Unconvention 2020 – video highlights

Unconvention 2020 – video highlights

Earlier this month I visited Manchester to represent BLMP on a panel discussion entitled ‘Developing Regional Music Scenes’ at the 2020 Unconvention event. The conference organisers have posted a video of the event highlights on their Facebook page – you can view it here.

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