the hub is a dynamic and entrepreneurial arts and creative enterprise development practice. Our ‘think and do tank’ model brings together a team of highly skilled, industry savvy consultants, researchers, producers and trainers.
Our mission is to develop new thinking and practice in the arts; to create and work on projects that excite us; to enable others to better meet their potential, and to share our knowledge to improve our cultural landscape. Find out more…
We’re finally coming down from our Fertilizer festival buzz, but luckily we’ve had lots of love from audiences about this year’s good s**t from Poland to keep us pepped up: “It was bloody brilliant!” “Killer show!” “I love Polish jazz”.
Want to re-live the atmosphere? Check out our podcast with the touring trio of Sing Sing […]
After working through some 75 proposals from poets around the country, we’re really pleased to announce that we’ve commissioned Joshua Idehen, Sifundo & Jamal Msebele, Hannah Silva & Alexis Kirke and Sound of Rum to create new material for the Phrased & Confused stage at Summer Sundae Weekender (14-16 August 2009). Find out more about […]
READ MOREWe’re really excited to be able to commission four spoken word artists to create new material for this year’s Summer Sundae Weekender in Leicester (thank you Arts Council England!) Each commission is worth £1000.
We’re looking for new work which responds to the question, Which Came First, The Music or the Words? and which will appeal […]
Fertilizer 2009… Good S**t From Poland is nearly upon us!! And here at the Fertilizer HQ we’re busy putting together the final touches, ready to hit you with a plethora of underground sounds and leftfield new music. The venues are booked, the artists have their flight tickets and we’re ready to go with this year’s […]
READ MOREFollowing the success of the first ever Mayor’s Music Education Summit, which was produced by the hub in January 2009, the GLA has recently announced a new Trainee Music Education Project Officer post.
READ MOREWe work with a wide range of clients from small independent businesses to national organisations such as AIM, ACE and more. These are some of our most recent projects:
the hub ran the UK’s biggest ever survey of professional musicians and music students. Nearly three thousand took part in our Musicians…Have Your Say survey, which was commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund.
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the hub was working with the internationally renowned music venue, The Stables, to help with the opening of its new small scale performance space, called Stage 2, in September 2007.
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The new Regional Economic Strategy for Yorkshire and Humber 2006 – 2015 gives significant prominence to creative industries. In response to this, Yorkshire Forward and Arts Council England Yorkshire commissioned the hub in 2006 to investigate the possibility for structured support for the music industry in the region.
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the hub developed the business planning series ‘Sustain to Gain’ for the Creative Industries Development Agency
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