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