Produce Events in the Night Time Economy with Confidence

This course is opening for applications soon!

This programme is designed to give people interested in putting on live events the practical tools, guidance and confidence to plan, produce and run them with clarity.

Across the course, you’ll build a solid foundation in event production – from planning and budgeting to the technical fundamentals of lights & sound – while learning directly from professionals from the night-time economy and beyond who actively work in industry leading organisations. You’ll connect with peers at a similar stage, widen your network, take part in live gigs, and gain insight into how the industry really works.

With expert support and a hands-on approach, you will:

Understand the full lifecycle of an event, from the initial creative idea through to delivery on the day
Learn how to plan projects of different scales and formats
Develop technical literacy of working with lights, sound, and staging safely and creatively
Be able to liaise with industry professionals with confidence, understanding their roles and functions
Get to grips with essential logistics, including licensing, policies, supply chains and working with suppliers
Shadow back stage and front of house professionals as they build, prepare, run and break down live music events.
Develop personal skills that make a real difference early on: time management, values-led decision-making and clear communication
Explore the basics of fundraising and discover where to look for opportunities for financial support
Build and manage event budgets with confidence
Learn how to gather feedback, evaluate your work and use it to keep improving

This is practical, supportive training designed to meet you where you are. It’s collaborative, hands-on and rooted in real-world producing, giving you the skills, awareness and confidence to grow your career with purpose and momentum.

What is a Skills Bootcamp?

A Skills Bootcamp is a government funded employability training offer. Subjects are varied but respond to skills gaps identified from working with employers. A Skills Bootcamp is a minimum 60hr course and open to residents of the UK who are over 19 years old and have the right to work in the UK.

What is an apprenticeship?

An apprenticeship is just like a normal job but apprentices spend 20% of their contracted hours training to equip them for their role and future career.

Is it really free?

Apprenticeships are free to the learner, the employer may contribute a small amount to the training.
Skills Bootcamps are also free to the learner – if the learner works full time then their employer contributes 10% of the training if they are a small organisation and 30% if they are a large organisation.