Hi all,

We hope you're as eager as us to return to live music. At English Folk Expo, our first live events are happening in the coming weeks with three live concerts in Diss from The Shackleton Trio, Lady Maisery and Ezio. Shortly after this, we'll be running the Rochdale Folk Festival 4-6th June!

In the newsletter this month is a host of new initiatives, conversations and opportunities. Some from us, some from our partners. We hope that you're able to find something here which will support your work, network you with others or provide some entertainment!

A NEW ONLINE LEARNING HUB FOR ARTISTS AND INDUSTRY

Folk Talk Academy is free and available to all, and all lectures will be closed captioned.

Lecture Theatre – Long form lectures and webinars
Library – Essays and other writings
Student Union – Bits and bobs by and for artists which we thought you’d like
Speakers Corner – Short form talks and presentations
Conference Centre – Panel discussions, in conversations and online conferences

The Lecture Theatre and Library content has been specially commissioned following English Folk Expo’s extensive sector consultation survey, Folk, The Pandemic And The Future which had over 600 respondents.

Our friends at The Mentors have opened applications for a second round of independent free career mentoring with industry experts for folk, roots and acoustic music artists.