Having just clicked on the ‘What’s On’ section on The Sentinel website I was somewhat dismayed to find the section completely devoid of information. Is there really nothing taking place in and around Staffordshire worth mentioning or promoting? Well the answer is a resounding YES, it seems. This is certainly true for February 11th anyway. How disappointing. The city has a vibrant and impressive wealth of musical talent as well as a colourful art scene and yet the support from local venues for gigs and events seems to be missing.
Last night whilst at work at Soniq Studios - City Youth Centre, a gentleman called in to inform us he was looking for young local rock bands to come and perform at an event he was organising. How refreshing it was, knowing that there are people in and around this city aware of the up and coming talent residing in this city and to actually take the time out to come and show an interest and help support and nurture this emerging talent was so reassuring.
Unfortunately, as a city we are notoriously left trailing around 20 years behind the rest of the country in terms of economic development and expansion, in recent years though, thanks to clubs such as the Sugarmill and the Underground, local music has seen interest in the city swell. We should be encouraging this further and ensuring the rest of the country take note of just how darn brilliant we can be. We need to pull ourselves out of this recession depression and throw ourselves into projecting our creative diversity. Not only helping local talent but also helping ourselves. Come on, Stoke!
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