Come Play With Me
Antonia Lines is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in program management and operations, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Programmes & Operations at Come Play With Me since August 2021. Antonia has held multiple roles within the organization, including Programmes Manager and Diversity Project Manager. Current engagements also include being a Community Advisory Committee Member at Sister Midnight and a member of the BRITS Voting Academy. Prior to these roles, Antonia contributed significantly to Stonewall from February 2017 to October 2023, where responsibilities included Training & Workshop Facilitator and Head of Empowerment Programmes. With a solid background in event management, Antonia has worked at various organizations, including Make Shift Foundation, Ninja Tune, and Festival Republic, and earned degrees in Managing Major & Cultural Events from Leeds Beckett University and Music Management from London Metropolitan University.
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Come Play With Me
Come Play With Me is an award winning, non-profit music organisation based in Leeds, UK. We support music career development through our Label, Events, Magazine, Podcast and Training Workshops. Our mission is to work towards an industry that is equitable, inclusive and diverse. Label The label side of Come Play With Me releases the cream of Yorkshire’s artists through our 7” singles series, compilation albums or special one off releases. To ensure fairness and a breadth of diverse artists are represented, we have regular call out to ensure a wide breadth of genre and style is accounted for. These call outs are judged by music industry experts, with new guest judges every time to keep things fresh. Our aim is to support & develop diverse artists and demographics, showcasing the best in new Yorkshire talent. CPWM has released music from more than 80 artists including Cinerama (The Wedding Present), Harkin, Team Picture, Sunflower Thieves, Marsicans, Fizzy Blood, Dead Naked Hippies, Talkboy and more. We support artists with workshops, industry insight & advice to help them achieve sustainable careers after their CPWM release. Events Come Platform Me is a programme set up to support and uplift marginalised promoters and artists through a series of gigs(or live music events depends how casual/fancy we want to sound). Magazine The Come Play With magazine is a bi-monthly print publication that aims to dig a bit deeper and go behind the scenes and under the skin of all things music. Inclusivity, diversity, education and personal stories are the priority and focus.