Liverpool Sound City 2012

Submit to Liverpool Sound City 2012, the festival that presents over 450 bands from over 20 different countries, in over 30 city venues to an audience of over 30,000. It has become one of the most important city festivals and international music business conferences in the North of England for music lovers and industry people alike. The 2012 Festival will be held May 17-19th./n/nPLEASE NOTE: The listing is still open for submissions for bands from Italy. It is also open to UK bands who were unable to register an account in time for the deadline.

The Liverpool Sound City Festival showcases the best in new music with over 400 live acts from across the globe and has contributed to the success of artists like Florence & the Machine, Eliza Doolittle and The Wombats, just to name a few. From 17 to 19 May 2012, it will bring together more than 25,000 creative business sector professionals, artists and music and film fans to enjoy today's best new art and chart its future course.

Liverpool Sound is one of the greatest musical events the city of Liverpool has seen. It has become the most important city centre festival and international music business conference in the North of England for music lovers and industry people alike. Now heading into its 5th year, Liverpool Sound City is 3 days and nights of intensive gigs, music events and parties taking place in over 30 venues across Liverpool City Centre.

All selected bands will get a wristband for the festival, and their manager (or other rep/member of band if they don't have one) gets a delegate pass to attend the convention.

Previous performers include: Animal Collective, Black Lips, Phil Selway of Radiohead, Miles Kane, Willy Mason, The Kooks, Jamie XX, Cage the Elephant, Casiokids, Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, Enter Shikari, Florence and the Machine, Glasvegas, Hadouken!, Hercules and Love Affair, Iglu and Hartly, Infadels, Juliette and the New Romantiques, King Creosote, Ladyhawke, Laura Marling, Little Boots, Metronomy, Mongrel, Mystery Jets, Pendulum, Post War Years, Pulled Apart By Horses, Reverend and the Makers, Silver Jews, Santogold, We Have Band, White Denim, White Lies, Wild Beasts, You Me At Six. In November, we launched Dubai Sound City and flew over 100 artists into the UAE for the first 3 day festival ever to take place in the region. Highlights included The Doves, Happy Mondays, Ian Brown, The Whip, The Courteeners, Gabrielle Cilmi, Super Furry Animals, Sound of Guns and Wave Machines.

Key speakers from the world of music and tech were also present in 2012 and included: Peter Hook and Kevin Cummins, RjDj’s Michael Breidenbruecker, Next Big Sound’s Alex White and Drowned In Sound’s Sean Adams, Simon Raymonde from Bella Union and Eric Pulido of Midlake. They also hosted some of the best and brightest heads in music tech such as SoundCloud, Last.fm, Radar Maker and Music Hack Day.

UK BANDS, PLEASE NOTE: We've been notified that some UK folks are having trouble with the zip code field when signing up for a new account. We're working to fix this but since the Liverpool Sound City deadline is approaching please use this workaround: When registering, enter only the first three letters or numbers in the zip code field with no spaces included. So even if the second character in your zip code is a space, skip it, and enter a third number instead. If you still have trouble, reach us at needhelp@sonicbids.com