Bristol Sounds 2025: Why a local music festival helps to boost Bristol’s economy

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Bristol Sounds 2025 is shaping up to be a must-attend event for music enthusiasts of all genres. The festival's lineup includes a mix of rock, pop, and indie acts, ensuring there's something for everyone.

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00:00So Bristol Sounds is in one form in our lives in its 10th year this year, it's been a really

00:06successful concert series for cross-town concerts on the harbour side, we've had a plethora of

00:10different acts from international to British artists playing over the years and yeah this

00:15is our 10th year and we've got five concerts next week.

00:18Bristol Sounds then, tell me a little bit about what we can expect.

00:22So we've got, personally I think we've done really well with the line-up this year, some

00:25really really strong notable British and international acts, so on the Wednesday we

00:32have Supergrass playing their 30th anniversary of their nominal album which is going to be

00:37an amazing night, I think it's the first time they've played Bristol in a very long time.

00:41The next night we've got Kaiser Chiefs, on the Friday we've got Texas, on the Saturday we've

00:47got a bit of an all-day event with the Vatellis, Cast, Sleeper, Stereo MCs and Goldie Lookin'

00:52Chain and then on the Sunday we end the concert series with Olly Murs.

00:57So Bristol Sounds has become a really iconic part of Bristol's summer calendar,

01:04how have you sustained yourself every year is getting bigger and bigger, tell me a little bit

01:09about that. I'd say it's the one, on one side it's the quality of the artists that we're booking,

01:14you know we're very cautious that we've got to, you know we've got to present some really good

01:17quality acts for the people of Bristol but also the way that we manage the site, the way that people

01:22can enjoy themselves on the site, the way we lay the site out is really key, the messaging that we

01:26get out to people is really really strong so everybody knows what's happening from start to

01:30finish so for my side it's just you know it's a really well-run event is key, you know on one

01:35side and then just the quality of acts that we're able to able to bring to Bristol.

01:39And Bristol Sounds Festival, it isn't just about the sounds as it's not just about the music,

01:43you also collaborate with local businesses, you have amazing food and drinks, tell me a little bit about

01:50that side of the of the collaboration process. Yeah so on one side with the bars and stuff so

01:55we've got a local bar supplier who are based just outside Bristol and we make sure the partner we

01:59lost in grounded brewery because they produce amazing beers and we don't want you know that

02:03festival experience of going and having a bit of a cheaper lager let's say you know yeah you know

02:09you're spending too much money on a lager that you're not going to like having a quality product

02:13having a real great beer and that you know they're really really key to us in terms of being a local

02:18business but also the wider side the production team everybody that works it they're Bristol.

02:22It's a Bristol team but you know we're really strong that we have to be using local suppliers

02:27one from the the green side of it to try and make the event as green as possible but also just

02:30to support the local economy as much as we can. We're very much in a cost of living crisis we're

02:34coming out of Covid for some people things are pretty bleak what do you think a music event

02:39like Bristol Sounds does for the local community? So we try really hard to kind of keep it affordable

02:44including the bar prices and the food prices we talk to the suppliers making sure they're not

02:49pushing it too hard and I think you know for the local economy I think it's just a nice boost it's

02:53a good boost it's a great city centre location you know that people can just come down and have a

02:57have a you know enjoy themselves for the week I think really

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