Sound City Ipswich announces full line up
Sound City Ipswich takes place on 4th October, and is set to be the very first music festival and industry conference of its kind in the town.
Sound City Ipswich is a partnership between the organisation behind the famous Liverpool Sound City festivals, Out Loud Music CIC and the team at The Smokehouse music venue in Ipswich, with support from Arts Council England and Ipswich Borough Council.
The festival will be held across four walkable locations in Ipswich, including The Smokehouse (80 capacity), the Manor Ballroom (200 capacity) and the Corn Exchange (950 capacity) with an outdoor stage on the Cornhill.
Tickets are available at just £15, and are currently on sale here. SCI wristbands will provide entry to all of our venues, however due to capacity restrictions we cannot guarantee entry to venues. Disabled customers are entitled to a free PA ticket.
Artists announced:
The full lineup is as follows:
- Novelist
- The Murder Capital
- Snapped Ankles
- W.H. Lung
- The Stupids
- Emma-Jean Thackray
- Wu-Lu
- Happyness
- Piers James
- Dingus Khan
- Girls Of The Internet
- Gaffa Tape Sandy
- Diving Station
- Lex Amor
- Peaness
- Plastic Mermaids
- Sir Was
- Bessie Turner
- Swimsuit Competition
- Ghosts Of Men
- EL-Emcee
- Eloise
- Conner Nunn
Sound City Ipswich are excited to present The Murder Capital and Novelist as headliners.
Emerging from Dublin’s post punk scene including Girl Band and Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital put an unexpected twist on a genre well established by the likes of Joy Division and co. Their debut album When I Have Fears received acclaim from the NME and a five star review in The Guardian.
2018 Mercury Prize nominee Novelist is a grime MC and producer from Lewisham, South East London. He was a founding member of The Square crew and was nominated for Best Grime Act at the 2014 MOBO Awards.
Sound City Ipswich is supporting local artists: with mainstays of the local gig circuit, the Manningtree-based band Dingus Khan playing alongside Bury St Edmunds’ garage-punk rockers Gaffa Tape Sandy, Ipswich’s Bessie Turner and John Peel favourites, The Stupids.
Working with BBC Introducing in Suffolk, the Sound City Ipswich programme will include an outoor stage on the Cornhill featuring emerging regional bands curated by Richard Haugh and Angelle Joseph from BBC Radio Suffolk. This stage will be free to attend. Confirmed acts on this stage include Suffolk noir pop musician Eloïse, alt r&b inspired Conner Nunn, conscious rapper EL-Emcee, disorientating rock from Ghosts of Men and indie pop four piece Swimsuit Competition.
Music industry conference:
Sound City Ipswich’s conference will take place from 11am-5pm at Ipswich Film Theatre and will feature panel discussions and conversations with artists and industry figures. The capacity of the film theatre is 200 – there will be a number of invited industry guests with the remaining seats made available to festival wristband holders. Please see the Sound City Ipswich website for further information.
Who are Sound City?
Sound City is the brand responsible for organising a range of boutique music, media and technology festivals and conferences around the world. Sound City-owned events include Liverpool Sound City festival and conference, Dubai Sound City, New York Sound City and Sound City Digital, Sound City Korea, Gateway To The Asian Music Markets, Off The Record, and Sound City Satellite.
