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WeGotTickets launches Indie 50 power list

By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 12 August 2016

Ticketing firm WeGotTickets has unveiled its first Indie 50 list – a rundown of the 50 people a panel of judges deemed to be the most influential in grassroots music in the UK.

Among those anointed are SBTV founder Jamal Edwards, GRM Daily editor Caroline Simionescu-Marin, NTS founder Femi Adeymi, Eat Your Own Ears chief Tom Baker, Sebright Arms booker Loretta DeFéo, radio presenter Jon Hillcock, The Local’s Howard Monk, and Ramsgate Music Hall owner Jules Bigg.

“We started out in 2000 as a small ticketing company working on local gigs in Oxford”, says WeGotTickets co-founder Dave Newton. “We now work with thousands of venues and promoters across the UK, and we’ve seen first hand, time and time again, the effect that certain individuals can have on a local scene. Indie 50 is all about celebrating those people and giving them some recognition on a national level”.

Next month, the people featured on the inaugural list will be featured in a photography exhibition at the 71A Gallery in Shoreditch. Photographer Dan Wilton snapped each of them in their natural environment. The exhibition will run from 1-8 Sep.

The full list is as follows:

Alex Murray – Promoter, One Inch Badge
Alice Passey – Owner, Servant Jazz
Amanda Stanley & Stacey Walton – Co-Founders, TYCI
Camille Rearden – Independent Promoter
Caroline Simionescu-Marin – Editor, GRM Daily / A&R Manager, XL Recordings
Chris Bye – Music Manager, The Arts Council
Chris Horkan – Promoter, Hey Manchester / Editor, Manchester Wire
Chris Tipton – Promoter, Upset The Rhythm
Craig Johnston – Booker, King Tuts
Daniel Monsell – Promoter, Rockfeedback
Dominique Frazer – Booker, The Boileroom
Dylan Clarke – Booker, The Brook
Ed Lilo – Event Booker, Vice
Emma Daman Thomas – Independent Promoter
Femi Adeymi – Founder, NTS
Grainne Braithwaite – Promoter, Synergy Concerts
Howard Monk – Promoter, The Local
Immy Doman & Risa Tabatznik – Managers, The Green Note
Jamal Edwards – Founder, SBTV
Jeff Horton – Owner, The 100 Club
Jeffrey Johns – Individual
Jess Partridge – Editor, London in Stereo
Jodie Layton – Co-owner, Space Station and Brixton Beach Boulevard
Joe Caithness – Co-Founder, JT Soar, Subsequent Mastering & Second Stage Audio
Joe Grant – Founder, Be Nothing Concerts
Joel Thompson – Booker, The Cluny
John Rostron – Co-Founder, Swn Festival & The Welsh Music Prize
Jon Hillcock – Presenter, BBC 6 Music / Podcaster
Jon Wickstead & Wesley Jones – Founders, Now Wave
Jules Bigg – Owner, Ramsgate Music Hall
Julian Deane – Founder, Raygun Management
Kate Hewett – Booker, The Harley & Tramlines Festival
Kathianne Hingwan – General Manager, Vortex Jazz Club
Liam Jolly – Promoter, SW1 Productions
Loretta DeFéo – Booker, The Sebright Arms
Nathan Clark – Owner, The Brudenell Social Club
Rachel Aggs – Band Leader / Independent Promoter
Ronan Munro – Founder/Editor, Nightshift Magazine
Rupert Morrison – Owner, The Drift
Sarah Cole – Promoter, Supercharged
Simon Baker – Booker, The Portland Arms
Simon Catling – Booker, Soup Kitchen
Simon Williams – Founder, Fierce Panda Records
Steve ‘Revo’ Miller – Promoter, EVOL
Tallah Brash – Marketing Manager/Booker, Electric Circus
Thristian Richards – Co-Founder, Boiler Room
Tom Baker – Founder, Eat Your Own Ears & Field Day

Find out more at www.indie50.com