In The City Music Convention and Live Music Festival, Manchester, 18th to 20th October, 2009

Manchester’s very own world famous music industry convention and live music festival, In The City, is back at The Midland Hotel and venues across the City from the 18th to 20th October 2009.

In the 17 years since it was established in the early 1990s In The City, has grown to become one of the UKs premier music industry conventions as well as a premier new music event.

In The City (ITC) was founded by music mogul Brian Wilson and Yvette Livesey, in 1992. This year it will take place in Manchester, from the 18th to 20th October 2009. It describes itself as ‘The World’s Premier New Music Event‘ and it has gained itself a world wide reputation in the 17 years of its existence.

There are two distinct parts to In The City.

Firstly, there is the ITC conference and convention. Its a conference aimed at music industry professionals and is made up of keynote speeches, showcases and panels.

Secondly, there is the live music – lots of it. The In The City music festival offers a fantastic array of new and up and coming musical talent playing live at dozens of venues across the city. (Last year bands played at 44 venues across the City). Bands that play at In The City regularly go on to become household names – Oasis, The Chemical Brothers, The Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay have all played the ITC.

More and more information is emerging about the event all the time – the first panels were announced on July 20th, for example. For entry costs, panel and discussion details as well as details of the live events planned for the ITC live music festival, and more information about In The City, Manchester, visit the event website In The City.