HIT THE ROAD Tour 3 – 6 September 2015
The Youth music touring initiative Hit The Road visits Stirling, Dundee, Inverness and Edinburgh from 3-6 September.
Managed by the Scottish Music Centre the project provides young musicians living in Scotland aged 14-19 years old, the opportunity to learn about the live industry before embarking on a professionally managed tour. Get a taste of what they do here.
The project equips young artists with the knowledge, contacts and tools to work within the live industry and receives funding from The Scottish Government’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) and The Big Lottery Fund.
Hit The Road alumni include Model Aeroplanes, Aylee, KLOË, Man of Moon, The Mermaids, Be Charlotte and many more.
This year the lineup features:
Rhona Macfarlane a 17 year old singer songwriter from Montrose. She is a multi-instrumentalist playing, piano, guitar and violin and recently toured China as part of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland. Rhona has performed at Montrose Music Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the renowned Danny Kyle open stage at Celtic Connections.
Ruth Gillies an 18 year old singer songwriter from Inverness with a folk/country twist. Ruth benefited from one-to-one mentoring support, and gained a performance slot at Belladrum Festival via Music Plus last year. Other live highlights include Blazin’ in Beauly festival, Folktoberfest and Baxters’ Loch Ness Marathon.
Gus Harrower a 16-year-old musician from Edinburgh who has supported Hit The Road artists like Acrylic. Gus released his debut EP ‘Mystery’ in June this year with notable gigs including Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange and Edinburgh Festival Fringe for Hard Rock Cafe.
Aaron Smith is a 17-year old singer songwriter from Stirling. He recently completed a busking tour of different UK cities with Hit The Road alumni Megan D, supported X-Factor runner up Nicholas McDonald and released his debut single City Lights which has had over 100K views on YouTube.
Tour Dates:
3rd Sept 2015: The Tolbooth, STIRLING
4th Sept 2015: BeatGenerator Live! Dundee
5th Sept 2015: Mad Hatters, [upstairs Hootananny] INVERNESS
6th Sept 2015: The Electric Circus, EDINBURGH
Tickets are free for a limited time and available from Eventbrite.
