A top Lancaster band will be mentoring youngsters as part of a search for new talent at Lancaster Music Festival.
Renowned electronic pop three-piece LOWES will teach young talent the art of song writing, stagecraft, performance technique and more.
Budding performers will put what they have learned into practice at the festival itself, which takes place in October.
Festival organisers will launch their LMF Academy, previously known as Search For A Star, next month.
LOWES - Evie Plumb, Jamie Walker and Luke Paget - are preparing to go out on a headline tour in June across some of the UK's major cities.
They will also play Highest Point festival in Lancaster in May.
Their single 'Game of Love' is one of the most popular tracks of 2023 on Beyond Radio.
This year’s festival will take place from October 12-15.
A Crowdfunding campaign to help expand the festival has been launched and potential supporters have until May 2 to pledge their donations to help reach the target of just over £11,500.
With this funding, the festival can increase the number of family-friendly activities it offers, take more musicians into more primary schools before the festival, as well as provide live music in healthcare environments so that patients and care home residents can be part of the festival.
The campaign has been launched as part of Lancashire County Council’s Crowdfund Lancashire Culture and Sport Fund,
The 2022 festival saw more than 1,100 people take part in almost 60 activities including 46 music-related workshops and 13 public participation events. There were also 525 performances at more than 60 venues across Lancaster.
The four-day event covered a wide range of music genres with 85 per cent of acts being local.
Stuart Marshall, festival director, said: "We just need one final push to get our crowdfunding campaign over the line. We have big plans to provide more opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to take part in music activities before and during this year's festival but with crowdfunding, it's all or nothing so these events can only happen with the public's support."
Donations from as little as £2 can be made here.
Lancaster Music Festival is run by a not-for profit community organisation and last year’s event was partly funded by Arts Council England and Lancaster BID, along with other sponsors and funding organisations.
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