Welcome to Brighton Live 2010

As the summer draws on, the local music calendar starts to look forward to the annual Brighton Live Festival.

This free-to-see celebration of Brighton music involves about 150 bands across 20 venues over 5 days (5th-9th October); this year’s line up looks like one of the most interesting and strongest line ups in the festival's seven year history.

BBC Introducing (at the Prince Albert), Juice FM (Latest) and Radio Reverb (Brunswick) will all host 'curated' events this year, add to that other curated events by the likes of international artist Z Star, Meadowlands Festival, Source Magazine and The Great Escape and it's easy to see why the 2010 festival aims to increase promotional and career opportunities for all.

Moreover, the festival still retains it's 'open access' policy for much of it's programme, and during the daytime of Saturday 9th October at the Latest MusicBar, a number of seminars and networking opportunities will take place, aimed at helping artists get to grips with the changing nature of today’s music industry.

On top of all this, the festivals main sponsors, Asahi beer, have dug even deeper into their pockets to facilitate a further free-to-see flagship event at Concorde 2, where national act Get Cape, Wear Cape and Fly headlines a strong local bill on Thursday 7th October. Full details of who, what, where - including the launch at Madame Geishas on the 5th October - will be included in the October edition of The Source. Also check out further pages on this site.

**Brighton Live Lunchtime Busking Sessions
The Sealife Centre’s ‘music tunnel’ will host a series of Brighton Live acoustic lunchtime busker concerts from midday til 2pm on Tuesday 5th, Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th & Friday 8th October. Expect top quality local acoustic performances from top quality local acts.

**For info on our seminar day, please go to events calendar 2010, or under 'S' in the artist section.

** BIMM Fresher's Gig - Friday 8th October : Doors 7.30pm.
BIMM - Brighton Institute of Modern Music - presents a night of BIMM bands including live performances from Mean Poppa Lean + Bang Bang Bang + Ice Black Birds, amongst others. Free entry. www.bimm.co.uk

**2010 Festival submissions. The deadline for submission has now passed. However, we are running a reserves list, so please do contact info@brightonlive.net if you/your band would like to get involved in this years festival.

**Curated events at Brighton Live 2010
BBC Introducing (at the Prince Albert), Juice FM (Latest) and Radio Reverb (Brunswick) will all host 'curated' events this year, increasing specific artist airplay opportunities into the bargain. Add to that other curated events by the likes of Brighton Institiute of Modern Music (BIMM), Meadowlands Festival, Source Magazine and The Great Escape, it's easy to see why the 2010 Festival aims to increase promotional and career opportunities for all.

**Seminars 2010
During the daytime of Saturday 9th October at the Latest Musicbar, a number of seminars and networking opportunities will take place aimed at helping artists get to grips with the changing nature of todays music industry.

**Concorde 2 Flagship Event 2010
The festivals main sponsors Asahi beer have dug even deeper into their pockets this year, to facilitate a further free-to-see flagship event at Concorde 2, where an act with national profile is promised to headline a strong local bill on Thursday 7th October.

**Sponsorship Opportunites
If you would like to sponsor or advertise with Brighton Live 2010 please contact info@brightonlive.net for information on the available opportunities.

**Brighton Live Big Ups
"Brighton Live is a very important event. It's an opportunity for music fans to see the cream of local bands all over the city and all for free!". Dean Marsh - Creative Law

"In a city with such a thriving music community, having an event like Brighton Live is a really important annual event.For most new and young bands the only time they get to play to strangers is the tired old 'battle of the bands' formula, which only really results in petty rivalries and bitterness. This way they still have to play out of their skins to keep the audience in their venue, but can also network with other bands they might not know and develop new contacts. And for the average gig-goer it is a win-win situation - to see lots of new local music, without forking out anything." Duncan Hall - Brighton Argus

"Brighton Live is leading the valuable cause of supporting young bands and new talent. Now in its 6th year, the festival has become a big part of Brighton’s ever growing music scene and is shouting out loud about the talent down on the South Coast. Its great to be able to see the music industry’s next big success stories for free, in intimate venues, where you can buy a decent drink for a decent price, and get home without a £20 cab fare!" – Sarah Clayman, BIMM Director (British Institute of Modern Music, www.bimm.co.uk)

"Things like Brighton Live don’t happen that often. It's a great opportunity to see the up and coming bands in your area for free, people involved in the music scene should cherish it." Tom Lavis - Fat Cat Records

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