Lancashire Music Summit 2026
The Lancashire Music Association will once again host the Lancashire Music Summit: an event for music stakeholders across the county for an afternoon of insight, exchange, network building and consultation. This year's event will explore how we shape the future of Lancashire's music people, places and scenes with a focus on opportunity, growth and the actions needed to help the county's music sector thrive.
The summit will also create space for attendees to share prospectives, contribute ideas and have their say on future priorities for music in Lancashire.
It will feature future-facing talks from experts on the live music industries, technology, funding opportunities, inclusivity and accessibility, music-related education, artist and band development, and other key topics.
The summit is a fantastic opportunity to really be part of helping design, develop and discuss the future of Lancashire music
Tickets are free for Lancashire Music Association members. Membership to the association is also free. Or £33 for non-members
Tickets: https://bit.ly/MusicSummit2026
This is an inclusive event, if you have any accesability requirements please contact trigg@uclan.ac.uk
12:30pm - 5:00pm
53 Degrees, Brook Street, Preston, PR1 7HN.
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Speakers
The full list of speakers will be announced shortly, previous speakers have included:
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Jon Collins - CEO, LIVE
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Rufy Ghazi - Music Tech & Research Consultant
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Tom Salmon - Supporting Grassroots Music Relationship Manager, Arts Council England
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Jay Hall - Progression and Inclusion Manager, Lancashire Music Service
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Maia Barker - Accessibility Expert, Attitude Is Everything
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Stephen Holl - Guitarist, Massive Wagons
Supported by
Tony Rigg- Music Industry Advisor & Educator/ Founder, Lancashire Music Association
Tony Rigg is a Music Industry Advisor, Practitioner, and Educator at the University of Central Lancashire, where he leads the Master’s Programme in Music Industry Management, which he co-founded in 2012 with Peter Hook and co-chairs the university's Music Research Group and supervises PhD candidates. He also collaborated with Hebei University (HBU) in China to set up the Music Industry Management MA programme launched in 2023.With senior management experience at leading music and entertainment organisations, including the role of Operations Director at Ministry of Sound, Tony has overseen over 100 music venues and delivered thousands of events. He is the Director of the Preston Jazz and Improvisation Festival and has a chart pedigree as an artist and producer featured on chart-topping and gold-selling albums.
Ewa Mazierska - Professor of Film Studies, University of Central Lancashire
Dr Ewa Mazierska is a Professor at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and Research Coordinator for REF Unit 33. Ewa has published over 20 monographs and edited collections on music and culture, including the collaborations with Rigg plus Sounds Northern: Popular Culture, Music and Place in England’s North (Equinox 2018). She is also the principal editor of Studies of Eastern European Cinema.
Harry Westall - Community Development Manager/Researcher/Educator
Harry Westall is the Community Development Manager for the Lancashire Music Association and a PhD Researcher. He is responsible for connecting with and developing relationships with the counties musical stakeholders. Whilst his research with the LMA covers a wide range of the music industry, Harry's PhD research focuses specifically on branding, marketing and community development strategies for grassroots music artists. and has advised on a number of projects in their early stages. Harry has presented research at the Night Time Industries Association Summit in Birmingham and will be presenting at the Association for Popular Music's European Conference in July.