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