Sound City

Sound City is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its revered Launch Training programme, which supports 16 - 24 year olds with an ambition to work in the music business as an artist or industry leader.

Sound City will take place in venues across Liverpool’s city centre this year, marking a return to the festival’s spiritual home. The 2021 event will bring music fans and industry executives alike to venues such as the city’s Grand Central Hall, Arts Club and Jimmy’s as the city’s famous music scene opens back up following the Covid-19 lockdown.

Sound City Digital will return for its second year at the end of April, with six consecutive days of headline artists, new music showcases, cutting-edge industry panels and inspiring In Conversations.

Sound City has partnered with scotts Menswear for Bandzai – a new battle of the bands that will be broadcast around the world on Sound City’s own Guesthouse streaming platform, sponsored by TuneCore.

Sound City presents a special schedule of programming on its Guesthouse streaming platform and Facebook page today and for the rest of this week, celebrating International Women’s Day.

The organisers of Sound City have made the decision to move the 2021 edition of Liverpool’s famous showcase festival and conference to October 1 – 3.

Sound City Korea is a pioneering programme for musicians and industry professionals based in England with a view to creating opportunities in South Korea.

Sound City (Liverpool) Ltd has been awarded £75,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future.

Sound City is set to launch a series of music business masterclasses with rapper and BBC presenter VITAL, starting this coming Monday (October 12).

Originally scheduled for May, Sound City 2020 was postponed until September as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Five acts have been confirmed for the first edition of Sound City’s new streaming programme, Guest House, which kicks off at 6pm on April 2.

Sound City has partnered with fundraising agency CAPLL Ltd in a deal that will see increased investment in its suite of artist and business development programmes over three years.

The Sherlocks, Wooze, Too Many T’s, TXT, The Tea Street Band, Scarlet and Two Weeks In Nashville have all been chosen to make the trip to the Korean festival, which takes place between 26 – 29 September.

Sound City will land in Ipswich on Friday 4 October for a one-day music industry conference and multi-venue festival – the first of its kind for the town.

Sound City will land in Ipswich on Friday 4 October for a one-day music industry conference and multi-venue festival – the first of its kind for the town.

The first ever Sound City Manchester will launch on July 19 as a one-day conference and music showcase as part of this year’s Distractions summit.