The BBC is to host its first ever Music Day celebration in June with a series of live events, performances and broadcasts.
Taking place on 5 June, the initiative will feature programming across numerous BBC platforms as well as events in ten UK cities.
BBC Music Day ambassadors including singers Tom Jones, Rae Morris and George Ezra, producer Mark Ronson, beatboxer Shlomo, Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor and conductor Charles Hazlewood will all be championing the initiative.
As part of the event, the BBC is launching BBC Music Day’s Unsung Heroes, a UK-wide search for individuals who have made or are continuing to make a big contribution to music in their community.
Charles Hazlewood, BBC Music Day ambassador, said: ‘Music is the most universal language we have, way more so than any dialect or tongue, and every person on the planet engages with music on a daily basis.
‘The music industry in the UK is a world leader. It's highly appropriate then, that the BBC should devote a whole day to celebrating these absurdly musical isles.’
Events will be taking place in the likes of Belfast, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff and Glasgow while the day will begin with a Hadrian’s Wall of Sound - a musical relay from Bowness on Solway to Wallsend. The music will start at daybreak in West Cumbria and finish in North Tyneside - 73 miles and 14 hours later.
Visit bbc.co.uk/musicday to find out more about the event.
Taking place on 5 June, the initiative will feature programming across numerous BBC platforms as well as events in ten UK cities.
BBC Music Day ambassadors including singers Tom Jones, Rae Morris and George Ezra, producer Mark Ronson, beatboxer Shlomo, Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor and conductor Charles Hazlewood will all be championing the initiative.
As part of the event, the BBC is launching BBC Music Day’s Unsung Heroes, a UK-wide search for individuals who have made or are continuing to make a big contribution to music in their community.
Charles Hazlewood, BBC Music Day ambassador, said: ‘Music is the most universal language we have, way more so than any dialect or tongue, and every person on the planet engages with music on a daily basis.
‘The music industry in the UK is a world leader. It's highly appropriate then, that the BBC should devote a whole day to celebrating these absurdly musical isles.’
Events will be taking place in the likes of Belfast, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff and Glasgow while the day will begin with a Hadrian’s Wall of Sound - a musical relay from Bowness on Solway to Wallsend. The music will start at daybreak in West Cumbria and finish in North Tyneside - 73 miles and 14 hours later.
Visit bbc.co.uk/musicday to find out more about the event.
