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Liverpool Sound City 2018

4 May–6 May 2018 City Centre Venues, Liverpool

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Every May the city of Liverpool comes alive for the Liverpool Sound City Festival. Taking place at various venues across Liverpool's city centre you will find plenty of gigs, parties and a general festival atmosphere all weekend at what will be 3 days/nights of great music from the rock/indie/folk world of well known and unsigned bands with DJ's keeping it going till late on in the evening. Around 400 acts are expected to play over the weekend, with conferences taking place regarding the music industry and closely related debates. There is no designated accommodation at this festival but there are plenty of hotels and B&B's in and around the centre of Liverpool.

2018 looks set to be another memorable year for the music industry and a lot of big names will find their footing at Liverpool Sound City. Make sure you don't miss out.

Lineup

Fri 4th

1 act

HAARM Baltic Market

Sat 5th

117 acts

BEACH RIOT Baltic Market
Cabezudos Baltic Market
Hanover Baltic Market
James Holt Baltic Market
Monks Baltic Market
The Bohos Baltic Market
Falling Ghost Brick Street
LITTLE THIEF Brick Street
The Desert Brick Street
Venus Tropicaux Brick Street
Marvin Powell Constellations Garden
Beja F O Hangar 34
Hey Charlie Hangar 34
King Hannah Hangar 34
King Khan & The Shrines Hangar 34
Pale Rider Hangar 34
Carl North & The Lonely Hearts Red Brick Vintage
FONTAINES D.C. Red Brick Vintage
Gathering of Strangers Red Brick Vintage
Long Legged Creatures Red Brick Vintage
LUNABLIND Red Brick Vintage
Nala Red Brick Vintage
Temple Keys Red Brick Vintage
The Villanovas Red Brick Vintage
Thomas Harvey Red Brick Vintage
Venus Red Brick Vintage
Working Men's Club Red Brick Vintage
Black Honey unknown stage
DMA's unknown stage
Marsicans unknown stage
Matt Maltese unknown stage
Neon Waltz unknown stage
Park Hotell unknown stage
Picture This unknown stage
RedFaces unknown stage
Saint PHNX unknown stage
The Slow Readers Club unknown stage
Avalanche Party Baltic Social
Family Jools Baltic Social
Gavin Martin Baltic Social
Luvia Baltic Social
Pining For Sunshine Baltic Social
Pip Hall Baltic Social
Polar States Baltic Social
Rews Baltic Social
Sam Eagle & The Lemon Lizards Baltic Social
The Cheap Thrills Baltic Social
The Protagonists Baltic Social
The Wired Baltic Social
antropoloops C&F Blade
Ginger Snap5 C&F Blade
Hockey Dad C&F Blade
Holiday Oscar C&F Blade
Holy Bouncer C&F Blade
Husky Loops C&F Blade
Le Parody C&F Blade
Otzeki C&F Blade
:Papercutz C&F Blade
Peakes C&F Blade
Sinai C&F Blade
Table Scraps C&F Blade
The Bongo Club C&F Blade
DJ Ace's Record Box Pick Craft Minded
Gambimi Craft Minded
Lauren Ackie Craft Minded
Louis Jayy Craft Minded
Ricardo Williams Craft Minded
Shak Omar Craft Minded
Aztex Kitchen Street
Beyond Average Kitchen Street
Ceemax Kitchen Street
Foxtrap Kitchen Street
Juke Kitchen Street
Oranj Son Kitchen Street
ShaoDow Kitchen Street
Vital Kitchen Street
Lea Santee Tap and Still
Meadows Tap and Still
Chinchilla Birdies Bar
Galactic Funk Militia DJ set Birdies Bar
Hawk Birdies Bar
Maria Kelly Birdies Bar
Mathilda Homer Birdies Bar
Nathan Harrison Birdies Bar
Samana Birdies Bar
Science Of The Lamps Birdies Bar
Sean Christopher Birdies Bar
Vundabar Birdies Bar
Asylums Constellations
Honey Lung Constellations
Idles Constellations
modern strangers Constellations
Shadowlark Constellations
77:78 District
Calva Louise District
Catholic Action District
Dan stock District
Hatchie District
No Hot Ashes District
Spinn District
The Blinders District
The Orielles District
Aadae On Air
ABQ On Air
Amaroun On Air
Art School Girlfriend On Air
Malena Zavela On Air
Wild Front On Air
Wye Oak On Air
Cal Ruddy Unit 51
Casey Lowry Unit 51
Gonne Choi Unit 51
Harry Miller Unit 51
Nish Goyal Unit 51
Oli Flavell Unit 51
Sean McGowan Unit 51
SheBeat Unit 51

Sun 6th

109 acts

Dishpit Baltic Market
Lennie Dies Baltic Market
Nathan Ball Baltic Market
Queen Zee and the Sasstones Baltic Market
Red Rum Club Baltic Market
The Seamonsters Baltic Market
violet youth Baltic Market
Mad Alice Brick Street
MAKE FRIENDS Brick Street
RVBY Brick Street
Scott Lavene Brick Street
ALASKAALASKA Constellations
Benny Mails Constellations
Bloxx Constellations
Connie Constance Constellations
Dama Scout Constellations
Fine Creatures Constellations
Gaffa Tape Sandy Constellations
King Nun Constellations
Plaza Constellations
Puma Blue Constellations
Sorry Constellations
Vistas Constellations
Yellow Days Constellations
Baxter Dury District
Brooke Bentham District
Carmody District
Geowulf District
Jalen Ngonda District
Kawala District
Lucia District
Night Flight District
Swimming Tapes District
The Ninth Wave District
The RPM's District
Billie Marten On Air
Billy Lockett On Air
Daniel Alexander On Air
Dave C. Rupert On Air
Dermot Kennedy On Air
Laminate Pet Animal On Air
Love Ssega On Air
M.O.R.T. On Air
Nick Ellis On Air
Sam Fender On Air
Sam Frankl On Air
Teischa On Air
Zuzu On Air
Astles Unit 51
Ben Taggart Unit 51
Dave Barnicle Unit 51
Grace Carter Unit 51
KingFast Unit 51
Lauran Hibberd Unit 51
Rich Batty Unit 51
Tori Cross Unit 51
Alice's Night Circus Baltic Social
DARMA Baltic Social
Hands Off Gretel Baltic Social
Hot Soles Baltic Social
I Set The Sea On Fire Baltic Social
Lucie Barat Baltic Social
Lupa Baltic Social
Rival Bones Baltic Social
Idle Frets C&F Blade
Katie Mac C&F Blade
Mart Avi C&F Blade
Mynth C&F Blade
Oddity Road C&F Blade
Sea Girls C&F Blade
Billy Carter Constellations Garden
Danny Boy And The Carriages Constellations Garden
Dead Buttons Constellations Garden
Gonne Choi Constellations Garden
National Pigeon Unity Constellations Garden
The Unchained Constellations Garden
Cassia Hangar 34
Low Island Hangar 34
Sunset Sons Hangar 34
Superorganism Hangar 34
The Academic Hangar 34
The Howl And The Hum Hangar 34
Cronicle Red Brick Vintage
Desert Mountain Tribe Red Brick Vintage
Eyesore & the Jinx Red Brick Vintage
Eyre Llew Red Brick Vintage
Speaker First Red Brick Vintage
Airways unknown stage
Artificial Pleasure unknown stage
Olympia unknown stage
Cattle Birdies Bar
elevant Birdies Bar
Gravves Birdies Bar
SPQR Birdies Bar
Jaws Camp & Furnace
Paris Youth Foundation Camp & Furnace
Peace Camp & Furnace
Stereo Honey Camp & Furnace
The Night Cafe Camp & Furnace
Yungblud Camp & Furnace
Cecil Craft Minded
Indoor Pets Craft Minded
Ali Horn Kitchen Street
Bill Nickson Kitchen Street
Laura Oakes Kitchen Street
The Seatbelts Kitchen Street
Shamona Kitchen Street
Vain Male Kitchen Street
Holy Bouncer Tap and Still

Line-up not announced yet. Here are a selection of the amazing Curators of the event though.

303

Abandon Silence

Africa Oye

Alcopop!

Andy Votel

BBC Introducing Manchester

BBC Introducing Merseyside

BBC1Xtra

Evol

Heavenly

Hospital Records

Kendal Calling

Moshi Moshi Records

Music Week

NME

Ninja Tune

Sire Records

Skeleton Key

The Quietus

Wrong Festival

Radio X

Full list can be found at http://www.liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk/home/curators

Venue

Various venues across the city.

Location & Map

City Centre Venues, Liverpool

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Past Reviews

All Reviews

Review

5/5

Liverpool Sound City 2015

"The UK’s biggest city festival, Liverpool Sound City 2015 boasted a variety of bands playing at the new specially erected festival venue on Liverpool's iconic d"

Andrew Darwin 28 May 2015
Review

4/5

Liverpool Sound City 2014 review written by Andrew Darwin

"Liverpool Sound City 2014 boasted 350+ diverse bands playing at 25 venues across the city over a 3 day period, attended by thousands of music fans and delegates"

Andrew Darwin 7 May 2014
Review

4/5

Liverpool Sound City 2013

"Liverpool Sound City 2013, a music festival attended by over 40,000 music fans and 3,500 delegates offered a combination of various daytime conferences and over"

Andrew Darwin 8 May 2013
Review

5/5

Liverpool Sound City 2012

"Liverpool Sound City, now in it’s fifth year, offered a combination of various daytime Music/Tech conferences and a plethora of artists and bands of diverse sty"

Andrew Darwin 21 May 2012