Starting off at the Regent Street Festival, followed by daytime gigs in Regent Street and Carnaby Street and workshops held at London College Of Fashion as well as evening gigs at the Borderline, the 100 Club, St Giles in the Fields Church. Please see published listings below.
Now in its third year, will take place in London from 5 – 9 September.
Musicians of all genres will play a series of FREE daytime and evening gigs in a variety of retail outlets and venues across the capital throughout the five-day festival – the UK’s only festival to combine new talent in music and fashion.
FULL PUBLISHED LISTINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Sunday 4th September
City Showcase at Regent Street Festival
City Showcase at Regent St Festival on the main stage and in stores from 12 noon. City Showcase performers will be in the following participating Regent Street shops: Esprit, Hamleys, Hobbs and Virgin. Performers will include British Beef, Emma Rohan, Anna Stokes, GB3, Jon Lacey, Jamie and the First Class, Molly Mace, Rosabella Gregory, Susssed, The Bellagios, The Mariachis, Vics n Trix and Voodoo Dolls.
Monday 5th September
Daytime
Jon Lacey
Apple Store, 235 Regent St W1
1pm – Free
Joe Doyle
Henri-Lloyd, 48 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
Arctic Cowboy
Pepe Jeans, 42 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
James Henry
G-Room, 46 Carnaby St W1
1.45pm – Free
GB3
Hamleys, 188-196 Regent St W1
1.45pm – Free
The Crave
Ben Sherman, 50 Carnaby St W1
2.30pm – Free
Leon
Miss Sixty, 31 Great Marlborough St W1
2.30pm – Free
Station Road
O’Neill, 5-7 Carnaby St W1
3.15pm – Free
Paul Wilkes
Urban Outfitters, 200 Oxford St W1
3.15pm – Free
Smooth Hound Sharks
Esprit, 178-182 Regent St W1
4pm – Free
The Mariachis
Kingly Court, Carnaby St W1
4pm – Free
S’tara
American Apparel, 3-4 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
Serf
Vans, 47 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
Emma Rohan
Virgin Megastore, 1 Piccadilly Circus W1
4.45pm – Free
Evening
URBAN NIGHT
Ras Kwame presents
Brasco, Lyrican, Sway, Vix n Trics, Aphletik, Choong Family
100 Club, 100 Oxford St W1
Free
Tuesday 6th September
Daytime
Emma Rohan
Apple Store, 235 Regent St W1
1pm – Free
James Henry
Henri-Lloyd, 48 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
Shaughnessy
Pepe Jeans, 42 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
Joe Doyle
G-Room, 46 Carnaby St W1
1.45pm – Free
Jamie Goddard
Hamleys, 188-196 Regent St W1
1.45pm – Free
Farah
Ben Sherman, 50 Carnaby St W1
2.30pm – Free
Flexie
Miss Sixty, 31 Great Marlborough St, W1
2.30pm – Free
DrinkMe
O’Neill, 5-7 Carnaby St W1
3.15pm – Free
Jon Allen
Urban Outfitters, 200 Oxford St W1
3.15pm – Free
Rheya
Kingly Court, Carnaby St W1
4pm – Free
Mr Smith
Esprit, 178-182 Regent St W1
4pm – Free
Vics N Trix
American Apparel, 3-4 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
Calvoon
Vans, 47 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
Paul Wilkes
Virgin Megastore, 1 Piccadilly Circus W1
4.45pm – Free
Evening
ROCK NIGHT
Fans of Kate, British Beef, Easy Kill, No Hope in New Jersey
100 Club, 100 Oxford St
7.30pm – Free
ASIAN NIGHT
HOSTED BY RADIO 1’S BOBBY FRICTION & NIHAL
Fusing Naked Beats, Sonna Rele, Serese, Sunit & Raxstar, Catch 22
Borderline, Orange Yard, Off Manette St W1
7.30pm – Free
Wednesday 7th September
Daytime
Jon Allen
Apple Store, 235 Regent St W1
1pm – Free
Vashti
Henri-Lloyd, 48 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
Smooth Hound Sharks
Pepe Jeans, 42 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
Shaughnessy
G-Room, 46 Carnaby St W1
1.45pm – Free
Pippa Rogers
Hamleys, 188-196 Regent St W1
1.45pm – Free
Calvoon
Ben Sherman, 50 Carnaby St W1
2.30pm – Free
Vics N Trix
Miss Sixty, 31 Great Marlborough St W1
2.30pm – Free
The Delights
O’Neill, 5-7 Carnaby St W1
3.15pm – Free
Newton Faulkner
Urban Outfitters, 200 Oxford St W1
3.15pm – Free
The Bellagios
Esprit, 178-182 Regent St W1
4pm – Free
Colvex
Kingly Court, Carnaby St W1
4pm – Free
The Return
American Apparel, 3-4 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
British Beef
Vans, 47 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
Tendai
Virgin Megastore, 1 Piccadilly Circus W1
4.45pm – Free
Evening
SINGER/SONGWRITER NIGHT
Ben Earl, David Ford, Newton Faulkner, Cass
Borderline, Orange Yard, Off Manette St W1
7.30pm – Free
CANADA ROCKS NIGHT
In association with, and presented by, the Canadian Government
Joel Plaskett, Mad Violet, Leroy Stagger
100 Club, 100 Oxford St W1
7.30pm – Free
CLASSICAL NIGHT
Keedie, Elizabeth Cooney, Jemima Philips, Nicholas Watts, Brass10 (including the world premiere of a specially commission work by Richard Stroud performed by Brass 10)
St Giles-in-the-Fields Church WC2
7.30pm – Free
Thursday 8th September
Daytime
Tendai
Apple Store, 235 Regent St W1
1pm – Free
Shaughnessy
Henri-Lloyd, 48 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
Jon Lacey
Pepe Jeans, 42 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
Pippa Rogers
G-Room, 46 Carnaby St W1
1.45pm – Free
Marcus
Hamleys, 188-196 Regent St W1
1.45pm – Free
Mirima
Ben Sherman, 50 Carnaby St W1
2.30pm – Free
Shereen-Crystal
Miss Sixty, 31 Great Marlborough St W1
2.30pm – Free
Widescreen
O’Neill, 5-7 Carnaby St W1
3.15pm – Free
Luke Hirst
Urban Outfitters, 200 Oxford St W1
3.15pm – Free
Computer Love
Esprit, 178-182 Regent St W1
4pm – Free
The Bellagios
Kingly Court, Carnaby St W1
4pm – Free
The Delights
American Apparel, 3-4 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
The Return
Vans, 47 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
Newton Faulkner
Virgin Megastore, 1 Piccadilly Circus W1
4.45pm – Free
Evening
INDIE/ALTERNATIVE NIGHT
The Rifles, Tendai, Duels, Pure Reason Revolution
Borderline, Orange Yard, Off Manette St W1
7.30pm – Free
Friday 9th September
Daytime
Newton Faulkner
Apple Store, 235 Regent St W1
1pm – Free
Pippa Rogers
Henri-Lloyd, 48 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
Joe Doyle
Pepe Jeans, 42 Carnaby St W1
1pm – Free
Vashti
G-Room, 46 Carnaby St W1
1.45pm – Free
Anna Leddra Chapman
Hamleys, 188-196 Regent St W1
1.45pm – Free
The Tacticians
Ben Sherman, 50 Carnaby St W1
2.30pm – Free
Mr Smith
Miss Sixty, 31 Great Marlborough St W1
2.30pm – Free
The Crave
O’Neill, 5-7 Carnaby St W1
3.15pm – Free
Arctic Cowboy
Urban Outfitters, 200 Oxford St W1
3.15pm – Free
Flexie
Esprit, 178-182 Regent St W1
4pm – Free
Julian Hinton
Kingly Court, Carnaby St W1
4pm – Free
Computer Love
American Apparel, 3-4 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
Widescreen
Vans, 47 Carnaby St W1
4.45pm – Free
British Beef
Virgin Megastore, 1 Piccadilly Circus W1
4.45pm – Free
FASHION LINKS
CITY SHOWCASE 2005 sees the fashion and music amalgamation developed further with even more of London‘s most talented designers paired up with the hottest new talent from the world of music. This year‘s pairings include:
JULIA BY JULIA CLANCEY (designer) dressing classical music star KEEDIE
HANNAH MARSHALL (designer) dressing singer songwirter JEMIMA PHILLIPS
CRAVEN GENE (designer brand) dressing RU of band DRINKME
TONIC T-SHIRTS (brand) dressing JOE DOYLE & STATION ROAD
eVe (designer brand) dressing folk-jazz starlet VASHTI
NADIA (designer) dressing violin virtuoso ELIZABETH COONEY
NUNO REIS (designer) dressing recent Road To V hopefuls LEON
BORN IN 72 (designer brand) dressing soul sensation FLEXIE
TARBUCKTIZARD (designer brand) dressing singer songwriter MOLLY MACE
RARE KIND (desinger brand) dresing stadium rockers THE CRAVE
FIELD BY SARAH FIELD (designer) dressing unique alt. rocker TENDAI
FULL WORKSHOP PROGRAMME:
City Showcase Creative Café
London College Of Fashion
John Prince’s Street
London W1G 1BJ
Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus
Monday 5 September 11:00am – 1:00pm
Demystifying A&R
We all know A&R means ‘Artist and Repertoire’ but what is it? What is the process? Who makes the decisions and how are those decisions reached? What roles do the publisher, labels, manager and artists take? Is A&R the same as talent spotting or is there a long-term development role?
Participants:
Keith Harris – Former Motown label manager, representative of Stevie Wonder, and former Chairman of the Music Managers’ Forum.
Guy Holmes – Chairman of Gut Records
Dan Cairns – The Sunday Times Arts & Music Critic
Monday 5 September 2:00pm – 4:00pm
The CD Dump
Drop your demo in the CD dump and those picked at random will get feedback from a panel of publishers, DJs, A&Rs and writers
Participants:
Ellis Rich – Chairman of the Independent Music Group and Chairman of PRS
John Kennedy – Xfm presenter
Matt Fernand – Producer of Radio 1 On The Road
Tuesday 6 September 10:00am – 3:00pm
Portobello Business School – one-to-one surgeries
Book your 15-minute slot online to participate in a FREE one-to-one session with an expert from the Portobello Business School, providing business advice on a career in fashion and in music
Participants:
Maria Stammers – Senior Business Adviser with particular expertise in fashion and music.
Mark Stevenson – Business Adviser – with 20 years’ music industry experience
Tuesday 6 September 10:30am – 12:30pm
Understanding Radio Playlists
What is a radio playlist? Why do radio playlists exist? How does a track get on a radio playlist? Do all stations have playlists?
Participants:
Paul Birch – Chairman of Revolver Records
Dylan White – Head of Promotions at Anglo Plugging
Leyton Bracegirdle – Assistant Head of Music – Capital FM
Jo Burlando – Music Programmer for Xfm
Tuesday 6 September 1:00pm – 3:00pm
The Evolution of Asian Music
A look at contemporary Asian music and its definitions. How do you market yourself as an Asian musician in today’s music industry and how do you break into the mainstream market?
Participants:
Bobby Friction & Nihal – Presenters of the most listened to Urban/Asian radio show on Radio 1
Pedro Carvalho – FNIK PR
Nav Sagoo – Head of Br-Asian design labs, runs Urban X Street, the UK’s leading Urban Asian street team for major and independent labels
Tuesday 6 September 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Own it – Getting credit where it’s due
Rights Ownership – copyright and how to protect and maximize the value of your rights.
Participants:
Nicky Stein – Specialist music and entertainment solicitor at Clintons
Nick Robinson – BMI
Dej Mahoney – business consultant to music and media industries
David Ferguson – Chairman of The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
Wednesday 7 September 10:30am-12:30pm
Alternative Ways to Market
The pundits say that the record business is shrinking. Explore how you can make money from your music in alternative markets and how your creativity can develop and your business can grow by working in Fashion, Film, TV, Theatre and Games.
Participants:
Sean Devine – The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Barrington Pheoloung – A composer, conductor and performer of international renown
Andrew King – CEO of Mute Records
Tim Soar – Sound Architecture
Wednesday 7 September 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Focus Canada
Does Canada define the North American Music Market? Why are acts such as The Hot Hot Heat, Arcade Fire, Sum 41 and Alanis Morresette generally seen as American? Can the UK use Canada as a gateway to breaking the North American market?
Participants:
Brandon Bakshi – Senior Executive of BMI
Ian Richards – Metropolis
Shannon Martin – Label Manager – Boompa
Emmanuel Legrand – Billboard
Thursday 8 September 11:00am – 1:00pm
Understanding The Business of Touring
Touring – Who pays? How do you organise and finance a tour – national or international? How does tour support really work? What part does the promoter play? Understanding merchandising rights – who owns them and how are the takings split?
Participants:
Feargal Sharkey – Artist and Chairman of the Live Music Forum
Paul Hutton – Co-Director of promoters Metropolis Music
Pete Jenner – Manager and chairman of the European Live Music Forum
Andy Allen – Managing Director of Backstreet Merchandise (The White Stripes, Beck, Blur)
Thursday 8 September 3:00pm – 5:00pm
The Digital Conundrum
How artists, publishers and labels can make money through online and mobile communication. A new way to market your music and a new way to sell
Participants:
Ben Osborne – BT Rich Media
Martin Hanratty – Artists First
Jamie Estrin – KarmaDownload
Andy Wood – Tough Cookie
Steve Jenner – Managing Director of Virtual Festivals
Friday 9 September 11:00am – 1:00pm
Learn How to Navigate Your Way Around a Recording Studio
Understanding the production process. What to expect from a producer and engineer. How to budget and make your budget go further. Which programs to use. Understanding time management. How to prepare mic positions, EQ setting for live instruments, mastering tips, stereo placement
Jess Gerry – Miloco Studios
Richard X – Renowned producer who has worked with the Sugababes, New Order, Gwen Stefani and The Bravery
Kat Berry – Co-manager of producer management company 140dB
Dave Eringa – Production credits include Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild, Ash, Starsailor, Tom Jones and Kylie Minogue
Pete Hoffman – Producer/Mix Engineer/Protools Engineer
Greg Fleming – Producer/Mix Engineer/Logic Audio Programmer
Friday 9 September, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
One-To-One Surgeries
Book your appointments online for a 15-minute slot
Participants:
Albert Samuels – Mission Control Management
Geraint Howells – Willott Kingston Smith (accountants)
Ian Richards – Metropolis (promoters)
Jill Drew – Public Relations Manager at PPL
Keith Harris – former Motown label manager, representative of Stevie Wonder, former Chairman of the Music Managers’ Forum.
Malcolm Buckland – MCPS-PRS Alliance
Tony Dobson – Metropolis (promoters)
Paulette Long – Westbury Music (leading music publisher)
Matt Fernand – Radio 1 producer
Neil Ridley – A&R at Warner Music
Nick Robinson – BMI
Peter McGaughrin – Clintons (music and entertainment specialist solicitors)
Sean Devine – American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Stefan Heller – Former Director of Programming for Music Choice Europe with over 25 years’ management experience
Julian Simon – Spiracle Management
Friday 9 September 1.45pm – 2.30pm
David Ferguson – An Accidental Career
A workshop designed to provide an insight into the obstacles that may stand in your way as you forge a career in music. David will give you a candid glimpse of the business of music and how he survived as a music writer.
David Ferguson – Internationally respected and renowned Media Composer and Chairman of The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters (BACS)
Throughout the week – 1:00pm – 3:00pm
One-To-One Surgeries in the City Showcase Creative Café
With Clintons (solicitors) and Willott Kingston Smith (accountants)
Take advantage of this opportunity to get free advice from lawyers and accountants – ask anything you want!