The Leeds Pageant has simply completed this previous Financial institution Vacation weekend, and whereas loads of the media consideration has been centered on the primary stage, a vital set was taking place over on the Local weather Stay Stage, on their solar-powered pink bus.
With their slogan, “Can You Hear Us But?” emblazoned on the aspect of the bus, Local weather Stay has been a characteristic at many festivals over the summer season right here within the UK. Local weather Stay’s pledge is to unite folks by way of the ability of music, and to succeed in the bulk, who usually are not at present engaged within the disaster. Local weather Stay makes use of music to:
Enlarge the worldwide motion by participating with a brand new viewers by way of music;
Elevate consciousness of the challenges confronted at this time by folks on the frontline of ecological breakdown, and predictions by scientists for the longer term. Educate extra folks in Africa about why they’re dealing with so many local weather associated challenges;
Stress world leaders (political, financial, and cultural) to take motion to fight the local weather disaster, with a deal with COP28.
On the Leeds Pageant Local weather Stay hosted a number of panels, with Saturday’s panel, on the Different Stage, “Artistic Industries Can Drive Change”, that includes Bella Ramsey, Amybeth McNulty, Rachel Keeks, Frances Fox, Dominque Palmer, Fi Quekett, and extra, noticed them converse on points equivalent to movie and TV and the local weather, and Bella got here up with the catchy slogan, “you may’t save a burning world whenever you’re burnt out”.
The bus stage performed host to music aplenty, commencing with Foxglove, Morning Crush, Nightbus, Mollie Coddled, and Uninvited on Friday. Saturday opened with Martha Jean, adopted by Molly Burman, Coupdekat, Izzie De-Rosa, and Charlotte Plank ending the night. Sunday was the ultimate day of the competition, and the acts of the day had been Cathy Kio, The Redroom, Lunarca, Tinyumbrellas, and, final however not at all least, Sunday headliners Jedward.
The Irish duo carried out their Eurovision hit, ‘Lipstick’, a few of their very own compositions, together with the excessive power, ‘Extraordinary’, from their 2019 album, ‘Voice Of A Insurgent’, in addition to many different crowd favourites, equivalent to ‘Underneath Stress (Ice Ice Child)’, ‘All The Small Issues’, and a canopy of The Killers’ ‘Mr Brightside’, in addition to a spirited electrical guitar efficiency of ‘I’m Simply Ken’, from The Barbie Film. A whole lot got here to listen to Jedward’s extremely Jepic efficiency as they danced on the highest of the pink bus, whereas the solar was setting.
Be sure to sustain with Local weather Stay and what they’ve developing by trying out their web site, and social media, together with Instagram.
