Soundcheck Sessions - Knuckle

Soundcheck Sessions offer young people (aged 14+) the chance to access a venue before doors open to watch the artist soundcheck and sit through a Q&A with them along with some the crew and venue team. Participants can come from local schools, colleges, and youth groups, often giving them their first experience inside a grassroots music venue.

Hearing directly from the artist as well those behind the scenes about what their jobs involve, how a show happens and what it means to go on tour, gives these young people an introduction to the live music industry. Crucially though, it’s an insight into music industry careers on their doorstop and beyond. By introducing participants to their local music venue at an early age, collectively we can build excitement about live music, local venues and open the young people up to the local music industry infrastructure.

These free sessions also allow venues to welcome young people in and build relationships with new audiences, and possibly crew, of the future. This, in turn, demonstrates their increasingly important role as a vital creative hub in their local community for development and education. Our experience shows that artists and their crew are very willing to take the time to speak with young people and share their experiences of their work. This isn’t a prescriptive initiative, as each session will involve different artists and crew, so we’re happy that venues make it their own.

https://www.seetickets.com/event/soundcheck-sessions-oporto/oporto/2572693

"It was very fun, being able to talk to the artist themselves and ask questions. This is something that not often able to be done and it was a comfortable space to do so too"
Soundcheck Session Participant