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Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Humber Street Sesh 2025 headliners revealed
The headline act for Hull's biggest music festival has been announced. The Howl & The Hum, from York, is to perform on 2 August at the Humber Street Sesh, which showcases grassroots and local musicians. Other artists to perform at the one-day event, in the Marina and Fruit Market area of the city, are Liverpool-based rockers Casino, Nottingham alternative country group Divorce and Hull's electro punk musician Jodie Langford. Mark Page, the festival's artistic director, said: "We're delighted to have The Howl & The Hum confirmed as this year's festival headliners." He said: "They're an act that grabs the soul of an audience with sublime vocals and arrangements, and one that will undoubtedly stun the crowds at this year's event. "Alongside our other headliners, we're hugely excited for our 13th edition of Humber Street Sesh." The festival was developed from a weekly live music night held at a pub in west Hull. Since the inaugural event in 2012, it is estimated more than 2,000 bands and artists have taken part, according to organisers. Humber Street Sesh is to run from 12:00 to 23:00 BST on 2 August and ticket details can be found on the festival website. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. City to submit Unesco City of Music bid City gears up for annual grassroots music bash Festival celebrates 10 years of grassroots music Humber Street Sesh BBC Music Introducing: York and Humbeside
BBC News
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
The Howl & The Hum to headline Hull Humber Street Sesh festival
The headline act for Hull's biggest music festival has been Howl & The Hum, from York, is to perform on 2 August at the Humber Street Sesh, which showcases grassroots and local artists to perform at the one-day event, in the Marina and Fruit Market area of the city, are Liverpool-based rockers Casino, Nottingham alternative country group Divorce and Hull's electro punk musician Jodie Page, the festival's artistic director, said: "We're delighted to have The Howl & The Hum confirmed as this year's festival headliners." He said: "They're an act that grabs the soul of an audience with sublime vocals and arrangements, and one that will undoubtedly stun the crowds at this year's event. "Alongside our other headliners, we're hugely excited for our 13th edition of Humber Street Sesh."The festival was developed from a weekly live music night held at a pub in west Hull. Since the inaugural event in 2012, it is estimated more than 2,000 bands and artists have taken part, according to organisers. Humber Street Sesh is to run from 12:00 to 23:00 BST on 2 August and ticket details can be found on the festival to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
08-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Hull plans to be world-leading music city after Unesco bid fails
Hull will try again to become a Unesco Creative City of Music after a first attempt proved submitted an initial bid in January by setting out a five-year plan to develop the city into a "global leader" for making and experiencing "quality music".Councillor Rob Pritchard, who leads on culture at Hull City Council, said they had been "disappointed to just miss out" on Unesco status, but encouraged by "incredibly positive feedback".An "even stronger bid" for the international scheme, which includes cities around the world, would be submitted in 2027, he added. The Unesco project aims to promote co-operation "among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development".Pritchard said: "Second-time bids to Unesco can be more successful, so we'll be working very hard, taking on all the responses, to ensure our next bid is something that will blow the board away."Glasgow became the first UK city to be awarded the status in 2008, followed by Liverpool in 2015 and Belfast in Hull has given birth to performers including The Housemartins, Mick Ronson and Roland Gift, the Unesco bid sought to present the city as "one of the world's most progressive" in "community-led culture".Grassroots successes have included the Humber Street Sesh, an annual music festival featuring scores of local Page, the Sesh director, said Hull produced "some of the greatest talent in the country" and deserved to be "on the map".Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
