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Launchpad x WX Showcase Gigs - Elwell + Speedway Star + Milly Renu

Free
Friday 3 July 2026
Start time:7pm - End time: 10pm
DATE: Friday 3 July 2026
Start time:7pm - End time: 10pm
PRICE: Free
AGE RANGE:
Young People

Launchpad is once again teaming up with Wakefield Exchange to present more showcase gigs for 2026. Shining a spotlight on incredible musicians from across Yorkshire.

This time working with local record label Esco Romanesco Records to curate an incredible line up of upcoming artists.

Wakefield Exchange is The city’s go-to destination for, creativity, culture, leisure and work. It’s a place where casual food and drink pair seamlessly with extraordinary encounters in art, craft, and innovation.

Best of all, the gigs are free entry and open to everyone.

Join us on Friday 3rd of July 2026, 7pm–10pm, at Wakefield Exchange for the first evening of outstanding live music. The full lineup is below, don’t miss it!

Curious about Launchpad and the support we offer across Yorkshire? Come and chat with one of our team at the venue!

Featured Performers

Milly Renu

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Singer songwriter group based in Leeds.
Performing in locations such as Hyde Park Book Club, Wharf Chambers and Peddler Market. Described as a mix between dreamy indie-melancholic folk and rock. Some of Milly’s songwriting inspiration stems from the female experience, connection and longing in many different forms. Her lyrics can be personal and introspective at times, many starting with feelings of frustration or anger and adapting into songs that feel more soft and ‘solved’. Many of her lyrics originate as poetry and her main inspirations stem from 90s dream pop, velvet underground, pj harvey.

Speedway Star

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Speedway Star are an alt-country / shoegaze supergroup birthed from the fertile pastures of Leeds, West Yorkshire. Bonded through a shared love of Silver Jews, Sparklehorse and 60s jangle, their sound is eclectic but nevertheless still fragile - carefully woven together by gentle flourishes of lap steel, 1950s Italian fan organ, and banjo. Supported by a rotating cast of musicians and instruments, lyrical content meanders from surreal imagery to obscure references.

Elwell
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Elwell are a 4 piece band from Leeds. Their debut EP 'Go Faster,' is a blistering barrage of jangly, emo power-pop that wouldn't be out of place on NME's famed C86 cassette, with a range of influences including Ovlov, Balkans and Pavement.

Feeling Peckish? WX has some incredible street food & drink vendors that have something for everyone…

Smash & Dash - Smash & Dash Wakefield | Wakefield Exchange

Gray’s Coffee Shop - Gray's Coffee Shop | Wakefield Exchange

La Chingada Tex Mex - La Chingada Tex Mex | Wakefield Exchange

The Exchange Tap - The Exchange Tap | Wakefield Exchange

Spudz Wakefield - Spudz Wakefield | Wakefield Exchange

*Launchpad is delivered by Music Local, and is supported by Youth Music, with public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England, PPL Giving, Bradford Council, Leeds City Council funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and PRS Foundation's Talent Development Partnership supported by PPL.*

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Placed conveniently in the heart of the city, WX is the perfect place to meet friends, make memories with family, attend an event, or grab a bite to eat or drink. 

There are multiple ways you can reach Wakefield Exchange by clicking on the link.

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