This project consists of a series of events platforming young and emerging performers from the urban arts scene alongside DJ, production and lyric writing workshops and mentoring from adults in the music business.

The key aims of the project are:

1. Give Young People a safe and supportive platform to perform
2. Provide a safe space for young people to get off the streets - Responding to the funding cuts for youth centres. Young people have fewer safe places to go.
3. Attract a new audience to the gallery – getting people through the door is the first barrier to diversity in museum and gallery audiences.
4. Promote ongoing engagement – We want people to keep coming back, and engaging with different things. We are creating a pathway for development by having smaller events that lead into bigger ones.

This project is delivered in collaboration with Gassed Clothing and Project Lando, and is funded by Essex County Council via the Arts and Cultural Fund, The Tudwick Foundation, Grassroots, and Colchester City Council via our local councillor's locality budget.