Leeds Dock Waterfront Festival and Street Food Awards
Highlights of this year’s Waterfront Festival include the battle for votes in the British Street Food Awards – Northern heats, as well as the Tsingtao Boat Races, and the first Leeds Dock Aquathlon (a 250m swim and a 4km run). Challenges also include the Primal Gym Truck Pull, Leeds Strongest Human and a dog agility […]
Cruel World at Long Division Festival
Cruel World grew on Wakefield’s Long Division stage. Wakefield’s award-winning Long Division Festival housed some of the north’s most talented up and coming acts, including Leeds-based Cruel World, who played at the Mechanics stage at one of Wakefield’s small, yet historical, theatres. The first impression I had was a room packed with a […]
In Conversation with Asian Dub Foundation
We went backstage at the 2019 Long Division Festival for a conversation with genre-defying legends, Asian Dub Foundation. The Asian Dub Foundation are a band made up of different cultures, brought together by their shared passion for creating music and sending out their message to the people. We spoke to frontman Aktarvata and the front of […]
The Opera North Chorus – Two Unique Concerts for the Summer
Opera North’s 36 strong chorus will take centre stage this summer, with performances including the early music of Palestrina and William Byrd, as well as Cornelius Cardew and Arvo Pärt. On 6 June, She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not, an evening of romantic song with piano duet accompaniment will be performed at St Margaret’s Church, […]
Preview: Hello Cosmos at Long Division on 1 June
Hello Cosmos will perform a rare live set at Long Division Festival in Wakefield on Saturday 1 June at 2 p.m. Fronted by Ben Robinson, award-winning UK music festival founder of Bluedot and Kendal Calling, the band’s four core members will be playing tracks from their upcoming Run For President EP. The EP also […]
