BEACON

Join us  at Future Yard on Thursday 9^th and Friday 10^th January for two days of conversations and panel discussions that will help you put your best foot forward in 2025.

Aimed at music creators at all levels, we have invited a strong selection of guests to shed light on parts of the industry we may be struggling to navigate.

Beacon first appeared as an online event in January 2021 as we were emerging out of the pandemic with the main aim of focussing on what we could do, rather than what we couldn’t. Our intention was to always evolve this into a full event at Future Yard, with a very similar sentiment. Beacon serves to empower the music creators in our community, by providing information and inspiration that can be called upon when considering how to make the most of your activities throughout the year.

Beacon will help you consider how you can use your shows, releases and other activity to build your audience, to think strategically and to push your projects closer to achieving your goals. We will be exploring how to access meaningful opportunities that are available to emerging talent, hearing inspiring conversations from some of the industry’s most innovative leaders and gather up best practice and practical tips to help you cut through the noise and create impact with your projects.

Over the course of the two day event, we will be hosting 10 panels and conversations, which we will announce individually so we can spotlight our amazing guests. Make sure you are signed up to our mailing list here and following us on Instagram at @fyforartists.

Guests from:
Apple Music, Tunecore, Red Light Management, Gals Who Gig, Heavenly Recordings, Clash Magazine, BBC Introducing and 6 Music, Future Yard, Alcopop! Records, Stockton Calling, Band on The Wall, Super Friendz, Focus Wales, Sentric Music, Deer Shed Festival, The Ferret, Alexander’s Live and many very talented freelancers from across the industry.

Registration is free, and everyone that attends will also gain free entry to our BEACON gigs on Thursday and Friday evening.

Click the session link for info and guest biographies:

THURSDAY 9TH JANUARY

10am: Registration @ Future Yard

LIVE ROOM (ground floor)
10.20am: Quick intro
10.30am – 11.30am: Hosted by Olly Carter : Get It Launched
11.40am – 12.40pm: Meet the Bookers
12.40pm – 1.10pm: Lunchbreak
1.10pm – 2.10pm: Q+A with Lily Blakeney-Edwards (Sentric Music)
2.20pm – 3.20pm: Q+A With Sarah Wilson (Tunecore)
3.30pm – 4.30pm: Do You Come Here Often?

FRIDAY 20TH JANUARY

10am: Registration @ Future Yard

LIVE ROOM (ground floor)
10.20am: Quick intro
10.30am – 11.30am: Hosted by Nina Himmelreich : Actively Seeking Equity
11.40am – 12.40pm: Meet the Press
12.40pm – 1.10pm: Lunchbreak
1.10pm – 2.10pm: Q+A With Lyndsey Boggis (Apple Music)
2.20pm – 3.20pm: Q+A With Mark Sutherland
3.30pm – 4.30pm: Exceptional Artists

BOTH DAYS

BAR AND YELLOW ROOM
4.30pm – 7.30pm
A chance to have a mingle and a chat about the topics discussed with the Propeller team and Beacon panellists.

LIVE ROOM (ground floor)
7.30pm – 11.00pm
The Future Yard team have booked two nights of bands and artists that we think are brilliant, both national and local. Line ups below:

Thursday 9th
Chiedu Oraka
Dilettante
Steel
Cheery

Friday 10th
Dead Pony
Paint Me In Colour

Stay tuned as we share our guests with you in the lead up to the event.

 

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE FULL EVENT, PLEASE BOOK A TICKET FOR BOTH DAYS
Please register your attendance below. If it fills up, we will implement a waiting list and will send an email to everyone booked on to confirm attendance. Any spaces will then be allocated to the waiting list in order of registration.

HOW TO GET TO FUTURE YARD
VENUE ACCESSIBILITY

Food and drink will be available from Future Yard’s bar and kitchen.

If you have any queries about this event or Future Yard’s Propeller programme, please contact the team at artists@futureyard.org