exists across the region.” mouse-pointer www.pivotalmusic.co.uk PIVOTAL MUSIC CONFERENCE RETURNS Friday 27th Sep Digbeth  with www.ryansgigguide.com 26 rgg Sep 2019