Radio Maker Festival
What is the role of radio in a changing world?
Where do poetry, songwriting, audio drama and story telling sit within the output of a radio station?
If Radio is a canvas, what are the colours?
Where’s the sweet spot between structure and improvisation?
Join us 23rd to 25th October for the first edition of this new annual festival bringing together inventive, artistic radio makers from our community of East Leeds and the wider world.
The festival will consist of around 45 people with prior experience in radio, sound-art, audio journalism, podcasting, and related ways of working.
Participants will take part in workshops and be guided in a process of working in small groups go out to explore and gathering sounds and stories from our local area (historic markets, forest gardens, historic working class pubs, asylum seeker communities, mysterious libraries) and then actually dig in to create short audio features to share in our magical Chapel FM Radio Theatre.
We will also have shared meals of global food, live music and sharing of art including special guests La Compagnie du Tire-Laine music ensemble from our twin city of Lille, France and socialising into the evening.
Radio Maker participants will also have the option of home stays with people from our community in Leeds.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact tony@chapelfm.co.uk
SCHEDULE FOR RADIO MAKER FESTIVAL
Friday 23rd October
1pm to 6pm – Welcome, overview of the weekend, intro workshops.
6pm – Concert in the Seacroft Forest Gardens with our artistic friends from Lille, France “La Compagnie du Tire-Laine”
7:30pm – Dinner at Chapel FM [optional]
Saturday 24th October
10am – Gather at Chapel FM
10:30am to 1pm – Groups set off to gather stories and inspiration from one of three sites
Lunch
2pm to 6pm – Sound Story shaping
6:30pm – Dinner
7:30pm – Radio Cabaret Open Mic [optional]
Sunday 25th October
10am-12noon – Gather at Chapel FM / brunch / final preparations for Sound Story sharings
1pm to 3pm – Sound Story Listening Party
Option to attend evening concert by Tire-Laine
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