This summer, eott (featuring Levvy, who is one of our Future Creative Leaders (FCL)) created a space where music and care coexist at the Earthship in Stanmer Park. Here are some of his reflections on eott’s first day festival, in partnership with AudioActive, Enjoolata Foundation and Lighthouse’s Future Creative Leaders.

“On July 18th 2026 we took our biggest plunge yet by throwing our first-ever day festival, and presented to you on a grander scale our idea of Lightworks. an idea that music and art can exist in the same space. an attempt at making music events more mindful yet still fun and energising. and it was beautiful.

featuring the sounds of the all energising Changing Currents, Bushbby, Osquello, the most killer MCs in the south Lilly Wolfe and Diz Lyric, alongside a Basics Takeover of bands featuring Akin Soul, No Trixx, Imani Ruiz, Tagore Chayne and Frankie Jean, plus Arinola and AFLO. the poet - all were heard from the power of the Big Ears Soundsystem. there was also art mindful space held down by the essential Mind, Body and Earth, and our first explorations of a sensory room curated and brought together by the superb Casey Galt.

thank you to everyone who came and partied with us for our first day festival. it was amazing. it really is just grass, tents and a soundsystem without the people in it and you made it really special. end of the tunnel. it takes a village.” Levvy from eott

“because we want music spaces to be more rejuvenating and less exhausting 

because we want to make mental health more normal and music is the most normal thing to us 

because we think music is one of the most powerful tools for connection 

because we want to help build a healthier music industry for everyone in it 

because we think the dance doesn't have to be so heavy 

because we think care should be at the centre of music spaces and culture. Not just an afterthought 

because rest and excitement can coexist 

because we want people to leave these sorts of spaces feeling lighter 

because we want to try okay”

Officially EOTT Community Interest Company, eott is a project that exists to familiarise and energise mental health conversations for young people.

largely an events and space community that mixes the power of music with the necessity of mindfulness, we are also an online platform powering conversation through a range of digital messaging and campaigns.

we were tired of how mental health was exhaustingly and depressingly portrayed across culture, and so our idea was born to the world on October 10th 2019 with a desire to push mental health conversations in a way familiar to us. we have tried many things across those years and are consistently learning deeper about the difficulties of these conversations with both ourselves and the world, but to switch up the narrative into a more youth friendly and attractive way is so essential to us. it’s so much love to the likes of Mind, Samaritans, Young Minds and so many more incredible mental health charities and initiatives, but our style of communication is so much more inspired by the likes of Keep Hush, Odd Future, SBTV and Palace, and so it’s in ways taken from these that we want to talk about mental health.

we will reinstate that this is all a learning curve, and like with mental health itself eott is always looking to evolve. we were young 19 year olds in university when we started this, and these are not easy conversations to have, but our desire has always remained strong. we just want it to be easier and more normal to approach conversation, not only for ourselves but too for those around us.

supported so far by the likes of Public Health England, The North Face, We Out Here, Keep Hush, Pirate Studios and many more, and now in official partnership with AudioActive, Enjoolata Foundation and Lighthouse Future Creative Leaders. the story is ever on-going.

check us out on Instagram to see our style. @eott.uk

it’s just who we are mate.

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Photos - Dan Milton (@_dannooo) & Ruby Reader (@rubyreader_)

Video - Reuben Munroe Hay (@monroefromhk) & Barney Pitt (@barnsbtn)

Partners - Lighthouse, AudioActive, Enjoolata Foundation

Future Creative Leaders (FCL) is a 12-month paid programme offering young creatives from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to work closely with Lighthouse's leadership team to explore various aspects of creative leadership.

FCL redefines youth engagement by sharing power and resources directly with young people. This 12-month programme goes beyond access or participation. It places real influence, leadership, creative agency and decision-making power in the hands of those traditionally underrepresented in the creative industries.

Over the year, participants will co-curate programmes, select participants for mini-residencies, and recruit their successors, all while exploring alternative governance structures, accountability, and power-sharing.

FUNDERS

We're grateful to: ​​​Innovate UK, Chalk Cliff Trust, Sussex Community Foundation, and Enjoolata Foundation