Transforming Communities

The Cut of Her Cloth

New music inspired by women leaders of Medway, created with local people This two-year project run by Intra Arts and Live Music Now, celebrates ten women leaders of Medway. Over two years members of the local community have been invited to take part in textile and songwriting workshops. This has resulted in the creation of […]

Welcome to our new musicians in East Anglia and South East England!

A collage of photos featuring musicians playing guitars, clarinets, banjos and mandolins. Accompanied by a white logo, the text says: Live Music Now - Welcome to our new musicians in East Anglia and South East England!

Live Music Now are delighted to welcome eight new musicians across East Anglia and Medway supporting our expanding work in these areas. This follows some recruitment workshops and training sessions taking place in Ipswich, Norwich and Snape Maltings. Joining our network of performers are soloists Adam Clark, Ben Brown, Charlie Law and Charlotte Jolly, as […]

Live Music Now Honoured by Continued Patronage of King Charles III

His Majesty King Charles III has reaffirmed his commitment as the patron of Live Music Now. Our sister organisation, Live Music Now Scotland, is also honoured to receive the patronage of King Charles III. Sir Vernon Ellis, Chair of Live Music Now, said, “We are delighted that His Majesty King Charles III has retained his […]

Musical Mondays Norfolk and Suffolk – Highlights so far

In partnership with Norfolk and Suffolk Music Hubs, Live Music Now’s Musical Mondays series has been streaming monthly interactive concerts to schools in Norfolk and Suffolk throughout the 2023-24 academic year. Aiming to bring a wide range of musical genres to pupils, the series so far has featured singer songwriters, folk music from around the […]

New musicians join Live Music Now Northern Ireland

Live Music Now Northern Ireland welcomes sixteen new musicians onto its development programme. Spanning musical styles as diverse as jazz, classical, Irish trad and pop, the musicians are drawn from across Northern Ireland, Donegal and Dundalk. Musicians L-R: Karen McLaughlin, Joleen McLaughlin, Lorna McLaughlin, Rohan Armstrong, Anna Nolan, Jared Green, Aideen McGinn, Alice Lewis (NI […]

Sounds at the Junction

A group of people in a recording studio, singing and clapping hands

Life is sweet when we sing together Life is cool when we dance all night We need kind people to make life better We take our energy from the sun In Spring 2023, Live Music Now had a phone call from music leader Ben Sellers, asking whether we would be interested in working with him […]

Sir Ian Stoutzker CBE, 1929-2024

Live Music Now joins the arts, music and business worlds in mourning the passing of its Founder-President Sir Ian Stoutzker. It is with profound sadness that Live Music Now, the national charity delivering social impact through music, joins the arts, music and business worlds in mourning the passing of its Founder-President Sir Ian Stoutzker. Throughout […]

Help us to DOUBLE THE DIFFERENCE with Big Give! 19-26 March 2024

Live Music Now has been selected to take part in the Big Give – Arts for Impact 2024 campaign to raise vital funds to support arts and culture charities working to achieve social impact across the UK. This funding will support new concert series, enabling older people experiencing social isolation and loneliness to forge essential […]

Meet the team! Our London Landmarks Half Marathon 2024 runners

This year we have ten amazing runners who are training hard for the London Landmarks Half Marathon on the 7th April 2024. They’ll be joining 17,000 runners at the start on Pall Mall and racing past fabulous views of London’s most iconic landmarks including our Somerset House office, Big Ben, St Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower […]