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Leeds Festival Fringe is a 7 day grass roots music event held across music venues in Leeds in the week prior to Leeds and Reading Festival. It was created in 2010 to showcase local talent before the main festival hits town.

Throughout the week, local promoters, bands, fanzines and on-line music communities all have their "takeover" of Leeds Festival Fringe thus bringing everyone who works all year round to benefit the local music scene under one banner during one week.

The first year was very successful with over 120 performances, that's in excess of 400 musicians playing in one week.

In 2010, 8 venues took part in the event; Carpe Diem, The Well, The New Conservatory, Royal Park Cellars, The Elbow Room, The Dry Dock, The Hop and The Northern Monkey.

Bands and solo artists taking part were; Acid Drop, Acoustic Jim, Adam Findlay, Adelaide Harlequin, A Last Concern, Alvin Purple, Angry Vs The Bear, Audit Control, Beat The Red Light, The Beau's, Belleville, Ben Peel, Beretta Suicide, Bernadette Dales, Black Diamond Bay, Black Water, The Blind Dead McJones Band, Bludger, Bootscraper, Caesar Stars, The Captives, China Shop Bull, Chris Martin, Chris Sharp, Claire Cameron Band, Claw of Panther, Codego, Confined Within, Cotheria, Cupboard Wolves, Danny Gruff, Diamond Dac Charnley, The Dirty Jeans, Down The Machine, Egypsy, 4 Day Weekend, El Camino, Elephants on Acid, The Famous Class, The Freewheel, Faux Romantics, Fight The Frontline, For The Ride, The Fuzz, Gaia, Gentle Breeze, Gerry Cooper, Ghosts In The Nightclub, Giraffey Fantastic, Hemingway, The Idles, IMP, The Insight, Jack and Gill's Daughter, Jasmine Kennedy. The Jaw-Line of Julianne Moore, JB Butterfield, Jen Armstrong Music, Johnny Powell, Jonny The Firth Kath and The Mighty Menace, Lifescreen, Lou Gibbs, Louise Distras, Luva Gunk, Man Get Out, March of the Defiants, Matt Bentley, The Melodicas New Reed, Merry-Go, Mi Mye, Miranda versus The Crok, Mondo Cane, Montauk Island, The Moves, Mr Gary C, Mutiny For Hire, New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack, Old Man Pie, Pastel Jack, Philip Cockerham, Quiet Rebellion, Radio Gypsy, The Red Pills, Redstar, Revenge of The Psychotronic Man, Road To Horizon, Runaround Kids, Scott Anthony Wainwright, Secret Circuits, Secrets of Kaplan, Silverlode, The Shrinks, The Sickmen of Europe, The Sighting, Spiders Eat Vinyl, The Spills, S.S.S.S.S., Standard Fare, State of Error, The Stella Frays, Steph Stephenson, The Swindells, The Tabbs, Tag-Team Preacher, The Temps, The Tender Hooligans, 13 Lights, Time of Hibu, Volcanoes, We Run Riot, We Say No, The Wick Effect, X-Ray Cat Trio

In 2011, the event will take place between 18th and 24th August.

Leeds Festival Fringe Website

Fringe Benefits by The Unsigned Guide

Leeds Festival Fringe is a First - BBC Leeds

Leeds Festival Fringe starts today - The Guardian

Leeds Festival Fringe Preview - Yorkshire Evening Post