The BBC Proms used to be a formal event, an eight week season of orchestral, classical concerts, mainly taking place in the Royal Albert Hall. However, times have changed, and now, amongst the Beethoven and the Bach, fans will be able to enjoy the likes of pagan-gospel, indie and disco-punk.

A late-night prom is to be held, predominantly featuring music from New York, presented by Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra. The proms director, David Pickard, explains that the event should reflect all forms of music to appeal to a new generation of younger listeners: “It is a very vibrant scene in terms of what people are writing, and it is boundary-crossing as well – there is a lot of experimentation going on.”

The 2018 proms will also celebrate the Suffragette Movement by featuring 24 female composers including Anna Meredith and Roxanna Panufnik. Other anniversaries will be marked during the proms including the birth of Leonard Bernstein, the deaths of Claude Debussy and Hubert Parry, and the end of the First World War.

Also to be celebrated is Lili Boulanger, a composer not widely known to the general public. Pickard reveals: “She died at 24 and left this small but brilliant legacy. She is someone who is well known to conductors, but they rarely get the chance to perform her work.”

For only the second time in its history, a prom will be staged outside of London, with a performance of Stravinsky’s “The Soldier’s Tale” taking place in the Drill Hall in Lincoln.

Throughout the eight week period, which begins on July 13, there will be over 90 concerts, and every prom will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Three. More than 100,000 tickets will be available, with prices starting from £6.