Drop the Mic! returns to Leigh Folk Festival

This month we took our regular open mic for young musicians - Drop the Mic! on the road and back to the place it originated - Leigh Folk Festival.

The Uk’s largest free folk festival just so happens to be on our doorstep and is a mainstay in the calendar for musos from the local community as well as uk wide. The festival has been running for 34 years now, so we were thrilled when back in 2023 we were asked to curate the youth stage and subsequently created legacy project - Drop the Mic! A free monthly event for young musicians from Southend and the surrounding areas that includes an open mic, industry guest speakers and is shaped by the Drop the Mic! Youth Forum.

You can read all about the regular Drop the Mic! event by clicking here. And hear from the young musicians who played at this years’ festival, below: