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Initial line-up announced for next Music Cities Convention
By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 19 February 2016
The third edition of the Music Cities Convention, which launched last year just ahead of The Great Escape, will once again return to Brighton the day before the big new music festival this year with another programme looking at “the relationship between city planning, strategy, development, policy and the music industry”. Basically, the role a thriving local music community can play in the cultural, social and economic development of a city or region, and what those cities and regions can do to facilitate that process.
Taking place at Brighton’s Sallis Benney Theatre on 18 May, already confirmed to speak at the internationally-focused event are Amsterdam’s Night Mayor Mirik Milan, Busk In London’s Dr Julia Jones, New York University’s Carlos Chirinos, Sydney Fringe Executive Director Kerri Glassock, Sheffield Tramlines organiser Kate Hewitt, South Australian Government advisor Joe Hay, and Jocelyn Kane, Executive Director of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission.
Also involved this time is Julie’s Bicycle, which campaigns for the cultural industries to be more eco-friendly, and BIMM Brighton who will discuss the role music has had in the host city’s economy. And CMU Business Editor Chris Cooke might just pop up as a moderator, alongside the founders of Music Cities, Glastonbury booker and Great Escape co-founder Martin Elbourne and Sound Diplomacy chief Shain Shapiro.
Info, tickets and all that jazz at www.musiccitiesconvention.com
