An under threat youth charity is to showcase its role at the heart of the city's music scene when it takes the lead in organising this year's Hull Trinity Festival.
For more than 30 years, The Warren in Hull city centre has helped the most vulnerable young people, as well as giving talented musicians the opportunity to get their music heard.
Continuing government funding cuts have now cast the future of the centre in doubt.
The Hull Trinity Festival is run by Hull Bid, but much of the organisation is entrusted to the team at The Warren.
Stewart Baxter, arts development worker at The Warren, said: "Trinity Festival is the first event where we have been encouraged to get involved in actually running the event.
"We work on Freedom Festival and Humber Street Sesh, maybe managing a part of the event or running a particular stage but this is the only festival that is given over to us to build."
The Warren team made a great impression last year when Trinity Festival moved to a new level with a main stage in Trinity Square featuring national headline acts Dodgy and King Charles supported by the cream of local talent.
They also unveiled new talent Nineties Boy – Hull's northern rapper Luke Chambers – who compered the proceedings.
Luke will be back in the spotlight at Trinity Festival, and Stewart said there will be plenty more emerging local talent ensuring that things run smoothly behind the scenes.
Stewart said: "From the start our message to the people we work with was that they can really put their stamp on Trinity Festival, make a difference with the project and gain acknowledgement for what we do.
"They are really excited about that because they see it as an opportunity to train people up to work in the music industry, whether it's performing on stage, building the stage, promoting events. From working on Trinity Festival, they have gone on to do other festivals."
As well as a main stage in Trinity Square, there will be 28 pubs, clubs and café bars presenting live music as part of the festival, which takes place from Friday, September 26 to Sunday, September 28.
Holy Trinity Church will be the venue for a ticketed event on the Friday evening to raise funds for the church. Performers include The Mighty and the Moon, Jody McKenna and Emily Moulton.
All other events will be free. The main stage will operate from 1pm until 9pm each day, with live music continuing afterwards in venues around the city centre.
Kathryn Shillito, Hull Bid city centre manager, said: "Last year's Trinity Festival was our biggest yet and was one of the best events in a summer packed with entertainment, and much of that success was down to The Warren."Hull Trinity FestivalWhen: Friday, September 26 to Sunday 28 SeptemberWhere: Main stage is in Trinity SquareEntry: Majority is free.Web: www.trinityfestival.co.uk
