This article was published in 2005.

Leeds City Council have announced the fifteen bands that have been selected for Bright Young Things 2006, a project that provides opportunities for Leeds bands and musicians to record in local studios, have professional photoshoots and will see them feature in a nationally distributed promotional compilation CD. A series of showcase gigs will also take place in Spring 2006.

Those bands to feature in BYT 2006 will be: J Bravo, The Butterfly, The Attic Project, Paraffin Alien, Mishkin, Stagger, Polar, Martin Hughes, InFlight Movie, Rikke Normann, The Printed Sound, Ashley Hicklin, Gary Stewart, SK Crew, and Kid iD.

More details can be found at www.leeds.gov.uk/byt.