FUTURE YARD PRESENTS POP29: A CLIMATE SYMPOSIUM + COSMO SHELDRAKE

Future Yard is pleased to announce POP29, a day of debate, performance, celebration, and dialogue as we explore how the DIY music sector is responding to the climate emergency.

Taking place on November 20th – during the COP Climate Conference – we will be hosting a series of workshops throughout the day, exploring how various venues, businesses, and musicians navigate sustainability, audience engagement, developing networks, and the climate crisis as a whole.

People in attendance will range from local artists and businesses passionate about sustainability, to representatives from nationally significant arts organisations.This will be followed in the evening by a live show headlined by Cosmo Sheldrake. A UK-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, live improviser, and field recordist, Cosmo creates music that speaks to the urgency and possibility of our times.

The POP29 Daytime Programme runs from 1pm – 5pm and includes the following sessions….

Audiences
How can venues communicate sustainability to their audiences?
From sharing our processes and why we do it, to encouraging public transport use. An open discussion around the importance of engaging our audiences with climate action.

Operations
What does a sustainable live event look like?
Discussing easy wins and tips for best practice, along with big picture systemic changes.

Collaboration and networks
How can we collaborate to decarbonise the culture sector? Exploring the positive impact of working collectively for arts organisations and their audiences.

About Cosmo Sheldrake:
Cosmo is a UK-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, live improviser and field recordist.

His music ranges widely from celebratory anthems to soulful elegies and riotous party numbers. Some of these haunting songs have grown out of field recordings of birds, whales, fish, frogs, and fungi, and more. Running through all his work is a belief that the living world is a noisy and musical place with the power to change how we think, feel, and imagine. Together with his human and non-human collaborators, Cosmo creates music that speaks to the urgency and possibility of our times.

cosmosheldrake.com

Tickets for POP29’s Daytime Programme are free, but must be reserved in advance. They are available now HERE.

Tickets for the live performances (Cosmo Sheldrake + More TBA) cost £20 (+ Booking Fee) and are available HERE.

PROPELLER MEMBERS!

We have 20 free spaces for the Cosmo Sheldrake gig in the evening. If you’d like to come to this, please register below. If you would like to attend the symposium in the day time, you will still need to register HERE.