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