Sounds From The Other City festival has released its lineup of musicians and artists ahead of a return to Salford in May.
The annual festival takes place at a range of venues spread across Salford and is set to return for the 21st year on May 3.
Sounds From The Other City hosts an abundance of up-and-coming artists at 17 locations around the Crescent and Chapel Street.
The locations that will be used at this year’s festival are Maxwell Hall, St Phillips church, Peel Hall, Islington Mill Events Space, Islington Mill Courtyard, The white Hotel, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, The Old Pint Pot, Old Fire Station Café, Porta, The Green, The New Oxford and Bexley Square.
The lineup has been revealed on the Sounds From The Other City’s Instagram page, with more than 90 artists set to perform.
“For two decades, Sounds From The Other City has been championing new music, local promoters and the off-kilter beauty of Salford, the often-overlooked ‘other city’ to Manchester,” organisers said.
“The unique model of SFTOC means that the festival curation is ever evolving. Each year we invite a selection of the region’s best promoters and selectors, give them a stage and ask them to book the artists that most excite them.”
The Maxwell Hall at the centre of the University of Salford campus will host three major acts for the festival. These are Moonchild Sanelly, Lynks and own Jasmine.4.t.
Peel Hall sees a cumulation of alternative artists, including pollyfromthedirt who has been named in the Sounds From The Other City festival lineup on the back of their new single being released in January.
The Old Pint Pot has also been announced to be used as a venue for live music for the first time. It hosts a mixture of rock and dance style music with the pub operating two rooms, both upstairs and downstairs.
Will Carpenter, who is the lead of events at The Old Pint Pot, said the festival “Comes with a great atmosphere and really attracts all kinds of people from across Greater Manchester and even outside of Greater Manchester.”
“Salford has such great people and communities that love these kinds of events, every time we host the festival its one of our busiest days of the year.”
Will says the festival “helps towards the branding of the pub and its part in the Salford community. People recognise the time that they had here.”
“We don’t become just a pub in Salford, we become that pub in Salford.”
With a huge variety of artists, music and venues, there is something for everyone at the festival. NME described SFTOC as “the truest representation of what Manchester music is today.”
Many businesses support the festival including Salford City Council, University of Salford, Seven Brothers and many more. The festival helps bring Salford together and put it to the forefront.
Tickets are on sale now, ranging from £30 to £45.
