Sounds From The Other City 2012: Earlybird tickets now available!

The Salford festival returns to Chapel Street on Sunday 6th May, for an all day showcase of new music, live art, spoken word and more. Pick up your discounted Earlybird tickets exclusively through Skiddle!

Curated by some of Manchester and Salford's finest promoters, the festival celebrates its eighth birthday in 2012.

The past eight years have seen the event play host to some serious talent, boasting intimate early gigs from many a band who have since gone on to do great things. Back in 2007, for example, The Ting Tings played in the cosy surrounds of Chapel Street’s Rover’s Return, while in 2009 chart-topping Marina and the Diamonds (of ‘Hollywood’ and ‘I’m not A Robot’ fame) pulled off a similar trick in Sacred Trinity church. Last year saw sets from New York taste-makers, Creep, as well as rising electronic artists like D/R/U/G/S and Denis Jones.

Organiser Mark Carlin has been involved since day one. He says that people often comment on “seeing stuff that they'd never normally see  - in terms of both bands, and venues - and together, the whole thing makes for a really different, exciting, and fun experience.”

The concept behind the festival is to invite local promoters to curate their own stages. As a result, the event is not one person’s vision - instead you get a flavour of what the city has to offer with less of the egos and more of the talent. That’s truer than ever this year, with new faces such as performance art collective Panoply, a stage programmed by critically acclaimed music mag Drowned in Sound, and purveyors of the newest in new music Faktion to take in. 

Warehouse Project favourites and local tastemakers Now Wave (past bookings include The XX, Wild Beasts, Ghost Poet) are curating a ‘female focused’ stage, while Bad Uncle and Hear Here will be asking bands to soundtrack films as they did to acclaim at last year’s event. 

At the time of going to press, full line ups are still being confirmed – expect more announcements over the next few weeks. One thing's for sure; there are certainly plenty more 'I was there when' moments in store for 2012. 

Earlybird tickets are now available exclusively through Skiddle, priced at just £14. Once they're all gone, the price will revert to £18. 

Read our review of last years event here: Review: Sounds From The Other City 2011

Sounds From The Other City 2012, Various Venues, Chapel Street, Sunday 6th May

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