THE region’s largest music industry conference, in celebration of the 10th annual Evolution Emerging Festival, is taking place at Sage Gateshead featuring a number of industry heavyweights.

With tickets selling fast for the showcase of emerging music in the North East, organisers have confirmed that there will be a free music business gathering at Sage Gateshead on Wednesday, June 6, just days before the music festival on Saturday, June 9.

Conference speakers will include representatives from some of the nation's largest industry music organisations, including Musician's Union, PRS for Music, BPI, PPL, Help Musicians UK, MMF (Music Managers Forum), digital music distributor, Music Glue, and the independent music publisher, Sentric Music, in a bid to share its insider knowledge.

The event has been organised by Tipping Point is one of the UK’s leading talent development programmes for music creators, which is powered by development agency Generator.

The conference, from 9.30am until 5.30pm, is free to attend but prior registration is essential.

Tickets at https://generator.org.uk