New Season AW19/20 – Fresh Faces

October is fast approaching and that can only mean one thing: the start of your new Live & Local season. Alongside stunning new acts, a selection of familiar faces will also be returning to the stage. We’ve selected a few newbies who are touring with Live & Local this year– read on and learn about […]

New Season AW19/20 – Familiar Faces

October is fast approaching and that can only mean one thing: the start of your new Live & Local season. Alongside stunning new acts, a selection of familiar faces will also be returning to the stage. We’ve selected a few of these familiar – and fantastic – acts so read on and see whether you […]

NRTF CONFERENCE 2019

The team at Live & Local had a wonderful time at the NRTF (National Rural Touring Forum) ‘HiVis: Value, Impact and Success of Rural Touring’ conference in Bangor. This is an annual conference where schemes, promoters and artists meet for talks and showcases of work. Read below for some of the things they learnt and […]

Venue Spotlight: Swayfield Village Hall

Here at Live & Local, we are grateful for the passion and dedication our promoters put into staging music, theatre and dance. Swayfield Village Hall told us just how they do it… Swayfield’s Ministry of Fun (MoF) was set up in 2010 in order to put on entertainment in Swayfield Village Hall and bring together […]

VENUE SPOTLIGHT: WREN HALL

We love working with our venues at Live & Local. Diane at Wren Hall told us about the Hall’s vision for the future. Wren Hall is a bustling hub of community activity in Warwickshire. It is a place where locals and visitors can meet, a place for celebrations and parties, for meetings and gatherings, and […]

Artist Spotlight: Nicholas Collett

Actor and writer Nicholas Collett loves rural touring: ‘You find yourself in vastly different places; touring in the Lebanon just after the war finished in 1995 and meeting different people, mainly him bumping into Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin while touring in the Highlands. Memorable for different reasons!’ These are the everyday experiences that rural […]

Live & Local Showcase & Menu Launches 2019

‘A thoroughly professional and enjoyable experience – thank you all!’ David Lane, Crich Glebe Field Centre The Live & Local Showcase & Menu Launches took place this March all over the country – from North Muskham in Nottinghamshire right down to Peopleton in Worcestershire. This is when we show off highlights from the new season […]