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best festivals for unsigned bands?

anyone got any ideas what are the best festivals to see new up and coming, un-signed bands?



  • best festivals for unsigned bands?

    anyone got any ideas what are the best festivals to see new up and coming, un-signed bands?

    • Truck

      maybe? or the Great Escape, which you've just missed.

    • woolfire was great last year

      there were a few good acts there

    • Underage

      if your underage that is! smaller tents at glasto and field day had a few on last year

    • latitude has a really good stage for small bands....

      mostly unsigned, the ones that are signed are still fresh off the block, eg. The Wave Pictures, Errors...

      shame its sold out.

      • masses

        of the bands at indietracks are unsigned, so I'm saying that one.

      • the same wave pictures

        who've been around 10 years or so, you mean?

    • underage

      but this year i dont think itll be very good (rararara kids)hence iam not going.

    • Beachdown Festival

      has a brighton stage which are the 20 or so best (or most connected) brighton bands. pretty much all unsigned if that floats your boat.

      • i like this

        i'm glad you said most connected, because how good you actually are has nothing to do with getting shows or a record deal or popularity or anything.

        • the stockton

          international fringe festial frist week end in august best all it`s free
          it the music part of the festival (which is mainly art stuff) but it`s a good place to see the like of we start fires, dirty weekend,dartz the chapamn family and not forgeting me (lol)

    • offset

    • cuntfest

      also, fuckfest and twatfest are good.

    • inthecity

      it's the uk equivilent of sxsw

      usually some pretty good stuff going on...

      300 or so bands playing. always good banter. lots of music industry dickheads trying to find the next ting tings.

      saw an amazing icelandic showcase last year. it was unreal.

      • Icelandic showcase

        I saw that too, Kira Kira was magic.

        • kira kira was totally beautiful...

          did you see skatar after kira kira?

          icelandic prog heroes!

          x

          • beached in scarborough

            beached in scarborough

    • thanks!

      hi all! thanks for all the responses. my PC's been on the blink since I posted the comment so I've only just had chance to log back on.