Music Cities Convention returns to Brighton in May
The night mayor of Amsterdam, the executive director of Sydney Fringe and the promoter of Tramlines festival are among the first names confirmed for the Brighton event
News By IQ | 19 February 2016
The Music Cities Convention, which focuses on “the relationship between city planning, strategy, development, policy and the music industry”, will return to Brighton on 18 May, the day before The Great Escape.
The first convention, in Brighton this time last year, was initiated by The Great Escape co-founder Martin Elbourne and music market development agency Sound Diplomacy and attracted 120 attendees from 20 countries and 50 cities. The inaugural US edition – in Washington, DC, in November 2015 – exceeded that, with 170 attendees from 60 cities.…