Creating a Scene: What Happened to the Music?

There's not much happening in Oldham, Greater Manchester these days, especially when it comes to live, new music. Matt & Craig are Oldham lads who want to discover why and what can be done to bring the music and musicians back into the town centre. What happened to the music? We're gonna find out... A KUPOD production.

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E4 - Sounds of the Suburbs: The future of live music in Oldham

On Wednesday, 29 March 2023, Oldham Council held an event at Oldham Library called Sounds of the Suburbs: The future of live music in Oldham. Matt took his microphone and did his best to record it. Here it is... There's not much happening in Oldham, Greater Manchester these days when it comes to live, new music. Matt and Craig are Oldham lads who want to discover why and what can be done to bring the music and musicians back into the town centre. What happened to the music? We're gonna find out....

Jun 07, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 4

E3 - Mark "BBQ Bus" Fairley

Mark Fairley runs one of Oldham's most unique venues - The Old School BBQ Bus in Hollinwood, a restaurant, bar and live music venue all in one. Mark tells us about running the venue, booking local acts and why it's important to him to give local music a platform. There's not much happening in Oldham, Greater Manchester these days when it comes to live, new music. Matt and Craig are Oldham lads who want to discover why and what can be done to bring the music and musicians back into the town centr...

Mar 31, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 3

E2 - Dave Sweetmore

In our second episode we chat with local music scene establishment and DJ Mr Dave Sweetmore about how Wigan has got it's live music scene so right and what we can learn from it here in Oldham. A genuinely lovely fella, we're sure you'll enjoy this one as much as we did. There's not much happening in Oldham, Greater Manchester these days when it comes to live, new music. Matt and Craig are Oldham lads who want to discover why and what can be done to bring the music and musicians back into the tow...

Mar 24, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2

E1 - What Happened to the Music?

There's not much happening in Oldham, Greater Manchester these days when it comes to live, new music. Matt and Craig are Oldham lads who want to discover why and what can be done to bring the music and musicians back into the town centre. What happened to the music? We're gonna find out... A KUPOD production. Follow and interact with us here

Mar 12, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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