Free music festival in Wolverhampton this weekend packed with local bands to celebrate 'city of music'
A new music festival is set to bring a host of local bands and singers to venues across Wolverhampton for a weekend of free shows.
The Wolverhampton Music City festival will see more than 50 acts performing at seven venues across the city from this Friday to Sunday (October 31 to November 2), with free entry to each venue.
It has been organised by Plugged Inn Promotions with support from Wolverhampton Council through UKSPF funding and aims to provide a diverse selection of musical performances to celebrate Wolverhampton's music scene and musical heritage.
Organiser Ben Bagley said it had sprung out of wanting to liven up the musical offering in the city.
He said: "I'd found that open mic nights were dying a death post-lockdown and I just went into a pub and asked if I could bring in a few friends and play some music, and then the idea sort of snowballed from there.
"It started getting bigger and bigger and then we got the funding from the council towards it, which helped us to set up seven venues. It's a very exciting time.
"Everyone we've spoken to seems to view the music scene in a negative light, as they always say that it used to be good and this venue and that venue used to be great, so this is our way of saying that there's plenty going on."
Mr Bagley said it had been a busy time, but that it had been worth the effort to make people realise how much music there was in the city.
He said: "The end goal really is to get the city recognised as a city of music and that's obviously ambitious, considering where we are now and also people's perspective of the city, but it's all about increasing music tourism in the area and putting it back on the map.
"We're looking five years down the line, working with the local MPs and mayor, and getting into a better position to get that recognition, but this is the first step of the journey.
"We're trying to fly the flag for local acts and the Music City elements connect bands together who might not necessarily perform together, and is a purely local event."
Wolverhampton Music City line-up:
October 31
The Clarendon Hotel Pub
Freaks from the Fields
7pm Johnny Kowalski and the Sexy Weirdos Solo
8pm skint asf
9pm Notion Of Fortune
10pm Sick Boys Club
Kipsies Wine Bar
8pm Swllws
9pm Wyldlights
+ Halloween DJ Set
November 1
The Clarendon Hotel Pub
2pm DOORS
3pm Temper Tantrum
4pm Me & Thee
5pm skint asf
6pm The Alopecia Trio
7pm The Vanilla Pods
8pm Balaban and the Bald Illeagles
9pm Bucket Brigade
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Songwriters Showcase
12pm Sandy Stanton
12.45pm Brains For Breakfast
1.30pm Melissa Severn
2.15pm Woodsetton Wanderers
3pm Griff
3.45pm The Busketeers
Hogshead Wolverhampton
12pm Woodsetton Wanderers
1pm Daz O'Baddie as Grisly & Co
2pm DANNY MANIC
3pm Permanently Confused
4pm Danny Malone
5pm Nyli Lewis
6pm Vel
7pm Bansal Electrics
8pm Mena Hardy
DJ from 9pm
Kipsies Wine Bar
BARS & BARS
5pm Jack Austin
5.40pm Danny Zealous
6.20pm Juddah James
7pm Lyrikal Jenius
7.40pm Jr Da Lion
8.20pm Issac Paris
9pm MissInk
9.40pm XOMEGA DJ Cypher Set
Lockworks Cinemas
7pm Kupid Val-essoné
Tunwalls
6pm 2 ROOMS 2DJS
Stay Loose Records & Fission Sound
November 2
Hogshead
1pm The Other Half
1.30pm Tim Philpot
2.15pm Stewart Jones
3pm Upright and Conscious
3.45pm Laura:Martin
4.30pm skint asf
5.30pm Christopher Crompton—Words and Music
The Clarendon Hotel Pub
'Mostly' Covers Club
12pm Doors
1pm ROOT 5
2pm The Dysfunctional Idiots
3pm Rosco & The Wolfpack
4pm G R I M L O R D
5pm Unsupervised
Wolverhampton Arts Centre
FINALE
6pm Doors
7pm Bucket Brigade
7.45pm Jim Hudson
8pm Sam Lambeth
9.30pm The Last Pioneers
