Sound City – Apply to play

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APPLY TO PLAY is now open for SOUND CITY – Liverpool City Centre Music Festival, May 3-4, 2025. Deadline to apply is January 27th, 2025.

Ed Sheeran. Grimes. Christine & the Queens. What do all of these acts have in common? These artists – and thousands of others – have submitted to the Apply To Play programme. Sound City captures the vibrancy of the city with an unforgettable 2-day festival – May 3-4, 2025 – that sees established names perform alongside a constant stream of local, national and international emerging talent. 

The UK’s leading independent festival & conference for new music returns on 4 – 5 May 2024 in Liverpool City Centre. Caity Baser and The Snuts will headline this year’s festival.

Over 18 editions of Sound City, more than 3,000 emerging artists have been showcased to over 400,000 fans and key industry figures, winning a stack-load of awards along the way and helping to catapult hundreds of acts on the road to media coverage, record deals, hit albums and sell-out tours. Think Florence and the Machine, Sam Fender, Stormzy and Laura Marling…

At the heart of Sound City is the belief that the most exciting new music comes from artists from diverse backgrounds and cutting across genres: “Artists are family to us – we’d be nothing without you.” So, we listen to every single track that’s submitted and each applicant gets feedback.

So, what are you waiting for? Go to the link and Apply To Play right now!