The Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery have announced the inaugural lineup for Everywhere At Once, described as the “UK’s biggest festival”.
The festival is bringing live shows to over 400 grassroots venues across the country, on what would be Glastonbury weekend (June 26th to 28th).
As Glastonbury rests for a fallow year, more than 2000 artists from a variety of genres will be performing across the weekend, up and down the country.
There will be homecoming shows galore, including Becky Hill at The Marrs Bar in Worcester, The Lathums playing two shows at The Boulevard in Wigan, and Rizzle Kicks performing a special show in Brighton.
The lineup also features Tinie Tempah, Brooke Combe, The Royston Club, Tom A, Smith, and many more across the three days next month.
Becky Hill commented: “I started writing music at 13. I got into a band at 15 and started doing local open mics and small gigs around Worcestershire. There were no arts-focused schools in my area, not that my parents had the money to pay for it anyway, so the only way to nurture my newly found passion was at grassroots venues.
“At 16 I played my own compositions & had friends & family down to Worcester’s Marrs Bar. In these early days it was venues like this that allowed a very young me to begin to learn how to perform, sing & play guitar on stage, gaining my confidence & broadening my experience as a teenager.”
The Lathums’ Alex Moore added: “Honestly, the UK’s full of these proper special grassroots venues. Every one’s got its own feel – different stages, different crowds, all those little quirks that make them what they are – but they’ve all got that same heart.
“They back bands like us right from the off, give you a space to figure yourself out, try things, make a bit of noise and find your people. Without places like The Boulevard taking a chance on us early doors, we wouldn’t be anywhere near the festivals or the bigger shows we’re doing now.”
The National Lottery, who have donated over £1 billion to the UK music industry, are hoping the backing of the festival will help venues and independent promoters champion new artists and programme a bold, exciting weekend in communities across the UK.
It will be delivered by the Music Venue Trust alongside Save Our Scene and the Association of Independent Promoters, bringing the grassroots network together.
Gig-goers will also be given the opportunity to support a range of music charities at the point of purchase, including War Child, Nordoff and Robbins, Help Musicians UK, and Teenage Cancer Trust.
Full details of all gigs, with daily updates, are available at www.everywherefest.com.
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