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Music | AccessThruMusic takes over the Limelight Belfast

On Friday 4 April, AccessThruMusic is set to take over the Limelight. The course aims to build life skills, teamwork, presentation skills, interview techniques and employability skills to help young people from Northern Ireland into employment.

In the afternoon, an invitation only event will present those who completed the course over the past year with a certificate. This presentation ceremony will be opened by Dr. Stephen Farry MLA, and the Minister for the Department for Employment & Learning.

Some past participants will be called up to speak about their experiences and the presentation will be hosted by DJ Philly Taggart, a BBC Radio One DJ from Northern Ireland himself. Also on stage will be Conor Scott who appeared on last year’s series of The Voice UK. Conor will be chatting about his experience as a guest speaker who came in to see the young people whilst on their course. Conor will also be performing at the presentation which is followed by a complimentary buffet and networking opportunities.

From 7pm to late the young talented people who have completed the course are staging their own event. Performing at this one-off FREE gig will be a number of past participants along with some of the music industry advisers who mentor the young people throughout the project.

This is a chance to showcase the talent that has come through the course and it will be attended by Record Labels and Publishers as well as people from the music industry. Runaway Go, who already attract a large following have been invited to perform as special guests to headline the live acts. Other performances on the night will come from Kat Little and Andreia Soares. Echo Raptors, a Hip Hop Hour hosted by Michael Johnston aka Eros the Prince. Young DJs and Music Producers who attended the course will then battle it on stage as EDM takes over in a number of DJ battles before DJ Paul Hamill of Psycatron, one of the project’s mentors and renowned DJ ends the night.

The showcase is for emerging talent that has come from the AccessThruMusic course and prepared to Work project, which is funded through The Department for Employment and Learning and part funded by The European Social Fund. With FREE entry on the night this is one gig not to be missed and is a testament to the young people of Northern Ireland.