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Brian Eno, Charli XCX, Laurent Garnier & Elijah will speak at AVA London 2024

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AVA London, the longest-standing music event of it’s kind, returned to the capital in an all-new format. The annual multi-day festival and conference  featured Brian Eno, Charlie XCX, Laurent Garnier, Elijah, United Visual Artists, Grace Ladoja, Donna Grantis, Resident Advisor, It’s Nice That, Amy Lamé & many more participants and artists across some of London’s most dynamic venues including: KOKO, HERE at Outernet, The Standard and The British Library.

AVA London is an annual multi-day event series and conference which brings together electronic music and digital arts communities in a showcase event of cutting-edge performances, new technologies and culture across a three-day and night programme of talks and live shows.

AVA London provides a platform for industry professionals, artists and culture enthusiasts to gather, discuss and ignite the industry. Our goal is to push the boundaries & help shape the future of culture in the biggest city for culture in the world.

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Keynote Q&A with Séamas O'Reilly

Laurent Garnier

Laurent Garnier requires little introduction. At 58, the legendary French artist, musician and DJ has gracefully transitioned from dance music's l'enfant terrible to its elder statesman, without ever losing sight at what he does best; commanding a dancefloor. For this special keynote Q&A, author and journalist Séamas O'Reilly talks candidly with Garnier about his life, his music and the secrets to his success in keeping that passion alive.
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16:00 - 16:45 - Thursday @ The British Library

Grace Ladoja

Grace Ladoja will also joins the talks programme. The Founder of Homecoming Festival and Platform. a cultural exchange between Africa and the world and co-founder of the prestigious Metallic Inc, a global cultural studio and Manager to global artist Sarz (credits include, Beyonce, WizKid, Skepta, Tems plus many more). Grace’s previous work as Skepta’s Manager behind his Mercury Prize-winning Konnichiwa campaign alongside launching Homecoming Festival in Nigeria, has seen her taking the Nigerian charts to global audiences. A creator who has garnered respect globally for her work in recent years, Grace was recognised with an MBE in 2018 for her outstanding services to music.

16:00 - 16:45 - Friday @ KOKO Theatre
Keynote Q&A with Kira Ashwin (TikTok)

TikTok in conversation with: Kenya Grace

TikTok will join the event to present a keynote conversation with special guest speaker, Kenya Grace, an artist who has taken the industry by storm, had a UK No.1 single with ‘Strangers’ and utilised the TikTok platform to carve out a new lane for themselves. Speakers: Kenya Grace Kira Ashwin (TikTok)
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15:00 - 15:45 - Friday @ KOKO Theatre
Digital arts focussed Q&A

Creating New Realities: It’s Nice That & Pitch Studios

Pitch Studios is a digital arts studio and creative consultancy based between London and Amsterdam and made up of Christie Morgan and Chris Golden. The pair work with emerging technologies to translate ideas into visual narratives and digital experiences, and have produced projects for clients including the Barbican Centre, Google, SPACE10, Nike, Tate and the V&A. At AVA London, Christie and Chris will be sitting down with It’s Nice That’s editor-in-chief Matt Alagiah to discuss their careers to date, the role that creative technology plays in Pitch’s work, and the studio’s “empathetic” approach to art and design.
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13.00-13.45 - Thursday @ The British Library
Easol Presents: Creators In Session LIVE

The Art Of Event Curation

Programming line-ups, championing the arts and nailing creative direction, representing marginalised grassroots communities, from homegrown talent to unsung heroes. This panel brings together four promoters from different corners of the music industry to discuss what makes an event transcend the sum of its parts to become an unmissable experience. Pau Cristòful (Primavera Sound) Sarah McBriar (AVA) Derek Debru (Nyege Nyege) Nathaneal Williams (Colour Factory) Ben Turner (IMS) Host: Lisa Simpson (Easol)

13.00-13.45 - Thursday @ The British Library
Keynote Panel with AFEM

The Future of International Nightlife

The International night time economy is constantly evolving – this panel brings in perspectives from those in policy-making and lobbying for change to global media platforms, festival and club promoters. Featuring: Amy Lamé (London Night Czar), Lutz Leichsenring (Berlin Club Comission), Judy Griffith (fabric), Amy Van-Baaren (RA) - Hosted by Georgia Taglietti (AFEM)

14:00 - 14:45 - KOKO Theatre
Re-Queering Dancefloors

Re-Queering Dancefloors

Over the decades, dance music and nightclubbing has become an easily accessible commodity, peddled to the global masses. It's often forgotten that the roots of dance music and nightclubbing come from queer underground spaces. Since the 2010s there has been a resurgence of innovation and reclamation of these spaces from the underground up. Led by passionate individuals; focussed on the music, the artists and the audience. For this panel, we gather a diverse panel of event organisers from different corners of the LGBTIQ+ scene to discuss the ins-&-outs of organising parties–for queer people, by queer people. Speakers: Alex Nikolov - (Lexa Services/Vampire Studio/Primavera Sound), Romana - (MasterPLANO), Cass O'Grady - (Playbody / Boiler Room)
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14:00 - 14:45
*Featured
Closing Keynote

The Game Changers

AVA invites 4x key industry professionals, who throughout their career have played a role in facilitating a significant shift in the way of thinking about the landscape of electronic music, through artist management, bookings, partnerships, festival creation and promotion. Speakers: ✷Jamz Supernova - Artist & DJ, BBC 6 Host ✷ Josh Mateer - Head of A&R, TikTok / SoundOn ✷ Diluk Dias, CEO & Founder, AEI ✷ Amy Frenchum - Artist Manager (Ezra Collective, Yazmin Lacey) ✷ Kate Hutchinson - Host

17:00 - 18:00 - Friday @ KOKO Theatre

VENUES

KOKO

OUTERNET

THE STANDARD

THE BRITISH LIBRARY

MEDIA PARTNERS

RESIDENT ADVISOR – IT’S NICE THAT – AFEM –

EARTH PERCENT – FOUNDATION FM  – BRITISH COUNCIL – ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND – TYX STUDIOS

Want to partner with us? get in touch here.

 

PAST CONTRIBUTORS

SPEAKERS

HOT CHIP – DAVID RUDNICK – IRVINE WELSH – WEIRDCORE

SHERELLE – COURTESY – JAGUAR – TONY ANDREWS

KINK – CARL COX – ELIJAH -KODE9 – MALA

 

ARTISTS

MAX COOPER [LIVE] – MALL GRAB – DJ SEINFELD

LOGIC1000 – BRAME + HAMO – GEORGE FITZGERALD

PROSPA – SURUSINGHE – HELÈNA STAR – EMA – KINK

 

 

TESTIMONIALS

AVA is one of the world’s most exciting music festivals. MIXMAG

One of Europe’s smartest young festivals RESIDENT ADVISOR

Our favourite place – BOILER ROOM

Ireland’s most innovative electronic music festival IRISH TIMES

Patreon’s mission is to empower creators to do what they do best, by giving them tools and a platform to achieve creative independence. AVA understood this approach intrinsically, collaborating on programming a discussion featuring three on-platform collectives addressing imbalance in the Music Industry. Both the production of the space and the on-site signage integrated the brand into the event, while communication with the team on-site was flawless. PATREON

AVA London provided the perfect blend of inspiring insight, tech and music. With talks from leading thinkers, tech demo sessions followed by a night of great music – we thoroughly enjoyed sharing our history of innovation with the crowd and showcasing the new music tech on our radar! ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS

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