# LEICESTER MUSICFEST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1186629
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 28, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1186629


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 EASTWOOD ROAD, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE2 8DD
- **Phone:** 07721 030173
- **Email:** info@leicestermusicfest.com
- **Website:** https://www.leicestermusicfest.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN LEICESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BY: (1) HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE ACCESS INSPIRING MUSIC-MAKING AND EDUCATION;(2) SUPPORTING YOUNG EMERGING ARTISTS BY DEVELOPING THEIR MUSICAL EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGING PERFORMANCE;(3) WIDENING ACCESS TO MUSIC BY ORGANISING PERFORMANCES OF ARTISTIC MERIT WITH FREE OR SUBSIDISED TICKETS;(4) FOSTERING A CULTURE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY AND CO-OPERATION BY STAGING A MUSIC FESTIVAL OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE EVENTS TO BRING THE LOCAL MUSICAL COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

**Activities:** We advance public education and appreciation of the arts in Leicester and surrounding areas.We help young people access music-making and education, support young emerging artists by developing their musical education and encouraging performance, widen access to music by organising performances with free or subsidised tickets and foster a culture of musical discovery.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LOCAL
- Leicester City
- Leicestershire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **John Gull** | Chair | Sept. 25, 2016 |
| Avalon Jade Summerfield |  | Sept. 25, 2016 |
| Christopher Benjamin Hiam |  | Nov. 12, 2019 |
| Dr Lucy Elizabeth Bleazard |  | May 21, 2026 |
| Jonathan Wesley Lloyd Jarvis |  | Sept. 25, 2016 |
| Melanie Settle |  | May 11, 2024 |
| Roxanne Sonia Gull |  | Sept. 25, 2016 |




