Contact SFTOC | About Sounds from the Other City festival – Sounds From The Other City
Salford's festival of new music & art • 4 May 2025

Who We Are

We’re proud that Sounds From The Other City is celebrated as one of the UK’s leading independent festivals, offering a platform for diverse voices and transformative live experiences for the past 20 years. 

In 2023 some of the key people behind SFTOC came together to form a year round organisation, From The Other, which platforms underrepresented artists through festivals, residencies and creative projects.

This means we can work with even more exciting and boundary-pushing artists in the UK, whilst championing the collaborative and community-centred ethos born from our roots in alternative and DIY music culture. 

From The Other is an independent social enterprise, based in Salford, UK. In addition to SFTOC we also run the experimental music festival Fat Out, and music residency programme, Samarbeta, as well as working on artist commissions and events with organisations across the public and commercial sectors.

Find out more at www.fromtheother.com.

Contact us

For any enquiries, including press enquiries, please drop us a line at [email protected]

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Volunteering at SFTOC 2018
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Volunteering at SFTOC 2015
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Volunteering at SFTOC 2018
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Volunteering at SFTOC 2016

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