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Festival Republic to launch new music festival in Shoreditch
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 18 May 2015
Festival Republic has announced plans to launch a new festival in Shoreditch in November championing new talent, and taking over unusual venues in the London district in a bid to involve the whole local community. Because the festival’s called Community, see?
Confirming the new event, Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn told reporters: “This is an urban, multi-venue emerging talent event inspired by our love of the fact that live music just never stops getting better. But we want to present it in the Community; in the butchers and bakers and the basement offices and loft bedrooms as well as some of the more established venues of Shoreditch. It will represent the energy of our musical culture and the innovation of one of the most innovative and vibrant areas in the UK”.
Meanwhile Festival Republic’s Jon Mcildowie, who is set to curate Community, added: “As promoters but above all music fans we are constantly looking out for new and emerging talent. Community is an opportunity for us to share the music that we are all excited about and to introduce new artists to the public before anyone else. I’m delighted to be working with the Live Nation team to help bring the programme together”.
