On Song Festival: Birmingham - Partners & Supporters

Partners

Arts Council England

Arts Council England works to get great art to more people in more places. We develop and promote the arts across England, acting as an independent body at arm's length from government. Between 2006 and 2008, we will invest £1.1 billion of public money from government and the National Lottery in supporting the arts. This is the bedrock of support for the arts in England. We believe that the arts have the power to change lives and communities, and to create opportunities for people throughout the country. For 2006 to 2008, Arts Council England has six priorities:

• Taking part in the arts
• Children and young people
• The creative economy
• Vibrant communities
• Internationalism
• Celebrating diversity

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is the most listened to station in the UK. The network combines a mix of top name presenters, popular music and culture with a diverse range of specialist music, features, documentaries, light entertainment, religion and readings.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

Supporters

Birmingham Mail
The Birmingham Mail is Trinity Mirror's flagship title in the Midlands, with its core audience in the regional capital and the surrounding West Midlands.

It's a modern, vibrant and campaigning paper which reflects a diverse population in terms of interests, culture and ethnicity.

Its weekly What's On and Nightlife sections are widely read by the city's discerning music fans who are looking for an entertaining and original night out.
www.birminghammail.net
www.wowbirmingham.net

Catapult Club: Arthur Tapp

The Catapult Club is a live music promotion company booking regular gigs into Bar Academy and The Jug of Ale in Birmingham run by local promoter Arthur Tapp.

Currently staging weekly shows every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at The Jug of Ale and every Thursday, Friday and fortnightly Saturday's at Bar Academy and developing acts upwards to larger shows at Carling Academy 2 Birmingham, the Irish Centre and Carling Academy Birmingham main stage.

Since 1989 the Catapult Club has championed the local music scene and promoted many early gigs for the regions biggest acts such as Ocean Colour Scene, Dodgy, Editors, The Twang and The Enemy.

The Catapult Club has also played host to some of the biggest bands in the country including many of the Britpop era bands of the mid nineties, through to recent acts such as Kasabian, The Subways, Maximo Park, Cold War Kids, Editors and We Are Scientists (including sold out Academy main stage shows for the latter two bands).
www.myspace.com/thecatapultclub

Glee Club: Markus Sargeant

Markus began promoting in Wolverhampton in 1992 and amazingly found himself promoting Jeff Buckley and David Gray. After working for major and independent record companies, along with artist management, he returned to promote at Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham for five years. In 1998 he founded the bi-annual Songwriters Festival, along with regular tour shows, promoting the likes of Coldplay, Ryan Adams and Elbow. After Ronnie Scott's closed, he discovered two fine rooms that were available at the Glee Club and has been promoting tour shows there for five years so far. Artists have included Damien Rice, Anthony & The Johnsons, Joanna Newsom, Ray Lamontagne, Guillemots, Richard Hawley, The Magic Numbers, Martha Wainwright, Scott Matthews and Cherry Ghost.
www.glee.co.uk

Birminghamusic.com

Birminghamusic.com is a brand new platform to promote the music scene in Birmingham.

The aim of the site is to be the first port of call when it comes to anything related to the Birmingham music scene - whatever the request, the answers to all questions should be found here.

There is a massive online database of resources for musicians, including:

• Management & Agents Database
• Record Companies Database
• Musicians Guide
• Legal Advice Knowledgebase
• Learning Knowledgebase
• Music Course Directory
• Services Database

These musician specific aspects of Birminghamusic.com are only one side to the website however; other features catering for all members of the public include artist areas, radio streams, charts, gig guide and more. Further to all of these features, Birminghamusic.com is a constantly evolving website which incorporates user feedback to become as accessible, interactive and beneficial to the public as possible.
www.birminghamusic.com