Setting Up For Live Workshop
Join us at Leith Arches on Saturday 28th March for an in-depth, hands-on workshop exploring the essential technical and production elements involved in preparing for a gig.
Designed for emerging artists and industry, the session will demystify the technical side of live music while giving you practical experience with equipment and production set-ups.
This practical workshop takes you behind the scenes of a live show, with demonstrations covering instrument set-up, live sound engineering, and a soundcheck demo. You’ll learn how to put together a tech spec, understand advances, backline, and venue production requirements, and see how sound desks are used to shape the sound for a live performance.
Throughout the workshop you’ll have opportunities to ask questions, observe demonstrations up close, and connect with fellow artists and creatives developing their live performance practice.
Date: Saturday 28 March 2026
Time: 11:00 - 16:00
Where: Leith Arches, Edinburgh
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It’s expensive to be in a band.
Rehearsal rooms. Studio time. Fuel. Food. Accommodation. Venue hire. Merch printing. Replacing strings every other gig. The capo you forget and have to panic-buy. The cable you double checked before the show - that dies mid-song. It all adds up.