Helders, McClure and Toddla join forces to showcase the Music City
Sheffield’s leading musicians have joined forces to create a celebration of the city’s vibrant musical scene and outstanding musical heritage. Working in partnership with the city’s independent venues and promoters, the inaugural Tramlines event sets out to capture the sound of the city.
Tramlines 09, which takes place from July 24th to July 26th, will feature line ups curated by the city’s artists. The multi venue festival will be featured in up to 30 venues with a 4,000 capacity main stage on Devonshire Green.
As well as the musical muscle provided by the three curators, special guests adding their weight to proceedings include the legendary Ibiza Rocks, award winning music website Drowned In Sound and city festival veterans Adventures In the Beetroot Field, (the people behind Stag and Dagger and the Camden Crawl).
The festival, which has enjoyed enthusiastic support from Sheffield City Council will form part of a week long celebration of Sheffield’s music, entitled Sheffield Music City. Hallam FM will be making an appearance, programming the main stage on the Saturday with Little Boots, Pixie Lott and The Panics amongst those already confirmed.
Head of programming and the man responsible for mobilising Sheffield’s musical mafia into action, James O’Hara explains:
Our aim with Tramlines was to create a festival atmosphere across the city all weekend. Ultimately we would like this to grow into a kind of urban Glastonbury.
Jon, Matt and Toddla have given us amazing support – leaning on their friends in the music industry has allowed us to put on an event that is entirely free.
Whilst the curators are still keeping the line ups close to their chests the event is guaranteed plenty of attention with all three artists releasing albums this Summer.
As well as the Tramlines event, a host of other activity will be going on around the city as part of the Sheffield Music City celebration. Musical workshops, a kids area and a community stage celebrating different aspects of the city’s musical wealth are already programmed in.
It should be an amazing weekend, as well as the thirty or so venues taking part in Tramlines, we are encouraging the whole city to get involved, so you should expect to hear music on every street corner.
Get on board!
Fellow ‘ziners Drowned In Sound, have an interview with with Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders available for your viewing pleasure; here
