This is SFTOC

Created for music lovers by music lovers.

Sounds From The Other City has been a firm underground favourite since 2005; delivering a unique annual event that champions local promoters and celebrates the off-kilter beauty of Salford, the oft-overlooked ‘other city’ to Manchester.

A creative scene is constantly moving and with a line-up booked by a revolving collective of promoters, Sounds has served as an annual snapshot of the Greater Manchester scene, taking place in the pubs, churches, studios, warehouses and 'in-between' spaces of Chapel Street and the Crescent.

The festival has hosted early-day performances from artists as diverse as Black Country, New Road, Marina, Alabaster de Plume, Alt-J, The Ting Tings, BiPolar Sunshine, Hannah Peel, GoGo Penguin right through to 2017’s Mercury Music Prize winner Sampha, BBC Sound of 2018 nominee IAMDDB and 2019 Mercury Music Prize nominees, Black Midi.

Past Festivals

"Pound for pound one of the best all day festivals in the country"
The Skinny

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Who We Are

Our team and how to be part of it

Audience embracing in the beer garden at First Chop Brewing Arm, set in a railway arch on the border of Salford and Manchester, as part of Sounds from the Other City 2014

Why We Are

What we stand for and how we want to make a difference

"Sounds from the Other City itself is the truest representation of what Manchester music is today"
NME

This is SFTOC

Past Festivals

2024 Festival

2023 Festival

2022 Festival

2019: The Quindecennial

2018 Festival

2017 Festival

2016 Festival

2015 Festival

2014 Festival

2013 Festival

2012 Festival

2011 Festival

2010 Festival

2009 Festival

2008 Festival

2007 Festival

2006 Festival

2005 Festival

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