Celebrating 10 years in supporting grass-roots music and nurturing talent in Wales, today sees Horizons unveil their 34 acts to watch in 2025. Playing a pivotal role in supporting Welsh artists over the last decade, the Horizons Launchpad Fund, part of Horizons – a partnership between BBC Cymru Wales and the Arts Council of Wales has helped hundreds of band's and artist excel in their field, and this year looks set to be another bumper edition. Bethan Elfyn, Project Manager with Horizons said: “After celebrating a decade of Horizons recently, it’s wonderful to start this new year celebrating and discovering a whole host of new talent. It feels like an incredibly exciting time for music in Wales and we’re delighted to be able to support this group of artists this year in a practical, tangible way. As always our gratitude to our partners at BBC Cymru Wales and the Arts Council of Wales who encourage such early stages of creativity in the arts through this fund, and have supported Horizons for the last incredible 10 years of talent development.”

Lisa Matthews, Portfolio Manager with Arts Council of Wales added: “It’s been a privilege to continue to collaborate with BBC Cymru Wales to support such a strong, diverse, and exciting range of music creators in Wales this year through Launchpad and the broader work of Horizons. This has been made possible thanks to the funding received from the National  Lottery. We look forward to seeing and hearing the results of this investment in new creative talent.”

The 34 recipients of the Horizons Launchpad 2025 fund are:
Bau Cat: Prestatyn, Denbighshire
Ben Ellis: Llanishen, Cardiff
Blue Amber: Cardiff
Bruna Garcia: Cardiff
Buddug: Brynrefail, Gwynedd
Charlie J: Bridgend
Cyn Cwsg: Cardiff
Dan's People: Cardiff
em koko: Cardiff
Freyja Elsy: Cardiff
Guilty Party: Bedwas, Caerphilly
Jessika kay: Cardiff
Klust / UNTRO: Cardiff
Korrupted: Wrexham
lemongel: Cardiff
LICO: Merthyr Tydfil
Llinos Emanuel: Carmarthen
LOYD: Barry
LUVLY: Cardiff
Małgola, No: Cardiff
Malika blu: Cardiff
Marged: Cardiff
Moletrap: Beulah, Powys
Monet: Cardiff
Nancy Williams: Merthyr Tydfil
Nathan Misra: Barry
Ofnus: Cardiff
Plastic Estate: Cardiff
Pseudo Cool: Cardiff
Shale: Cardiff
SHLUG: Cardiff
Sleep Outside: Cardiff
Source: Cardiff
Talulah: Llangollen, Denbighshire

Each will get a share of funding to help develop their careers, enabling them to spend time in studios, promote releases, purchase equipment and produce music videos.

w: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5ZXDgkxvdrFtZ8DCrMPsS02/launchpad-fund-2025