West Park Party is a local festival run by Bill Blenkarn. With an expected crowd of around 20,000 people, Hull is expecting big things from this festival.
Pop star Sinitta’s newest boyfriend Jason Gale, a producer from Hull, is also working with Blenkarn to bring established artists on to the scene.
Year 11 student Emmie is one of the local acts opening West Park Party for acts including Ella Eyre and Union J. We asked Blenkarn why he decided to have local acts alongside established artists.
Bill said, ‘I’m such a massive believer in giving people a chance and allowing local artists to be on the same stage as artists that have made it could be a big break for them.’
Blenkarn is also hoping to introduce further projects to Hull in order to build on the West Park Party event, especially with City of Culture coming in 2017 being a huge opportunity for music.
The full line-up will be announced within the next month and it looks set to be an exciting event!
Emmie is not the only talented young singer at Malet Lambert. Yasmin, 13, is also a talented singer.
Yasmin has been successful in writing her own music with two songs available to purchase on iTunes. When we spoke to Yasmin we asked her what inspired her to start writing music, she said ‘I think song writing really comes a lot from emotion and if you’ve got strong emotion it’s easier to write a song about it’.
Yasmin also thinks it’s very important to follow your dreams and never let anyone stop you doing what you want to do.