“Just the best festival there is. Love it.”
“It was a pleasure and privilege to be involved in such an excellent event.”
“Saturday helping to organise and play at Beards & Boards for Music in The City was one of the best days of my life.”
“Loved the positive atmosphere from bands and punters, interest from passers by and cruise ship passengers, the inclusivity.”
“Thanks for pulling this festival together - what an amazing feat. It is a great thing!”
“Hats off to all involved in this event. It gets better every year 👏👏.”
“DJing in the docks! 🚢 Amazing to play in parts of Southampton that are normally shut off to the public. We had a great time for Music in The City.”
“The atmosphere around Southampton on Sunday was lovely - well done!”
“The amount of work and collaboration that has gone into this event is incredible. Everyone should feel very proud of such an achievement.”
“Amazing to have access to lots of Southampton's historic nooks and crannies over the weekend for Music in the City.”
“What a weekend that was!! Huge congratulations to you for pulling that together, and organising the army of volunteers across the city.”
“Loved playing in the lovely acoustic of the Art Gallery to a very large and enthusiastic audience.”
“Loved the inclusive nature of the event - all welcome to take part and contribute. The 'let's go for it' attitude and positivity from Chris Orr.”
“Loved all of it! The atmosphere, the people, the music, Southampton felt alive and vibrant!”
“Loved the carnival atmosphere generated in the city, the camaraderie and the music.”
“The marketing materials were really professional looking this year and the availability of posters, t-shirts etc gave a real cohesive and community look to the whole event.”
“I think this was the biggest and best yet! So many people had flocked to the city for the event. Very well organised event and I always love playing each year.”
“The outstanding quality of the performers all day from 1pm right through to 8pm made me so proud to be part of the Southampton music scene.”
“Just a huge thank you to the organisers. I doff my cap to you all.”
“Loved playing in a vault, very different! The website with the option to plan your line-up was genius.”
“We were on the Hythe ferry with the Southampton Salty Sea Dogs. Absolutely brilliant little cruise. Thanks to all!”
“The website was really good and made it really simple to view the programme and work out who was on and where.”
Serendipity Songbook
Anna Muir
NowWeAreDead
Psychedelic Skies
River Knight
Mass Appeal
Southampton Ukulele Jam
The Outlaw Orchestra
BLENDER
The Picton Readers Club
The Halliwells
Andy Buchanan
Omniversal Love
Dee Washington
ForTheMonks
Audio Pirates
Watching the Buzzards
Edward Chaney
The Bees Knees
Adventure State
COAST
Innovator
The Haldane Effect
The Inspirational
Eric Walker
Ekowe
Lounge Room Lizards
St Andrews Pipe Band Hamble le Rice
Tuto Tribe
Acid Haze
Zero Saints
Country Vs Cancer
SOUL 45
Sonic909
Bliss
Wilson/Foot
Kyle Jasper
Sean/Solly/Martin
Bill Thompson
Is This Strokes
CrackerJack Duo
Hail
Amelia Duarte
House of Women
GALAXY THIEF
The Slack 5
South Central
Angling For Farthings
Uke Box Glory
Molly Meaker
The Soulcatchers
Hype N Hood
Rotaries
ARIA
Geoff Williams
Voodoo Rays
Shaun Banres
Crads on Tour
Batala Portsmouth
The Long Shorts
Dotty and the Vinyls
Dirty Brass Hooks
Mighty Magic Animal
Lurker
Florence
Tom Davies & The Bluebirds
Four Blokes
Tony Cox & Company
Gimme a Break DJs
The Elderlys
Kalopsia Duo
According to Brian
Southampton Philharmonic Choir
MK-IV
The Latest
Achoiring Voices
Millie Rose
The Moonlighters
Flautissimo the Southampton flute orchestras
Thee Jake Legs
Interesting Wallpaper
The Lens
The Cold Heart Revue
The Sturmey Archers
Resonant sounds kru
The Gatlin Boys
Chicago 9 Rhythm & Blues Band
Wire -JD
Kinesis 4
Saxofony
Sculpt
Jo Fisher
Rackham
The Zone
Eric Walker & Sarah Rose
Electronic Wisdom
Chimney and I K 8OY
SO3 Collective
The Parlours
THE GLASS CHERRIES
Sean/Solly/Brian/Martin
Fragile Lucy
Southampton Rock Choir
Ocean Harmony Barbershop Chorus
Jon Yale
Mr Buoyant
SKINNY BOB
Southampton Health Choir and Glorious Harmony
Southampton Folk Orchestra
Screwfix
The Wonky Folk
J.m.y
Velvet Candy DJs
Simon Maggs/Chris Bluemel
XR Rhythms
Blood Red Sky
The Tipsy Gypsies
Footless Kicks
Coastel Acoustic Duo
The Village Boy
Chris Davie
Aubrey Blakeledge
Cat Elliott
The VernonPrinciple
Jessie
The Dandelion Chain
Margarita Sleepover
Roo Ovenden
Silvermon
Jaquie & Steve Daniels
Noise Factory United
Duvet Head
Charlie Smith
60th Parallel
Evelyn
Jot Sloppy
SOS Presents
Zen Juddhism
Damo Sings
Alex Hedley
£40 Bob
Ian Kimber
One Shot
Digz
Gappy ROberts
James Carey
Jonathan Klein
Anita Foxall
Stu J & Finley Gingell
Rhinefield
Elusion
The Origin of Bellamy
Alex Thurley-Ratcliff
Bitter Self Exploitment
KT Greenwood
Haze
General
Andy Reynolds
Tony Arthur
Limerence
Utter Buskers
Lyrical Letraset
Blindman’s Vision
Limescale
Stephanio
Colours and Fires
Stacey Joy
Jimmy B and the Death Rattles
Lauren Miller
Nick Haynes
Ribble
The Daytonas
Aidan Bryden
Brian Hooper
Rising Tide
Mongo Pusher
DJ Stevo
The Legend That is Richard Stephenson
Lily Kurosawa
!nverse
When Harri Met Alli
Incredible Weapons
Pluto the Rich
Common Tongue
Mark T Newman
Groove Syndicate
Rats! Rats! Rats!
Liz Amos
Heart & Voice
Tired Less
KSJM Trio
Ellie Eades
Jimmy Herrity
Shaun Shears and Tim Brownsea
The Strifes
DKenzion
City of Southampton Orchestra
Mike Thomas & Friends
Zoe Dupuy
Steam Town Shanty Crew
The Bardsteads
Roger Chantler
Untapped Acoustic
Ghost Cat
King Ras i
Sue Spiers
Elephants With Shotguns
Joel Doherty
Comedy in Ye City
Bubble
Lee Huxtable
Raise Your Voice
LeAd
Richard 'Ricky' Palmer
Jamie Norton
Lee Desty
Southampton Salty Sea Dogs
Crushcrushcrush
TBC
Silent Movie Star
Metrotones
Rhesus Positive
Emma Tanner
King Sam
Tunelesschoir.com/solent
M.A.D.
Bandana
URBAN MUSIC COLLECTIVE🎙🎶
THE ECLECTICS
Joseph Wood
Zombie'ites
Savini
DJ DSK
Ellora Sutton
67 Sins
1 2 14
Jozi Miller
Dan O'Farrell
Nothing rhymes with orange
GaYeon Lee
Harley Truslove
The Outsiders
Easy Duncan
Benerris Beach
Dj DUECE BW
Major Cone
3's a Crowd
Rich Lansley
The Mucky Fingers
Chain
Steam Shed
Let's Talk
Ukofonics
Chris Morgan
Mike and the Mojitos
The Hinton Cleeves Conspiracy
Southampton & IOW Music Hub
Becky & Alex
Sushimoog
Carl Zed
The Wooden Truth
McGriff
Dan Finch
Inertia Point
Vagabond
Pianoman Justie
Cabin Crew
Burns Unit Lite
People Like Us
Doomood
Ali & Rich
GHOST IN THE MACHINE
The Surge
SM Ripper
We have an annual multi venue festival in September, Year 16 Festival took place 28/29 September 2024 and was our biggest to date…
Performances
Acts
Musicians
Venues
Vinilo Record Store
The Undercroft
St Michael's Square
O'Neill's
Raven & Bine
St Michael's Vault
Heartbreakers
Holyrood Church
The White Star Tavern
XOXO
Gig Night at the Old Chemist
Mettricks Woolston Waterside
IKEA Southampton
Steamship Shieldhall After Deck
The Social
94 High Street Vault
Dancing Man Brewery
London Road Brew House
The Grumpy Monkey
Orange Rooms
Southampton City Art Gallery
The Platform Tavern
Weigh House & Vault
Ava's Cocktail BAR
The Rockstone
The 1865
Red Funnel Terminal 2
The Titanic
Beards & Boards
Overdraft Bedford Place
Hythe Ferry Mini Cruise
Brewdog Southampton
The Cricketers Arms
Duke of Wellington
Belgium and Blues
Mettricks Guildhall
Steamship Shieldhall Forward Deck
Papillon
King John’s Palace
The Bar On The Square
The London Hotel