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ThisWeek Culture teams up with Sound + Vision to present comedy conference
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 28 February 2022
CMU’s sister publication ThisWeek Culture has announced a partnership with the Sound + Vision festival and conference, which is taking place in Cambridge in April. The ThisWeek team – who have been covering the Edinburgh Festival every year since 1996 – will be presenting a programme of panels and conversations all about the business of comedy as part of the conference side of S+V.
People from across the comedy community will join CMU and ThisWeek Culture founder Chris Cooke on stage to discuss how to build a career in comedy today; plus how comedians are using livestreaming and other digital platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Patreon to grow an audience and generate income.
There will also be a debate about the future of the Edinburgh Fringe, which has traditionally played a key role in most comedians’ careers, especially in the early phase. After being cancelled in 2020 and streamlined in 2021 as a result of COVID-19, will the world’s biggest cultural festival be different when it properly returns later this year, and – if so – how will that impact on the comedy world?
The comedy conference will sit alongside a series of panels aimed at the music industry, covering topics like sync licensing and composing music for film TV, games and ads, the festival sector post-pandemic, and diversity initiatives in the music industry. Plus CMU’s Sam Taylor will lead a discussion on the pros and cons of self-releasing music versus working with a label.
On the festival side of Sound + Vision, over 70 acts – both new and established – from the worlds of music and comedy will perform across eight stages in venues around Cambridge, including Tim Burgess, Kristin Hersh, Penelope Isles, Eckoes, Shao Dow, Isy Suttie, Jos Norris, Mike Wozniak, Nick Helm, Rosie Jones, Tony Law, Michael Akadir and Alison Spittle.
There is more info about the TW curated comedy conference here.
And you can get tickets for Sound + Vision here.
