{"id":51178,"date":"2024-04-23T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/?p=51178"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:28:44","slug":"brand-new-podcast-festival-to-be-held-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/23\/brand-new-podcast-festival-to-be-held-in-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand New Podcast festival to be held in Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sheffield is set to host a brand new podcast festival including \u201cnever-seen-before\u201d performances from names such as Katherine Ryan, Jamie Laing, Sophie Habboo, and many more.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice Levine, alongside James O\u2019Hara and Dino Sofos, have set up Crossed Wires, an event celebrating podcasting, which is set to take place on the 31st May to the 2nd June.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival will be held in various venues across Sheffield including City Hall and The Crucible Theatre and will see live and uncensored shows from some of the biggest names in podcasting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019ve got iconic venues<br>We\u2019ve got iconic acts<br>Make it an iconic weekend and see your favourite podcasts in person!<br><br>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Crossed Wires, The Podcast Festival<br>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Sheffield, 31st May &#8211; 2nd June<br>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Tickets &amp; info: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/83AzCZF2XF\">https:\/\/t.co\/83AzCZF2XF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E4tB2asv8L\">pic.twitter.com\/E4tB2asv8L<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Crossed Wires Festival (@crossedwires_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crossedwires_\/status\/1778770944724468004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Martin Smith, Chair of the Economic Development and Skills Committee, said: \u201cWe are very pleased to be welcoming the Crossed Wires Festival to Sheffield in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLooking forward to welcoming people and celebrating what is becoming an increasingly important medium for news, social affairs and comedy.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice Levine told the BBC that they chose to host the event in Sheffield as it has a \u2018great heritage for cultural events\u2019. The trio, all from the North of the country, have said they wanted another \u2018vibrant city\u2019 to host this national event, instead of London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past couple of years podcasts have become a lot more popular and events like this are giving an opportunity for a community to grow between podcast lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dino Sofos said in a BBC article: \u201cPeople are more and more wanting to experience community\u201d and essentially \u201cfeel part of something\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presenters of \u2018We don&#8217;t know either babe\u2019, Charlotte Colley and Larissa Kirby aren&#8217;t performing at the festival but have shared their views of why they think podcasting has risen in fame.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4221-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4221-1-980x735.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4221-1-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlotte Colley, 19, said: \u201cI think podcasts have become so popular because we live in a really fast paced society and we overlook genuine human connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPodcasts give a sense of community that we often miss out on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival sets out to create a party-like atmosphere and has been described as \u2018The UKs biggest podcasting party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larissa Kirby, 19, said: \u201cI think it\u2019s important to celebrate any and all forms of media expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCreativity should always be celebrated.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For more information about the festival follow this link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossedwires.live\/\">https:\/\/www.crossedwires.live\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield is set to host a brand new podcast festival including \u201cnever-seen-before\u201d performances from names such as Katherine Ryan, Jamie Laing, Sophie Habboo, and many more.&nbsp;&nbsp; Alice Levine, alongside James O\u2019Hara and Dino Sofos, have set up Crossed Wires, an event celebrating podcasting, which is set to take place on the 31st May to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":51184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5,132,166,165],"tags":[482,480,12],"class_list":["post-51178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news","category-top-stories","category-top-story-2","category-top-story-4","tag-crossed-wires-festival","tag-podcast","tag-sheffield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51178"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51198,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51178\/revisions\/51198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}