Newton Faulkner will be performing at London’s Omeara on Sunday 24 March as part of the fundraising week. Tickets are available with no booking fees from Ticketmaster. The event on Ticketmaster also invites customers to add a charitable donation to their ticket purchase, all proceeds going to Youth Music. Tickets are available here.

Ticketmaster UK are also selling tickets with the same zero booking fee and optional donation for National Youth Jazz Orchestra’s Give a Gig show at 229 Club in Great Portland Street on 21 March. Tickets will be available Wednesday at 10:00.

About Youth Music

Youth Music is a national charity investing in music-making projects for children and young people facing challenging circumstances. Regular music-making opportunities led by skilled music leaders help young people to explore their creativity, achieve their ambitions and develop resilience in the face of challenges including disability, poverty, mental health issues, refugee status or being brought up in care.

About Give a Gig Week

Give a Gig Week will be a nationwide music-making extravaganza, with the charity aiming to have at least 100 fundraising gigs taking place. Gigs can take place anywhere: be it a living room, the local pub, arena or a more unusual space. Getting involved is easy – anyone who is planning to put on a gig should register it at giveagig.org.uk where they will find a range of resources to help them make their gig an unmissable event, including guides on planning, publicising and fundraising.

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About Newton Faulkner

Newton Faulkner is a multi-platinum selling, Brit Award nominated, singer-songwriter and musician from Reigate, Surrey, England. He is known for his powerful singing and dynamic percussive style of guitar playing. He has released six albums, including two No.1 albums and numerous singles such as the hit song Dream Catch Me. His latest album, Hit the Ground Running, was released in 2017 to critical acclaim accompanied by a sell-out headline solo UK and European tour.

Faulkner has performed at several major UK summer music festivals including Glastonbury Festival, V Festival, Connect Music Festival, Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Chicago, Oxegen in Ireland and at the Isle of Wight Festival. He also played the part Johnny in the Green Day musical American Idiot which had a three-month run on the West End in London.

About National Youth Jazz Orchestra

NYJO is a glittering showcase for the UK’s finest young professional jazz musicians, combining a hard-swinging rhythm section and a raft of hugely talented soloists, to bring you the very best in British big band jazz. Under the artistic direction of Mark Armstrong, the 23-piece orchestra perform around 40 concerts a year nationally and internationally, and aim to inspire the next generation of young jazz musicians with education work wherever they tour. Over its 52-year history, NYJO has helped launch the careers of many of the country’s most renowned jazz musicians including Guy Barker, Amy Winehouse, Mark Nightingale and Laura Jurd.