Wells Jazz and Blues Festival,

About the event

The Wells Jazz & Blues Festival is a three-day music not for profit event that will bring a wealth of jazz and blues culture and music to a diverse audience. Expanding and shaping the cultural life of the city, it will introduce a new space for established and emerging grassroots jazz and blues artists, supporting the development of talent by ensuring a significant proportion of the event is ring fenced for emerging artists. Through this, the festival will support new networking and mentoring opportunities for young musicians at the early stages of their careers as well as a platform for their talent to be heard by a diverse audience. Work experience opportunities will also be available for young music producers to support skill development and gain experience that directly supports a career in music production. The festival will have a strong commitment to inclusion, making it stand out from other events, such as the nearby Glastonbury Festival, by:

• being accessible to all audiences regardless of social mobility status by being free at the point of entry so that financial circumstance does not dictate attendance;

• being focused in city centre venues therefore geographically accessible;

• being as much a career development platform for established talent as well as young and emerging grassroots music performance and production talent.

Why should you sponsor?

Your sponsorship will:

• support the diversification of music and culture in England's smallest city, known best for its classical roots, ensuring the accessibility of high quality jazz and blues music for all.
• support grassroots jazz and blues music by bringing a new platform for emerging and established artists and new audiences.
• support the development of new talent through the provision of ring fenced performance slots for new artists and opportunities for early career development in music production.

With recent festivals drawing attendees numbering over 15,000, this event will provide an opportunity for significant mutual benefit, particularly for those selecting the gold package.

Niamh McGrogan

Behind the Wells Jazz and Blues Festival is the passion and creative drive of Dr Niamh McGrogan, Jennifer Jeffreys and Emma Wheat. Leading on the festival, Niamh is the PGCE Programme Director at Bath Spa University. Responsible for both strategic and operational leadership of the largest PGCE primary programme in the South West, Niamh has extensive experience of designing and implementing a programme which meets the needs of multiple stakeholders and is compliant to multiple government regulators. In addition, she is experienced at running research projects most recently a large scale Covenant Trust funded Armed Forces project aimed at facilitating educational opportunities for service partners. She leads the festival alongside Jennifer Jeffreys and Emma Wheat. Jennifer has experience in biotech management and quality assurance. Emma is a local businesswoman who regularly runs public facing music workshops while running a local singing group.

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