MOBO Music Summit
Full day of industry led panels & cultural conversation, workshops and demo listening sessions
Inspire. Connect. Music creators come together
As the MOBO Awards come to Newcastle for the first time, come alive with The MOBO Fringe – a five-day festival of culture, community, and creativity.
The MOBO Music Summit at The Glasshouse is a call to music creators and the music industry to gather for a day of support, discussion and connection.
Expect inspiring conversations rooted in experience of working in Black music, practical workshops for independent music creators and panels to help build a career and find your audience.
Plus demo listening sessions to get real feedback on your tracks from the industry.
Need to know
Venue: Sage Two Club Layout
Price: Free, ticketed event.
Stage Times: Registration opens 11am. Networking and summit ends 6pm.
Full workshop, panel and conversation schedule announced soon.
Age: Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
What to expect
Cultural conversations / Roundtables:
- Re-claiming sounds of black music
- Creating Safe Spaces in the Industry
- Black Music and Progression Up North
Workshops:
- Songwriting
- Funding 101
- From Studio to Release
Panels:
- Getting Seen and Heard
- Independently Done
- Build your Tribe
- In Conversation
Demo Listening Sessions
W/I Josh Daniel (Interval Records), Shakk (BBC Introducing) and more TBA…
Speaker line up includes
DONAE’O
ELIJAH
Anya Du Suazay, Warner Music
Dotun Bolaji, Primary Talent
Joseph Patterson, Editor of Trench and Complex UK
Kwame Safo / FunkButcher, Journalist & Cultural Commentator
Char Grant, Black Music Coalition and Debrief
Michelle Escoffery, Award-winning Songwriter
Kayah Hazall, BBC Radio 1Xtra / BBC Music Introducing
Alt-Blk-Era (Nyrobi and Chaya), Band
Josh Daniel, Interval Records
Andrew Ogun, Arts Council of Wales Agent of Change
Simba Shore, Artist
Shakk, BBC Music Introducing
Azula Bandit
Wayne McDonald
Chantal Herbert
Daps
Chiedu Oraka
Dr. Hannabiell Sanders