With the clock ticking on applications for one of the UK’s most talked-about creative development opportunities, Community Routes, Birmingham’s Punch Records invites young artists, performers and producers to SEEN – a one-day live creative gathering offering real access, real talk, and real opportunity. Taking place on Thursday 25th June - just days before the Community Routes 2026 deadline of 29th June - SEEN: Industry Day gives Birmingham and West Midlands-based creative

Birmingham’s Punch Records today announces the return of Community Routes, its flagship free creative development programme offering 50 fully funded places for 18-25 year-olds in Birmingham and the West Midlands. The project supports the next wave of DJs, vocalists, broadcasters, photographers and digital artists, helping them to break into the highly competitive creative industries – and retain this talent in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Applications open 8 April and