Leeds Underground 2012

Leeds Underground is a seven day grassroots music festival that will be taking place across city venues in Leeds from Thursday 16th to Wednesday 22nd August. Celebrating and actively promoting the tradition of live music across the city at venues including Carpe Diem, The New Conservatory, The Dry Dock, Empire, Baby Jupiter, The Well and The Midnight Bell.

Line-up

The full schedule of live music for Leeds Underground 2012 is:

Thursday

Carpe Diem: Little Triggers, The Covelles, Carnabell, Apollo's Basement
Empire: Utopian Love Revival, The Wax Collection, Tom Gee Band, We Like Humans
Baby Jupiter: Pony and Trap, Chris Martin, Gerry Cooper, Lisa Marie Glover
The Well: Littlemores, British Racing Green, Sharp Darts, PaperPlane

Friday

The New Conservatory: Mr Gary C, Scott Wainwright, Rupert Stroud, Matt Bentley, Steph Stephenson, Toby Hind
Empire: Lifescreen, Chasing Dragons, Down The Machine

Saturday

Carpe Diem: Screamin' Sisters, Vacant Kiss, The Program, Toba Caldera, The Ran Tan Waltz
Dry Dock: Standout Riot, [Pop]Ulation, In Fear of Olive, Will Tun and The Wasters, Great Deeds, Tetchi, La Shrimp, Rob Galloway, Ashwin Thomas, Pilla
The New Conservatory: Tom Hingley, Sharp Darts, Kascarade, Asios Eyes
The Midnight Bell: Sebastopher, Steven Preacher, LeeSun Clarke, Look Yonder, Fran Smith, Cosmic Charlie's Big Mouth, Bat in The Saddle
Empire: Crysis, Triaxis, Broken, Evilyn, Project Metropolis

Sunday

Carpe Diem: Dan Audio, Dariush Kanani, Bad Koala, Spitfire Empire, The Jawline of Julianne Moore, Sawsound, Andrew Overfield, Petrol Bastard, Rory Scammel, Chief Wigz & Sonar Cousin, Rory Holl and The Men
Empire: Laika Dog, Beretta Suicide, 14th Night, The Occupier, Indianic

Monday

Empire: Marsicans, St. Somebody, Talk To Angels, French Soul Party

Tuesday

Empire: Quentins Basement, Life in Colour, One Stop Railway, The Scandal
Carpe Diem: Claire Cameron Band, Giant David, Miranda Arieh

Wednesday

Empire: Catfish and The Bottlemen, The Mexanines, PaperPlane, Midweek Blues
Carpe Diem:Tytania, Next Stop Atlanta, Bury The Ladybird, Melvin, Selby Green
Oporto: Mickey P. Kerr, Hayley Gaftarnick, Rich Wells, Halsted Clan.

Ticket

Ticket prices are from free to £5. To buy tickets, click here.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More info

This event is organised by some of the former Leeds Fringe team and aims to showcase local talent and raise awareness for Martin House Children's Hospice. The event is able to accommodate some of the younger bands and their fans this year, as they have a good number of 14+ events. There will be seven nights at Empire including the Metal Fringe, which returns after the success of last year. Local promoters Beat Surrender will also be hosting three nights of under -21 bands. The opening night on 16th August at The Well, will also be open to ages 14+. Carpe Diem will also be focusing on younger bands this year, and giving young people an opportunity to play live shows. (18+).

More information will be here when available.

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