Drop the Mic takes over the Band on the Wall bar stage once more.
Drop The Mic co-founders will provide a soundtrack in between and after the live acts full of music that had directly inspired the ethos of the brand. Expect eclectic sounds from the flourishing local scene, from the wider UK scene, and the world beyond.
Featuring:
Ceeow:
Manchester-based, Birmingham raised wordsmith Ceeow is the perfect combination of Hip-Hop and Jazz. Thriving off community, Ceeow has dedicated the past 5+ years to music but also to mental health support, where he has worked closely with people’s recovery and wellbeing as well as working in a behavioural needs unit.
Finding inspiration in everything he does, Ceeow holds contentment and happiness in the highest regard, especially when it comes to his music.
KINGXTON:
Kingxton is a Netherlands born, Luton town raised artist of Ghanaian heritage. Having moved to Manchester 10 years ago, recently his hunger to create music and inspiring sounds has grown. In the last 3 years his sounds have expanded with several different influences. With his debut release in 2020, he has been unstoppable since then, taking the Manchester music scene by storm.
Kingxton brings pure energy with his music that fuses West African and Western sounds together which is unstoppable, and lights up the stage.
Leon The Pig Farmer:
Leon The Pig Farmer is a unique Manchester based spoken word/punk poetry storyteller. Last autumn saw him feature at a slew of festivals including Verbose in Salford, Float Along in Sheffield, and Born Lippy in Newcastle.
Following this, he conducted a Northern tour for his second book ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’, which concluded with a sold out show at the iconic Salford Lads Club in December.
Via:
Via, 24 from Manchester is an aspiring rnb and neo soul artist. She brings a spiritual essence into her music as it’s who she is. She’s a celestial moon child with nothing but love for the universe and all of those inside it.
Ria Hope:
Ria Hope is a non-binary conscious kink practitioner, intimacy activist and general juicy piece of fruit. They’ve had their teeth stuck into different forms of literature since their teen years, and their work brings a mixture of saucy smut and deep, esoteric musings on life, sex and queer fuckery.
Lawal b2b Feazilla:
Drop The Mic co-founders will provide a soundtrack in between and after the live acts full of music that had directly inspired the ethos of the brand. Expect eclectic sounds from the flourishing local scene, from the wider UK scene, and the world beyond!