City Showcase: London 2012 celebrates 10 years

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Rogue Mag Music - City Showcase: London 2012 celebrates 10 years - Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse

City Showcase: London, the live music festival dedicated to new music, will take place in Soho and Central London between 9th-13th October.

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, and Hot Chip, and 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.

Rogue Mag Music - City Showcase: London 2012 celebrates 10 years - Hot Chip
Hot Chip

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.

Rogue Mag Music - City Showcase: London 2012 celebrates 10 years - Laura Marling
Laura Marling

Artists confirmed for City Showcase: London 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.

The opening party for City Showcase will be held at The Bedford in Soho on Tuesday 9th October. The closing party will take place at the Amersham Arms in Lewisham.

www.cityshowcase.co.uk
Twitter: @CityShowcase

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