City Showcase: London returns for 10th anniversary

Known for giving many London artists their first break, the festival has hosted the first live gigs of an impressive range of artists including Amy Winehouse, Keane, Gabriella Cilmi, Razorlight, Laura Marling, Ray LaMontagne, Newton Faulkner, and Hot Chip since 2003.

To mark its 10th anniversary year in style, the event will be hosting its biggest ever line-up of breaking acts at venues across London. Artists confirmed for this year's festival include Ash Graham (winner of City Showcase: New Zealand 2012), Mark Morriss (of The Bluetones), hotly tipped Lillian Todd Jones, Daniela Brooker, Josephine, Yellowwire, Magazine Gap, Big Cloud Kid, Fractures, Pink Cigar, Rev78, Floodliners, Shanel Brown, Robert Vincent, and many more.

Following the hugely successful Soho Flea Market event on Dean Street in May, City Showcase has secured an outdoor stage on Heddon Street, where Tibits will also host the City Showcase hub comprising a media and bloggers’ lounge, photography exhibition, film screenings and more.

Alongside traditional live venues such as the 100 Club, The Borderline, Bar Rumba, The Phoenix, Pizza Express Jazz Club and the Purple Turtle, retail outlets such as the Apple Store, Ugg, Coast, Ted Baker, Brooks Brothers, Kirk Originals and 7 For All Mankind on Regent Street will be involved.

The opening party for City Showcase will be held at The Bedford in Balham on Tuesday 9th October. The closing party will take place at the Amersham Arms in Lewisham (for those aged 14 years old and over).

Tickets are no longer available for this event