Originally written by Dom Gourlay · 30 September 2005
This year's In The City Unsigned event begins in Manchester this weekend as 54 of the UK's best bands, the cream of almost 3000 entrants, play 11 venues over three nights from Saturday 1st October to Monday 3rd October.
The full line-up of artists, stage times and venues is as follows:
Saturday 1st October
Squares, Peters Street
7.30pm
The On Offs
8.15pm
Absentee
9.00pm
Kubichek!
9.45pm
Youth of Britain
Late Room, Peters Street
7.00pm
Free Repeater
7.45pm
Unkle Bob
8.30pm
Neat People
9.15pm
The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
14 Lloyd Street (Downstairs) - Lloyd Street
7.15pm
The Maccabees
8.00pm
Dartz!
8.45pm
The Fratellis
9.30pm
!Forward Russia!(pictured)
10.15pm
The Brian Jacket Letdown
14 Lloyd Street (Upstairs) - Lloyd Street
Adequate 7
The New Shapes
The Rifles
Sunday 2nd October
Along Came Man
The Cyclones
IKO
The Late Room, Peters Street
Catherine Feeny
Good Shoes
The KBC
The Voices
10.00pm
Drive By Argument
10.45pm
Working For A Nuclear Free City
Cellar Vie - Lloyd Street
My Luminaries
10.15pm Dirty Perfect
11.00pm
Captain
One Central, Central Street
The Lodger
10.30pm
Jeepster
11.15pm
Omerta
42nd Street, Bootle Street
This Et Al
Tay Scumaci
11.30pm
Balor Knights
** Monday 3rd October
** Squares, Peters Street
Lucky Soul
Chris Tye
Flying Matchstick Men
The Cuckolds
The Fronts
Jim Muir Slideshow
The Cells
Orson
The Sunshine Underground
Ivory
Former Bullies
Parisman
Stoney
The Voom Blooms
9.15pm Liam Frost and The Slowdown Family
The Scarlet Tuesday
The Lathams
ACOUSTICITY
The best unsigned acoustic acts and singer-songwriters from across the country… and some further afield. Appearing in Selfridges, Exchange Square on Saturday afternoon (1st October),and in Bedlam on Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd October.
** Saturday 1st October**
Selfridges, Exchange Square
12.15pm
Elizabeth Phillips
1.00pm
James Roper
1.45pm
Maria Miller
2.30pm
Tom Cartledge
3.15pm
Isobel Heyworth
4.00pm
KT Forrester
** Sunday 2nd October**
Bedlam, Peters Street
Peter and The Wolf
Emmy the Great
Sumladfromcov
Tom Grant
Son Of Dave
** Monday 3rd October**
The Boy And Girl Who Trapped The Sun
Catherine Tran