Livewire Rock Academy is a Herts & Essex-based school of rock with outlets currently in Bishop’s Stortford, Saffron Walden, Epping and Great Dunmow.

Established in 2009, the evening classes are a fantastic way for children and adults to learn to play electric guitar, bass guitar or drums and uniquely play together in a band with the students and teachers at every lesson.

The hour-long lessons always include a “rock jam” where students plug in, turn up and play three songs together. Every six months the school then put on concerts, usually at Southmill Arts Centre in Bishop’s Stortford where the students put their new skills into practice on stage in front of a live audience. The concerts also act as a fund-raiser for local Mencap organisation Grove Cottage.