It all kicks off tomorrow, and the line up is ace. I'm going to the Squarepusher, Raconteurs, Horrors gig on Thursday night - can't wait. Which other inner city, broadcasted festival can bring you..

Paul Weller

The Young Knives

Jamiroquai

Jamie T

John Lennon

The Good, The Bad and The Queen

The Magic Numbers

Fatboy Slim

Jet

An Evening with Nitin Sawnhey

James Brown The Godfather of Soul

Guillemots

Catch 22 ft Deadly Hunter

The Raconteurs

Donovan

Hugh Hopper

Kasabian

The View

The Zutons

Landscapers ft Benjamin Zephania

Basement Jaxx presents The Crazy Itch Club

The Who

Billy Bragg

Squarepusher

Scott Matthews

Aziz

Klaxons

and

Vashti Bunyan ?

on Sunday, the Next Stage gig happens at the Barfly in Camden, London.

These are bands who've gone through their local rounds to play and work with people of their choice, from composers to add strings to their tunes to video makers to produce a film for their music. Those performing are...



The All New Adventures of Us

Multi-talented seven-piece band working with BBC Radio Northampton.



Cashier No.9

Low-key, chilled beats with lo-fi roots. Cashier No. 9 are working with BBC Northern Ireland.



Enid Blitz

Uplifting, nostalgic pop outfit from Brighton working with Radio 1.



The Favours

The Favours impress with their polished live performances - working with Radio Humberside.



FOUND

Art college manipulators of all things sonic, FOUND are working with BBC Scotland.



Friends of the Bride

Excellent lyricists and Alan McGee likes them! FotB are working with BBC London.



Genod Droog

Prison cell roots and genuine eclecticism - Genod Droog are working with the C2 show on Radio Cymru.



Hijera

Bombastic funk, house beats and brit-pop - working with Southern Counties Radio.



Jont

Jont, working with Radio 2, is a charismatic artist with an innovative approach to gigging.



Kyra

Discovered by Musiq Soulchild when she was only 15, Kyra is working with 1Xtra.



Spencer McGarry Season

Genre-resisting Welsh new wave psychedelia - working with BBC Wales.



Tigerstyle

High-flying Scottish bhangra brothers are working with the BBC Asian Network for Electric Proms.

go HERE for detials of how to be at the gig for free. See you there!

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