Soho And Central London

CITY SHOWCASE: LONDON 2012 9-13 October, Soho and Central London 80 hot new bands and artists… 20 venues… Increased event schedule and extra allocation of free wristbands released City Showcase: London, the not-for-profit live music festival dedicated to new music, will celebrate its tenth anniversary year in Soho and Central London between 9th-13th October with more new and breaking acts than ever before. Due to the increased number of artists and venues taking part, City Showcase is releasing an extra allocation of free wristbands. Applications for wristbands can be made via the City Showcase website (closing date is Friday 28th September). Each wristband gives access to the full schedule of gigs and workshops plus discounts for other gigs, stores and restaurants in and around Regent Street. Without a wristband, entry to gigs and workshops will be £5 on the door on the day. An up to date event schedule can be downloaded from: http: cityshowcase.co.uk uploads pdfs festival-calendars-2012 city-showcase-calendar-september-23-2012.pdf symfony=492d779a68a3e13d560d1a06fe349b50 The opening party for City Showcase will take place at The Bedford Arms in Balham on Tuesday 9th October and will feature buzz acts Lilygreen & Maguire, Elsie, Linn Oberg, Bim, and Robert Vincent and entry will be free. The closing party will take place at the Amersham Arms in Deptford New Cross on Friday 12th October (for those aged 14 years old and over) will feature The Floodliners. And Callum Rafferty, and will also be free entry. Buzz acts will include on Tuesday 9th October: Tin Soldiers, and My Little Empire at 93 Feat East, and Lucy Kitt, and The Blind Hearts at Floridita, Random Impusle, The Musgraves, and Fella, at Barfly, and an electronic music programme at Café 1001. Wednesday 10th October sees Josephine, and Alexander Wolfe at The Borderline, Danny Shah, and Boy Cloud Kid at 100 Club. Thursday 11th October will see Ocasan, We Are Lost Boys, and Lillian Todd Jones at the Borderline, Rev 78, and Fractures at the 100 Club, and Passport to Stockholm, and Gem & The Deadheads at 229. Friday 12th October has Manflu and Iktsuarpok at the Borderline, and Warehouse Republic, and Canvas Wall at 229. Saturday 13th October’s programme features daytime events in the Regent Street area including a live stage on Heddon Street from 12-30 to 4-30 and artists performing in the City Showcase bloggers media lounge downstairs at Tibits on Heddon Street which will also be hosting screenings of new filmmakers’ works as well as photographic exhibitions. There are 13 venues in the Regent Street area including The Apple Store, 7 For All Mankind, Ugg, Coast,Ted Baker, Brooks Brothers, and Kirk Originals, with acts appearing including She Makes War, I Am Harlequin, Blue Balloon, English Spurting Defeat, Toodar, Alice Watts, Dagny (from Norway), and Louise Golby. . Complementing the real world creative experience set to take over London’s iconic Soho, City Showcase London 2012 will have a strong digital element with displays of new digital technologies at Inamo on Wardour Street and other West End locations. City Showcase is also hosting Festival Afternoons at The Phoenix 1.30pm-5-30pm Tuesday 9th to Friday 12th October featuring a music and multi media meeting hub in association with Naz Promotions Rocklands and will feature daily film screenings, inpromptu sessions, multimedia, network and free wi-fi. For 2012, City Showcase has extended its “Finding The Future” conference and networking schedule at Gibson Guitar Studios and at The Apple Store, Regent Street. The 4-day panel programme includes a conference on 12th October aimed at students. Participants include Alan Pell (A&R), Barrie Cadogan (Little Barrie), Chris Cooke (Unlimited Media), Chris Dyer (Zimbalem), Kerry Harvey-Piper (Red-Grape), Martin Heath (Lizard King), Rob Hallett (AEG), Sean Devine (ASCAP), Sophie Garner (vocal coach), Stan Mcleod (Bandwagon), Tony Moore, Tom Pakinkis (Music Week), and Tony Wadsworth (BPI Chairman). Since 2003, the growing list of alumni who’ve performed their first live gigs on a City Showcase stage include Amy Winehouse, Keane, Gabriella Cilmi, Razorlight, Laura Marling, Ray LaMontagne, Newton Faulkner, Sway, and Hot Chip. City Showcase’s Soho Flea Market event on Soho’s Dean Street in 2012 was also an incredible success.