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