IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU! CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF TALENT AND CONNECTING THEM WITH INDUSTRY.

YOU Festival is an exciting two day event that features unmissable conferences, panels and workshops from the creative industry’s most recognised individuals and prestigious companies. Its aim is to inspire the next generation of young creatives.

This year’s YOU Festival was held in January at the prestigious M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, with tickets exclusively available to LMA students. We welcomed over 110 industry specialists to host workshops and Q&As across LMA’s key degree subjects of Music, Film and TV, Dance, Acting, Gaming, Musical Theatre and Business.

Two incredible days were packed with a wealth of prestigious talent from the BBC, ITV, TikTok, SoundCloud, Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe, Banijay Productions, Little Dot Studios, Ripstone and Imaginarium Studios.

We were also honoured to host West End royalty, Kerry Ellis, global choreographers, including Duwane Taylor and Boy Blue, plus Grammy Award-winning music producer, Jason Perry, to name but a few.

There was also an array of evening activities, including amazing performances from LMA Level 6 students, a silent disco, indoor fun fair and DJ sets.

Here is to You Festival 2026…