Brighton Live 2010

Brighton Live is a celebration of live music, bringing together live music venues, promoters, labels, record shops, bands and the music industry to showcase live music of all genres for one week and all for FREE.

The event will run over five days from Tuesday 5th October (launch party night) to Saturday 9th October (seminars, workshops & master classes) in over 20 venues across the city. This year the organisers hope to add an outdoor stage, and more gigs (& instruments) in the most unlikely of locations, for this all ages event with music related seminars.

Line-up

This year the festival are doing things a bit differently with some 'curated' nights alongside the festival's traditional 'open access application' policy for local bands to play. The events at The Foundry have moved to the Rose Hill Tavern.

Curated nights confirmed include BBC Introducing (The Prince Albert), Juice FM (Latest), Radio Reverb (Brunswick), Brighton Source Magazine, The Great Escape and international soul jazz diva Z-STAR (Latest Music Bar).

Concorde 2 will also feature a special flagship event on Thursday 7th with headliners Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly support comes from The Xcerts, Munich, The Agitator, Autumn Red and Jumping Ships.

The festival will also feature local talent including Ramona, Monsters Build Mean Robots, Iris And The Wolves, The Robot Heart, The Valentines, The Toniks, Tallulah May, and Kelly Barnes.

As well as Half Sisters, The Laylanas, The Lieutenant's Mistress, Luke Jones, Mike Mayfield, The Morning Orchestra, The Moulettes, Mr Eugene, My First Tooth, My Tour Of Duty, Nameless Dreams, New Sun Blues, Nick Hudson, Nicos Alchemy, No Sharp Objects, Ocean Reid, The Officials, On The Spot, The Pangs, Passiondale, Paul Diello, Paul Steel, Pink Bubblegum, Pink Narciccus, Polly Loves, The PrjctMyhm, Q Tone, Rachel Hawker, Richard Webb, Riot Riot, Roadrunners, Rose Randles, The Roue, Saidi Kanda, Sam Chara, Sarah Harris, The Sarah Michelles, Saw Buzz Gang, Scenic Routes, The Sea Will Decide, Second Time Lucky, Seeker, The Self Help Group, Seventies Cop, The Shoestrung, The Silence, The Ska Band, Son Of Robot, Sophie Madeleine Band, The Special K's, Stars And Sons, The Stars Down To Earth, The Super Wolf Gang, Sweet Addiction, Sweet Charlotte, Syd Arthur, Telegraphs, Thieves By Code, Third Man, Three Strikes Out, Tommy Ludgate, Tremain, Trousseaux, Turncoat, Unstable, Us And Them, The Valentines, The Veloes, Victoria Ferguson, Walker, Way Tangent, Welfare Mothers, The Wellingtons, Wide Boy Generation, Will 'harmonica' Wilde, Wise Children, and Yokoko.

As well as this, Brighton's Sealife Centre's 'music tunnel' is set to host a series of acoustic lunchtime busker concerts between midday till 2pm on Tuesday 5th, through to Friday the 8th where local acts will showcase their music. During Saturday music related seminars, workshops, master classes all take place at the Latest Music Bar.

Free event

Entrance to all the events is FREE. Events include seminars, breakfast, lunchtime and evening shows, all ages shows and an outdoor stage. Plus, expect many more remarkable events which are still in the planning stages!

More info

For more information, see the Brighton Live website.

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