This Wednesday on The BACK LOUNGE, it’s a hello and a chat as we reach the end of summer. I’ll be back in the chair post tour. Older, probably no wiser, a few tales to tell and looking forward to my own bed. Join our community of like-minded folks working across touring and live music, whatever your role in front or behind the scenes and whatever your level of experience, all welcome here. Wednesday 28th August 6pm BST London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT.
What makes you a good ‘hang’ on tour? This Wednesday BACK LOUNGE regular Maja – Tour Manager & Merchandiser – is hosting a discussion on if being part of the gang & great to have around is as important to being rehired as your skill set… what does that actually mean? DM for the zoom link to join the chat. Wednesday 21st August 6pm BST London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT
Next week on The BACK LOUNGE it’s BURNOUT and managing the highs and the lows – from too much FEAST to deathly quiet FAMINE. Whatever your experience of yet another summer of extremes, join the conversation. Hosting this week is me- ‘Hello my name is Suzi & I’m a workaholic’ Tour Manager – and Paul Jones dazed & confused and last man standing Technical Production Manager. Everyone working (or currently not working) across touring, live events and festivals so welcome DM for zoom link
This Wednesday on The BACK LOUNGE Rowan Mcdonagh (The Cowshed) is hosting whilst I am out in a field somewhere fighting the good fight. It’s a check in, bring whatever you want to talk about, the good, the bad and ‘the no one would possibly believe it back home….’ Everyone welcome Wednesday 7th August 6pm BST London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. DM for the zoom link ❤
This Wednesday on The BACK LOUNGE, as we roll into August, how’s your summer shaping up? All sunsets & dustbowls or mud & catering is on the other side of site & closes in 10 minutes?! It’s a check in this week, bring your highs & lows & everything else in-between. Join the community of folks working in live events & touring across the globe
Wednesday 31st July 6pm BST London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. DM for the zoom link ❤
It’s Suicide Awareness, this Wednesday on The BACK LOUNGE, this time with a more female orientated angle and the factors behind it’s worrying increase. All genders welcome, and however this issue affects you, if it’s your own story, someone close to you, or someone you’re worried about whom you work alongside. First half of the call will be recorded and practical, recognising possible warning signs, what you can do, and importantly, the impact of its aftermath. The second half, we stop recording and it’s a safe space to share and find support. Our guests are Eoghan O Hagan and Georgina Levers from Music Support, Beverly Evans therapist & coach at Music in Mind and Mig Burgess, LD, mental health advocate and trustee of Back Up Tech. Wednesday 24th July 6pm BST London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. DM for the zoom link and to show your support.
This week on The BACK LOUNGE our discussion is about surviving the ‘personalities’ in your workplace. Freelance work, in festivals and touring especially, can mean little accountability for bad behaviour. From micro aggressions to targeted bullying, and add to that how magnified it all can feel when you’re away from home and support networks. If you relate to this, you are so welcome to join our zoom call, speak or just listen, camera on or off. Knowing you are not alone in these situations really helps. Wednesday 17th July 6pm BST London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. This call will not be recorded. DM for the link
This Wednesday on The BACK LOUNGE it’s a check in, no theme, talk about anything that’s going on for you. We’re peer support for folks working in live music and events. Connect with fellow humans at all stages of their careers, in every role, across the world who understand the lifestyle and why it sometimes feels like a calling. Wednesday 10th July 6pm BST London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT.
This Wednesday on The BACK LOUNGE it’s our birthday! 4 years and counting! Since the early days of the pandemic we’ve hosted weekly zooms for anyone working across live music and events, as a way to build community and provide support when times are hard, and to cheerlead the wins. Whatever you do in the industry and wherever you are in your career from just starting out to putting away your steel toe caps for good, and everything in-between – join us to meet like-minded folks from around the world who understand the lifestyle and all its quirks. Everyone d welcome, come by say hi. Wednesday 3rd July 6pm BST London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. DM me for the link ❤
We’re skipping this week on The BACK LOUNGE, lots of folks at Glastonbury and other festivals, but we are back next week as usual and the next one is a BIG one, it’s our BIRTHDAY !!! 4 years ago who’d have thought a bunch of roadies meeting online to make sense of the pandemic would now be a massive global community? Come by say hi whether you’ve been before or not ✌️Wednesday 3rd July 6pm BST London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. Link coming later this week or DM me
