Apply To Play: Climate Live Stage at Festivals 2025
Would you like to play a major festival whilst helping tackle one of the most pressing issues of our generation?
Climate Live are looking for young, up and coming UK artists and DJs to platform on our open-top solar-powered bus stage at major festivals this summer! We are currently accepting applications for:
- Wireless (11-13 July, London)
- Latitude (24-27 July, Suffolk)
- Leeds (21-24 August, Leeds)
We curate our line-ups to fit the genre(s) of each festival's line-up:
- Wireless: rap, hip-hop, grime, afrobeats, R&B, etc.
- Latitude: all genres
- Leeds: rock, indie, alternative, rap, hip-hop, pop, punk, metal, dance, etc.
To be eligible, you must be based in the UK this summer (international artists are welcome to apply if you will be in the UK this summer)
We are particularly interested in hearing from acts who are underrepresented in the music industry and beyond.
Please note that we are a charity with a team of volunteers and limited funds, so we can cover expenses (travel, food, etc) but not fees.
Deadline: May 4
Who are we?
Climate Live is a global youth-led movement, with teams in 40+ countries, who harness the power of music to engage a new audience in the climate movement.
Our supporters include Billie Eilish, Ellie Goulding, Cara Delevingne, Bella Ramsey, Sam Fender, Mabel, dodie, Any Gabrielly, The Wombats, Declan McKenna and Glass Animals.
The UK team take a solar-powered open top pink bus stage to major festivals! We host live music interspersed with talks on intersectional climate and social justice issues. We have now run our bus stage for two years with great success. We have platformed 125 artists and 167 youth activist speakers. As a diverse team, providing opportunities to people underrepresented in arts and culture is a priority for us. in 2024 our lineups were 80% female and non-binary and 66% BIPOC young people.
Artists who have played on our stage include Nova Twins, Alfie Templeman, Seb Lowe, Cristale, JEDWARD, GIRLI, Beth McCarthy, tinyumbrellas and Woody Cook.
You can find out more info about us on our instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climateliveuk/?hl=en and website https://climatelive.org/
🎶 Climate Live is looking for emerging UK artists & DJs to play their solar-powered stage at Wireless, Latitude & Leeds this summer!
Help power change through music.
Apply by 4 May 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJzz_4...
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