About
music performance production promotion
LIVEFEED IS A MUSIC GENERATION PROJECT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (AGED 13 – 18) INTERESTED IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION.
Livefeed aims to grow a culture of youth music in Galway and empower young people to pursue interests in live performance, event production and music promotion. The project provides new opportunities for young people to perform and enjoy live music in safe, alcohol-free environments through a programme of live music events and workshops across Galway city and county.
meet the team
tracy bruen youth engagement
Tracy is an experienced songwriter, performer, MC and event organiser who hosts the Róisín Dubh Open Mic and conducts The Blue Notes Choir.
DAVID boland project management
David is a songwriter with a background in event curation, festival production and digital media. He manages The Black Gate music venue and record label.
eoin dolan community engagement
Eoin is a songwriter, music producer and sound engineer with over ten years experience as a project worker with Foroige in the Eastside Youth Service.
our journey so far
January 2019
Galway city
Workshop & Showcase: January 26th
January - March 2019
Gort
Consultation: January 19th
Workshop: February 23rd
Showcase: March 30th
April 2019
Galway City
Workshop & Showcase: April 6th
May - June 2016
Kinvara
Consultation: 11.05.19
Workshop: 08.06.19
Showcase: 22.06.19
June 2019
Galway city
Crinniú na nÓg Showcase: June 15th
September - October 2019
Headford
Consultation: September 14th
Workshop: September 28th
Showcase: October 19th
October 2019
Galway City
Workshop & Showcase: October 26th
October 2019
Dublin
Creative Tech Fest Showcase: October 30th
November - December 2019
Tuam
Consultation: November 9th
Workshop: November 23rd
Showcase: December 7th
December 2019
Galway City
Not Bad Music Festival Showcase: December 1st
January - February 2020
Loughrea
Consultation: January 26th
Workshop: February 15th
March - October 2020
COVID-19
All events postponed due to restrictions
November 2020
Online
Workshop: October 24th
Event: November 7th
December 2020
Christmas Special
Filmed in Nun’s Island Theatre, our Livefeed Christmas Special featured Jolie Collins, Sarah Brookfield, The Restricted, Taking Names and Noov.
January 2021
Premieres!
Still no return to live music so we thought we’d start making 8pm on Fridays Livefeed time by showing separate performance videos from our Christmas Special. Watch them all on our YouTube channel.
February - March 2021
Livefeed Online
8pm on Friday continues to be Livefeed time with a series of livestreamed gigs called Livefeed Online. Watch them all on our YouTube channel.
April 2021
galway 2020 ends
Three visually stunning concerts to mark the final month of Livefeed’s epic journey with Galway 2020
September 2021
We Release a documentary
Narrated by Tracy Bruen, and featuring footage we took along the way, Livefeed: The Making Of is a short documentary about our time with Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.
October 2021
Culture Night
A youth music event in The Cornstore for Galway Culture Night 2021
May 2022
A New Home!
Livefeed finds a new home with Music Generation Galway City & Music Generation Galway County