Philly Music Fest has announced Inside Hustle, a free event that aims to bring together participants of the Philadelphia music space who specialize in management, booking, radio, streaming, legal, agency, publicity, social media, studio and production, promotion, festivals and accounting. The gathering will take place at World Cafe Live on the afternoon of October 15 and will host a range of musicians and non-musicians. Philly mUsic Fest is a non-profit that donates its proceedings to local music education organizations.

Inside Hustle will commence with an artist panel moderated by Bruce Warren, Assistant General Manager of Programming at WXPN, and Greg Seltzer, Founder and Producer of Philly Music Fest, featuring Adam Weiner (Low Cut Connie), Marisa Dabice (Mannequin Pussy), Bets Charmelus (Ill Fated Natives) and Jill Ryan (GREAT TIME). Following this, a series of breakout tables will be set up that will feature experts on topics including studio and production, agencies, management, radio, promoters & talent buyers, publicity, festival producers, legal, accounting & finance, design & visual art, NFTs and women in music. Attendees will be allowed to interact, ask questions, network and listen.

The panel of experts is as follows:

Connor Barwin (Make The World Better), Dan Berkowitz (100x), Sekou Campbell (Culhane Meadows), Jacob Cohen CPA, Michael Eckstein (AllCertified), Jon Hampton (Live Nation), Kevin Horn (Underground Arts), Merrick Jarmulowicz (Ground Control Touring), Wendi Jensen (Women In Music), Todd Mecaughey, (Cambridge Sound Studio), Sara Parker (WMMR), Chris Perella (Ardmore Music Hall), Maggie Poulos (Mixtape Media), Mike Vasilikos (WXPN), John Vettese (WXPN), Christine Wolff (Interscope Records),Tim Zahodski (Better Artists), Hannah Westerman (Avenue West), Jeff Zeigler (Uniform Recording).

“The Philly music scene has made incredible strides in the last five or so years, as a bunch of bands are breaking out nationally, but Inside Hustle is uniquely focusing on the support system for musicians. We try and do our part at WXPN, but musicians need a village to succeed,” Bruce Warren said.

“In order to grow a music industry in Philadelphia, we need to aggregate the disparate parts of the scene, facilitate collaboration, educate, and pave a path for non-musicians that want to dedicate their professional life to supporting musicians,” Greg Seltzer said. “We need to create a home in Philadelphia for managers, agents, promoters and publicists, rather than have our people leave for Los Angeles, New York and Nashville.”