Ready to take your idea or early-stage business to the next level?
We’re looking for 10 entrepreneurs / small businesses (per cohort) to join our new programme Leeds: the North’s Music Industry Capital - a free, fully supported journey designed to help you grow, connect, and thrive.
What you’ll get:
- 6 x practical workshops
- 1-to-1 mentoring with industry leaders
- LGBTQ+ inclusion training
- Networking with partners across Leeds + beyond
Who’s it for?
- Potential entrepreneurs with a strong idea
- Must live or registered in a Leeds (LS) postcode
- Pre-start and early-stage businesses
- Music businesses: promoters, venue owners, managers, booking agents, studio owners + more
- We also welcome applicants from creative sectors linked to music (theatres, cross-art projects)
Open to applicants across the UK who can attend all six sessions in Leeds. Applications are particularly encouraged from marginalised backgrounds, including people who identify as BIPOC, Disabled, Neurodiverse, Gender Diverse, LGBTQ+, or from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
This programme is fully funded and free for all successful applicants.
*We are not currently accepting applications. Please sign-up to our quarterly newsletter in the website footer to be notified on when the next round of applications open.
This project is being delivered by Come Play With Me and is part funded by the UK Shared
Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). In West Yorkshire, the West Yorkshire Combined
Authority leads the implementation of the Fund as part of the Mayor’s ambition
to make West Yorkshire the best place to work, learn and live.
