About North By NorthWest
NxNW (North By NorthWest) is a quarterly youth band night and open stage that showcases the best new talent in Edinburgh.This collaborative youth music showcase, initiated by Granton Youth Mixtape and Tinderbox Collective, gives young people live performance opportunities, with dedicated feature slots and an open stage, and is helping create a vibrant youth-led music scene in Edinburgh.
Following three sold out shows at Leith Depot, we upgraded the venue for NxNW to The Mash House – with more sell-out shows boasting brilliant local acts such as Low Tide, a fresh collaboration between rapper A420 and Tinderbox Collective, The Citrines, Brass Blast, Ace and All the Other Animals, Jacob Creighton, Parma Violence, Joseph Cursare, and ESRE (The Edinburgh Schools Rock Ensemble)!
NxNW is supported by a youth-led initiative, Support Your Scene, that helps young people to voice what they need and want from their local music scene, and the Scottish music scene more widely. It also gives young people a chance to hear from industry professionals, meet new people, and form new connections for collaboration. Support Your Scene is concluded with an open mic, a feature of NxNW, whereby any young person can take to the stage before the gig begins.