Yorkshire Music Collective: Live At Leeds (2-5 May) reveals full Saturday Schedule and Unconference Update (press release)

The Live at Leeds Festival is less than 6 weeks away and today the festival can reveal the schedule for this year’s highly anticipated event. Over 20 official venues will welcome 15,000 people to Leeds over the weekend to watch over 200 artists and bands, covering a mixture of genres. This year features acts as diverse as Albert Hammond Jr, Chart Toppers Clean Bandit, BBC Sound nominee George Ezra and The Voice’s Beth McCarthy who complement emerging and underground talent such as Wolf Alice, Youth Man and Saint Raymond. Add the special show celebrating Dance To The Radio at Leeds Town Hall with a one-off show from ¡Forward, Russia! and iLiKETRAiNS performing a 10 year Anniversary concert, 2014 is set to be the biggest to date and one of the strongest line-ups yet. New Venues include Leeds Town Hall, Leeds College of Music, HiFi Club, Oporto and Belgrave Music Hall.

The schedule is live on the official website - Liveatleeds.com/schedule.

“We are really excited for the festival this year! 2014 sees the event expand to include 20 stages across the city and over 200 bands performing as part of the Saturday Wristband Event and further events taking place across the entire bank holiday weekend. A new venue in the Leeds music scene we were keen to work with was First Direct Arena, so we are glad they are on board as the home of our wristband exchange on Saturday 3rd May.”

Andy Smith, Festival Promoter (Futuresound)

The wristband exchange will move in 2014 and be hosted by the Frist Direct Arena.

“We are extremely proud to be a part of this year’s Live at Leeds festival, hosting the Wristband Exchange here at first direct arena on Saturday 3rd May. Last year first direct arena hosted Sky Larkin as part of the festivals pre promotion and this year we’re excited to be growing our support of Futuresound and one of the biggest and most exciting music festivals in Leeds’ calendar - celebrating local bands as well as national artists and, all that our vibrant city has to offer. We look forward to being part of Live at Leeds again and welcoming thousands of festival goers here at the Arena in May.”

Rebecca Armstrong, first direct Arena

THE UNCONFERENCE

The Unconference is also making a change in 2014. A launch party will happen on 9th April at Leeds Brudenell Social Club. This will run in conjunction with AIM (Association Independent Music). The AIM social will feature information on accessing funding in the music industry. Panels at the event will include chats from Arts Council, PRS for Music and Claire NcNeil from AIM. The event is finished with free live performances from Post War Glamour Girls and The Horn The Hunt. To register for this event please visit www.musicindie.com/aimsocialleeds.

On Friday 2nd May The Unconference returns to Leeds College Of Music. Jen Long (BBC3, BBC Radio 1), Simon Rix (Kaiser Chiefs) Cath Hurley (Rough Trade Records) and Ryan Lofthouse (Closer Management – George Ezra) will all feature over the day. Panels will focus on Live Industry with speakers from Bestival, Tramlines and Fell Foot Sound plus Innovative Release Campaigns and publishing and the return of the Listening Panel. The Unconference opens at 10am and is free to attend.

Monday 5th May will see a new event as part of The Unconference. Aimed at younger musicians aged 19 & under. ELFM will host the event with Jon Gomm & his manager Natasha Koczy talking through touring internationally and getting the most out of your recordings. Following this, the annual Live at Leeds Football tournament returns for a forth year. 32 teams made up of bands, promoters and venues involved in Live at Leeds will battle out for the trophy, and previous winners include The Pigeon Detectives and Philophobia Records.

To register for any of The Unconference events please visit - www.liveatleeds.com/unconference

Full list of bands for Saturday 3rd May

Live At Leeds 2014 (alphabetical)

ALBERT HAMMOND JR | BIPOLAR SUNSHINE | BLOOD RED SHOES* | CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN | CHLÖE HOWL

LAUREN AQUILINA | LIZZO | LOS CAMPESINOS!

NEUROSIS*| NINA NESBITT PULLED APART BY HORSES

THE MIDNIGHT BEAST | THE NEIGHBOURHOOD | THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND | WOLF ALICE | YUCK

*THESE ARE SEPARATE TICKETED EVENTS, SATURDAY WRISTBAND’S ARE NOT VALID

*FRIDAY 2nd MAY > THE COCKPIT > BLOOD RED SHOES

*FRIDAY 2nd MAY > BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB > MELT YOURSELF DOWN (FULL A/V SHOW)

*FRIDAY 2nd MAY > THE WARDROBE > SNARKY PUPPY

*SUNDAY 4th MAY > O2 ACADEMY LEEDS > KODALINE

*SUNDAY 4th MAY > LEEDS MET > NEUROSIS

*SUNDAY 4th MAY > BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB > DUM DUM GIRLS + CROCODILES + MORE TBC

ALL OTHER ARTISTS TO PERFORM SATURDAY 3rd MAY ACROSS VARIOUS VENUES

Full List of Venues for May 3rd 2014:

Official

Belgrave Music Hall

Brudenell Social Club (DIY presents)

Brudenell Social Club Games Room (DIY presents)

Cockpit (NME presents)

Cockpit Bar

Faversham

Faversham Patio (acoustic)

HiFi Club

Holy Trinity Church

Leeds College of Music

Leeds Met

Leeds Met Stage 2

Leeds Town Hall (Dance To The Radio)

Leeds Uni Refectory

Leeds Uni Stylus

Leeds Uni Mine

Nation of Shopkeepers

O2 Academy

Oporto

The Packhorse

Wardrobe

Fringe

Sela Bar

Milos (Upstairs)

Milos (Downstairs)

TICKETING INFO
Live At Leeds Saturday Multi-Venue Wristband- £25.00

Official ticket link- www.lunatickets.co.uk

Other recommended Onlines: www.seetickets.com, www.ticketline.co.uk

Telephone orders: 0871 230 0010 (Seetickets)

In Person: Crash Records, Jumbo Records, The Cockpit, Trinity Shopping Centre (Service Lounge) Brudenell Social Club, Leeds Academy Box Office

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Friday 28 March 2014

Live At Leeds (2-5 May) reveals full Saturday Schedule and Unconference Update (press release)

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