{"id":51321,"date":"2024-04-24T15:25:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/?p=51321"},"modified":"2024-04-24T18:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T18:56:01","slug":"sheffield-graduate-orchestrates-first-battle-of-the-bands-event-to-raise-money-for-local-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/sheffield-graduate-orchestrates-first-battle-of-the-bands-event-to-raise-money-for-local-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield student orchestrates first Battle of the Bands event to raise money for local charities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

University student Annya Freeman has orchestrated Sheffield\u2019s first Charity Battle of the Bands, merging her passion for music with a desire to give back to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event will take place at the Sidney & Matilda venue on the 5th of May. It aims to raise funds for local charities: Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Cavendish Cancer Care, and Weston Park Cancer Charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annya Freeman, the visionary behind the event, shared her inspiration for the unique fundraising project: “During my final year at university, the chance to work on this unique fundraising project with these charities was incredibly exciting. My lifelong passion for music immediately made a Battle of the Bands the ideal event concept.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her brother’s successful career as a musician further fueled her passion and played a big role in her decision to pursue event management, as well as growing up in Liverpool, which showed her a vibrant music scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She added: \u201cA Battle of the Bands felt like a perfect fit for this project. It allows me to seamlessly combine my love of music with the opportunity to raise awareness and critical financial support for these important causes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the event is to \u2018give back to the community\u2019 while also creating a \u2018fun and electrifying\u2019 experience for the Sheffield community to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annya admitted that this was her first time organizing an event: “While the process has presented its share of challenges, it has also proven to be both stimulating and fulfilling.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added: “The inevitable moments of stress and apprehension, such as a band dropping out due to unforeseen circumstances, have ultimately been overshadowed by the sense of accomplishment of my vision taking shape.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selecting the bands for the event proved to be a particularly \u2018challenging\u2019 aspect of the planning process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bands attending include Adam’s Sister, Cabrons, x2 Fast, Settlements, and Zibel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the event, Annya plans to provide the chosen charities with an event plan, leaving the possibility for the event to be recreated in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets can be purchased now online through Skiddle, when searching Amp It Up, or though instagram @amp.it.up_sheffield<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram: amp.it.up_Sheffield Link to tickets: https:\/\/skiddle.com\/e\/38269085<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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University student Annya Freeman has orchestrated Sheffield\u2019s first Charity Battle of the Bands, merging her passion for music with a desire to give back to the community. The event will take place at the Sidney & Matilda venue on the 5th of May. It aims to raise funds for local charities: Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Cavendish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":51325,"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":[191,7,5,165],"tags":[495,496,105],"class_list":["post-51321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charity","category-culture","category-news","category-top-story-4","tag-bands","tag-events-2","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51321","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\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51321"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51351,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51321\/revisions\/51351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}