Bristol Sounds 2024: What can we expect?

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The tenth edition of Bristol Sounds will be arriving to the city from June 22 to 30 at Lloyds Amphitheatre, and this year us due to be bigger and better than ever celebrating a variety of music styles

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00:00So we are here on the Cannons Marsh Amphitheatre on the iconic location of the Bristol Harbourside

00:09and behind us they are putting up the stage for Bristol Sounds. So can you tell me who

00:14are you and tell me a little bit about Bristol Sounds?

00:16I'm Holly, I work for Bristol Sounds doing marketing. Bristol Sounds is our annual summer

00:23series of music, a little Harbourside festival. We've got a great mix this year, it's the

00:30first year that we've got four all-day events, so both weekends we've got all-day events.

00:36First night we've got Skin Dread headlining, we've got Gentleman's Dub Club with The Skints,

00:40we've got Busted, James Arthur, Placebo which sold out and then to end next weekend we've

00:47got another all-day event with Annie Mac and then an all-day with The Breeders.

00:51Can you just tell me, obviously we're in a very weird time in the world, we're kind

00:55of coming out of Covid but very much in the cost of living crisis. Why is coming to an

01:00event like Bristol Sounds so exciting for people in the city?

01:05Well, it's really important to us to make events affordable. I think it's nine and a

01:09half hours of music which is a great deal, you know, lots of big shows nowadays are much

01:15more than that. And yeah, it's just a great way to start off the summer with something

01:21that's easy and accessible, not having to go to a muddy field, we're right here in the

01:25centre. I mean, we've been going for a long time, I think it's the ideal location for

01:32these kinds of events. I mean, we're able to have different areas, we've got this just

01:39behind us is the VIP area. It's just such a lovely sunny spot, it's perfect.

01:45Yeah, Bristol Sounds is a really fun event. We try to make it as accessible for families

01:53and also cost effective, affordable for people because we know that a lot of big events are

02:02quite expensive and we really want people to enjoy their summer. And yeah, it's just

02:07a great way to kick off your summer with some fun little shows. So this year, I'm

02:14covering all of our poster front. So this morning, I've been picking up posters to pop

02:19around the site, lots of printing and laminating yesterday. But I'm excited to get involved

02:24and take some photos during the festival.

02:28And why Bristol then as a location?

02:31So we're as a company, we're based in Bristol. A lot of us, we used to have a London office,

02:37a lot of people have moved to Bristol. We just love it as a city and are really happy

02:41to be here.

02:42And then tell me a little bit about what people can expect when they come to Bristol Sounds

02:46this year.

02:48Lots of great music, good times, hopefully lots of sun, it's looking like there'll be

02:53lots of sun. It's just a real fun weekend.

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