Music in the City Southampton

Our performers…

Dr. Beatroot

Bex&Cole

Jack Walker

Mike and the Mojitos

Drew Mason

Milkin' It

Southampton & Isle of Wight Music Rising Stars

Helicopter Pirates

Ironhide

Jess Breame

NJT

Disco Lizards

Mai

Gig Night

Fiesta FM

Hanterhir

Lounge Room Lizards

He Fired First

The Picton Readers Club

G-MAN 777

CHIMAN 101

The Black Bear Killing Spree

Munro

Halliwell

Oscar Meades

Roger James Shephard

Flipside

Flying Hearts

HAZE

New Forest Community Tango Orchestra

The Hinton Cleeves Conspiracy

Kindred Found

City of Southampton Orchestra

The Wildcards

Dirty Rotten Scoundrel

Giles Halski

The Duskers

Geoff Williams

Simon Maggs & People Like Us

Ekowe (Acoustic)

FREESPIRITS

Arzenic

Industry Plant

Jaquie Daniels

D'vonti

McGriff

Kev Ellis and the Space Cadets

Naty Giachino

The Sound Crew

Rosie jay

Carl Zed

EVXN

Simon Maggs & People Like Us (Acoustic)

Ronk Torp

Alfie Ingram

Herleen Kaur Khalsa

Elemci

Charmtype

Beardos and Weirdos

Ekoweko

The Surroyal

Q Shaq

Ken Wood and the Mixers

Dj Sarah Nash

Saxofony

Totton Ukulele Band

Stuart Evans

Mosaic

Troy Ellis & his Hail Jamaica Band

Ras Amankwatia

Kieran Snell

Ignitez

Eric Walker

Big man with Small guitar

Watching the Buzzards

Adventure State

Ukofonics

Eva Nicole

Vermin

Way Down South

Tired Less

Rosie Hollins

Igloo Hearts

The Slack 5

Mango In Euphoria

Southampton's Greek & Cypriot Dance Group 'Methexis' & 'Nostos' Polyphonic Singing Group

71chain

The Bob Squad

9 Lives

RUBY

Lucy RS Must c

Southampton Ukulele Jam

Club Bad

Mad Simple

KSJM

Shiversa

Jim Pearson

Accrington Stanley

Freestone

Bad Alchemy

Hunch Power

Purple Grace

Andrew Buchanan

Good-will

Goffmog

PG Trips

Under The Attic

Zombie’ites

The Long Shorts

Kinesis 4

Andy White Poetry

Slap the Willow

Dawn of Dystopia

DJ JAMES B

Halibut Jackson & The Fishy Faces

Bisola

Amy Fox

Greeny & the Voyagers

ItsPetre

The Plummers

Echo Union

Mariano Korman

Hük

Strictly Sweetness (y worry cottage)

James K. Barker

Zen Juddhism

Michael Devaux

desperateBeauty

Southside Rhythm & Blues Band

Benana Student Showcase

Jax Leonard

Adam Kammerling

Fragile Lucy

CJOHNSON

Jonny Sansom

Colour of Heartache

Xionic

Dusky Moon

Silvermon

Ajay Sahota

The Surge

The Latest

Voodoo Rays

Bamboo and Bow

Adarna May Exist

Bella Cameron

Romsey Shanty Crew

Tongue & Groove

SO Sound Choir

Suncliffe

Uke Box Glory

Broken Links

Arlo Star

Westingway

NIKHITA

GaYeon Lee

Elie Pembrey

The Pop Tarts

Diffy Dames

Echo Mask

The Postmen

Hanna Gibbons

this occasional society

Brian Hooper

Simply Sax - Kenny Garrick

Moakz

St Andrews Pipe Band

JACKPUDDING

5 Degrees North

Riverside Concert Wind Band

Laurie Bolger

Godless Suns

Arji Manuelpillai

The Zone

Angel Jones

The Halliwells

The Daytonas

Mr Moonbeam (Conrad Barr)

Jim Bryant

Canis Arboris

PB Squared

Roxy's Revenge

City of Southampton (Albion) Band

Bragging Rights

Lachlan Horne

SKAM

OC Thomas

Amie Lou Shaw

Alexander Bithell

Mahoosive

Mr. Buoyant

Kalopsia

Aoife Scully

Sculpt

Sebastian Horton

The Dark Poet

The Monday Grooves

Mike Lemin Band

Dan O'Farrell & The Difference Engine

Bees Knees

Origin

Love Is Enough

Batala Portsmouth

Karl V

Fate of the Magpie

Arboresque

Madams Last Discovery

Ben Flournoy

DJ Stevie-C & Kayleigh Strachan Official

Blood Red Sky

Mick Gough

RELLiX

Silent Disco King

Xènia Páez

Southampton and Romsey Rock Choir

Sean Bertram

Steve Weston

NoteWorthy

Chris Payn

The Slow Cooked Bears

The Sky at Night

Broadsheet Speak

Wire -JD

Lost without cause

The Ben Poore Project

3's a Crowd

Cat Elliott

According to Brian

The Restless Coast

Nia Nicholls

Malcolm Carlo

Reverence Sound

JJCornick

Continental Liaison

DJ Drive

Margarita Sleepover

Citizen Perez

The Outsiders

160

Vacant Shores

MoniQ

Theresa Lola

The Howlin' Blackouts

Achoiring Voices

RODI

Emerson

Nàila

Velickaite Sisters

Far Solar

Haeze

Lyla Skyrim

Ocean Harmony

Guilty Pleasure

Ribble

Maerefolk

High Mileage

Madison Square

DJ_MAJOR

Chicago 9 Rhythm & Blues Band

Will Walton

Hampshire Guitar Club

Betterphor

Woodfalls band

Southampton Grad Band

Tony Arthur

OCB & Adam Turner

October Some When

Dompap

GABRIELA

Roger Chantler

The Red Stars

Hydeout

Shallow Music

Ian Kimber

Poetry from the Forward Prizes

Spindrift

SkunkWorks

Eat Your Greens

Space Ace Robot

Hail

Greenish

Rogue Awakening

Jeannie

H.AZ

Gaz Parker

Traitors

Eternal Gloom

Room 18

Bob & the Bobettes

Waldo Salt

Psychedelic Skies

Vexmantra

WooHabs

Dan James

Days of Speed

Scarlett

Retro Rock'its

The Elephant Cage

Jon Yale

The Salamanders

Sofia Gillani

Voice FM

Pianoman Justie

Angling For Farthings

Puddleglum

Kase the Myth

Southampton Salty Sea Dogs

Pooja Rajguru

Ryan Watts

Creative Sparks: Poetry Workshop

Hobb Lane

Jonathan Klein

Kat Hutchings Yoga

The Cali Cartel from Hell

Shaun Shears & The Locals

Bill Thompson

Nick JT

SPLOOGE

The Dandelion Chain

The Can Can Club.

AfroDeX

Edith and the Kingpins

Groove Bakers

Swan Samba

Deepest Sense

Red Hot Chili Podders

Marsupial

Jubilee

James & Phil

The Slowdown

Alex Jeffrey

Cocoa

Rhythms of Resistance

Steam Machine

Loose Change

Anita Foxall Poetry

Reverb (Hampshire)

Sonne

Days of closure

Nick Haynes

dj junk

The Shantywomen

Amie Lou Shaw (Classical)

Tesoro Duo

Dean Antony

Chaos from Order

Red Light Spies

Mighty Magic Animal

SJ Ventįl

DJ / Open Mic

Footless Kicks

Frontline

Ricco Sakona

Guillotine Union Boys

MAKA FOUNDATION SOUND SYSTEM

Matt Sanger

New Tide

The Bex quartet

FancyWall

Changing Melody

Gimme a Break DJs

Funky Business

Elephants With Shotguns

Lee Huxtable

gaz909

Steam Town Shanty Crew

The Soulcatchers

Lost Post

Zakk Paules

The Stokes

Punkhub

The Elderlys

One foot in the rave

Royston Black

Jay Munday

Jimmy b and the death rattles

Palookaville

Exhilaro

Bitterne Park Primary and Nursery School

浪之乐队

Southbound

Miriam

TBC

Stephanio

Lula Gold

Chimney and I K 8OY

Cella

Mountbatten Hampshire Community Choir

Jo Fisher/Verse in the Vault

“what did you love about Music in the City 2025?... opportunity to visit new venues and areas of the city, especially the Vaults. Variety of music. Music and joy everywhere. ”

“The amount of work and collaboration that has gone into this event is incredible. Everyone should feel very proud of such an achievement.”

“Loved playing in a vault, very different! The website with the option to plan your line-up was genius.”

“Hats off to all involved in this event. It gets better every year 👏👏.”

“Huge Congrats Chris Orr, a fabulous time was has by one and all and it was a pleasure and great fun volunteering.”

“The volunteer at our location was a legend, very much appreciate his contribution, and the sound guy as well.”

“What I loved most was the energy, creativity, and dedication behind the scenes.”

“The amount of work and collaboration that has gone into this event is incredible. Everyone should feel very proud of such an achievement.”

“Loved all of it! The atmosphere, the people, the music, Southampton felt alive and vibrant!”

“what did you love about Music in the City 2025?... the sheer range of music available to everyone for free was amazing, some great talent there. ”

“what did you love about Music in the City 2025?... the variety of music making and the opportunities it afforded everyone - also the sense of community.”

“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 whole day. The support and people being brought together ❤️”

“Pure Rehearsal Studios: A superb weekend showcasing the amazing talent in the area. Well done!”

“Loved the audiences - really good crowds everywhere.”

“what did you love about Music in the City 2025?... the whole ‘buzz’ of everyone just enjoying themselves - acts and punters alike. ”

“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.”

“There was a lovely atmosphere, and a nice friendly crowd. I thought Johny and Katherine did a fabulous job in organising and supporting us artists.”

“what do you think Music in the City stands for?... it highlights what an amazing music scene we have in Southampton. ”

“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.”

“Would love to be a part of this again! London Road Brew House went off!!!”

“Amazing to have access to lots of Southampton's historic nooks and crannies over the weekend for Music in the City.”

“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.”

“The website was really good and made it really simple to view the programme and work out who was on and where.”

“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.”

“We had a fabulous time. Can't wait to do it all again x. Thank you for the opportunity.”

“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.”

“Loved playing in the lovely acoustic of the Art Gallery to a very large and enthusiastic audience.”

“We were on the Hythe ferry with the Southampton Salty Sea Dogs. Absolutely brilliant little cruise. Thanks to all!”

“what did you love about Music in the City 2025?... a get together of all genres of music dedicated to highlighting raw talent. ”

“Volunteering gave me a first-hand look into the inner workings of live event operations, and it was truly inspiring to witness everything come together.”

“Just the best festival there is. Love it.”

“The festival is an amazing conception, and great to be part of. I liked the idea of performing at unusual venues and filling the city with music!”

“What a weekend that was!! Huge congratulations to you for pulling that together, and organising the army of volunteers across the city.”

“what do you think Music in the City stands for?... Championing live music and amateur performers in a diverse and inspiring way.”

“The atmosphere around Southampton on Sunday was lovely - well done!”

“what do you think Music in the City stands for?... Promoting music as a community activity for all. Local musicians, local businesses, local venues and helpers all volunteering to provide a free music festival that showcases Southampton's multi-faceted culture and history.”

“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!”

“Loved the carnival atmosphere generated in the city, the camaraderie and the music.”

“Loved having the opportunity to be involved in a big event as a volunteer, and getting the chance to have a position of responsibility.”

“Loved the opportunity to play in an unusual venue, and to meet other musicians.”

“It was a pleasure and privilege to be involved in such an excellent event.”

“Just a huge thank you to the organisers. I doff my cap to you all.”

“Loved the total buzz around the city, music coming from every venue along the quay and high street and meeting so many other musicians.”

“what do you think Music in the City stands for?... Community, the love of music and showcasing our wonderful city!”

We are a movement that champions and enables live music in Southampton. We strengthen community pride, support local creativity and develop local grassroots, providing shared cultural experiences. Uniting the city’s communities at our multi-venue music festival, this year taking place on:

HUUUGE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS…

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