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…
Earlier this year the hub was commissioned by Sound Connections to deliver a podcast training project for young disabled musicians and producers. Over the course of five half day workshops we worked with the participants to develop their recording and production skills and to devise and record content for their own podcast. We also invited […]
READ MOREVarna’s Sinful Dragons’ were our Guest DJ at Club Seas on Saturday night. When DJ Mitach one half of the Sinful Dragon collective shared with us a cheeky techno track sampling an old Bulgarian Folk Tale we knew we had to have him play. His beats have real personality & style. It’s a pretty sparse […]
READ MOREOn Friday I went looking for Sigma . Their performance is taking place in an unmarked building in Varna. Before long I realised I was lost and was throughly enjoying myself. I’m staying in a hotel sandwiched between a triangle of 24hour petrol stations, the Railway Station and an Industrial Port. All of this circled […]
READ MOREFriday saw the first of our local based musicians. Mitko aka Violent Public Disorderax provided a completely different sound scape to Dogus the night before, entertaining the Seas crowd with his down tempo chill out grooves which gradually built to a thrilling creshendo as the night reached its climax. Like Kousin Miko is a music maker with […]
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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