I was out and about in oxford street last Friday and i saw this poster for this festival that looked interesting. So i checked out the website to see what it was all about at :
www.cityshowcase.co.uk
Basically its a FREE festival that has a number of really good bands playing (Priestess, The Saints, Stig many more) within shops and cafes during the daytime, while having larger evening events held at trendy west end venue like Embassy and The Fly etc. There are loads of different genre events available to see that range from rock to indie to urban to asian to classical.
They also have workshops that help aspiring musician by offering advice from professionals (reading contracts), meeting A&R, networking and many more.
Check it out i've already got my ticket (only the book now events need tickets, the other events you can just turn up, first come first served).
Here's a direct link to all the events being held:
http://www.cityshowcase.co.uk/index...tType=3#Listing
P.S. Hopefully i've helped out my fellow live music lovers, this one is for the team.