Sound City

From its small beginnings organising a showcase for Liverpool bands at SXSW in Austin, Texas in 2007 Sound City has gone on to become one of the UKs most significant music industry events. The first Liverpool Sound City Conference and Festival took place in 2008, Liverpools year as European Capital of Culture. It took place over two days in small number of venues culminating in a headline set by The Wombats in St Georges Hall. It went on to become an annual event and quickly established itself as the Sound City UKs leading Independent Festival for Emerging Talent attracting key industry figures to its conference and making a name for itself as a showcase for up and coming talent. Early festivals featured then relative unknowns such as Ed Sheeran, Florence and the Machine, Laura Marling, and Jake Bugg amongst many others. The festival garnered a reputation for memorable gigs like The Kooks at St Lukes Church (known locally as the bombed out church) and for converting industrial ...