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