Today, pioneering Co-Operative Music Forum & New Music Festival BEYOND THE MUSIC has announced the first details of its groundbreaking conference, introduced the inaugural ‘Future of Music’ village, and shared the first wave of artists and stage partners playing across the iconic northern quarter grass roots venues.

Under the strapline: The Music Industry’s Great Reset, and hot on the tails of their highly successful debut in 2023, the trailblazing four day event will ask: is it time for the Music Industry’s Great Reset? Bringing together leading music and content industry leaders, activists, politicians, and grassroots representatives, the second edition of Beyond The Music will take place from 9-12 OCTOBER 2024.

Beyond The Music takes over some of the most iconic grass roots venues in Manchester’s famous Northern Quarter for an unparalleled celebration of new and exciting talent from across the world and across genres. This year, Beyond The Music have announced their support of Chai Wallahs’ ‘Drop A Headliner’ campaign, by renouncing the traditional festival format, they instead turn their focus to supporting talent from across all levels and nurturing up and coming artists. This year, Beyond The Music’s stage partners include the likes of BBC Introducing, NQ, Manchester Pride, Nice Swan, Clash, and The South Asian Music Summit. Today’s first wave announcement of artists set to join us in Manchester this October have been announced:

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