What Is Live And Unsigned?
As music competitions go Live and Unsigned is the UK’s largest national music competition for original unsigned acts and bands. Over 40,000 musicians from across the country enter every year... Are you good enough to enter the music contest?
Get your music heard in front of industry Judges
From BBC Radio One, Kerrang, NME, BBC Introducing, Regional Press & record labels. Check out the full list of Industry Judges What better opportunity to get your music heard live and by the right people?
Play at the best venues in the country! From auditions through to the Grand National Final, you could follow in the footsteps of the likes of Jimi Hendrix at Sheffield City Hall or take on the best live music venue in the world with the Grand Final at Proud2 in The O2, London! Click here to check out our toured music venues
A good enough reason to enter? click here to Enter now
Prizes; Win prizes that will blow you away! With £100,000 in prizes up for grabs and a comprehensive winners’ package which includes; recording studio time, Blackstar and TC Electronic amps, music development classes and the main prize which includes £10,000 cash to spend as you wish for the development of your act!
Want to play at Festivals?
We have festival partners on a global level from Italy's Tour Fest, Supernova in Canada and Latvia's massive Summer Sound Festival to grass roots UK festivals such as Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters, Strawberry Fields, Beach Break Live, Bearded Theory, Cock Rock, Norfolk Spectular, Osfest and Bingley Music Live. With festival organisers selecting acts from throughout the competition, if you want to play at festivals this year, then Live and Unsigned is the music contest for you! Check out our festival partners.
Get your band in the Press!
Being part of something this big will give you a news worthy story that the media will really want to hear! Check out a small amount of our vast press successes. This is your chance to get your music heard! Want to enter now?
Then of course it’s the big one! The climax of the competition! If you make it through the auditions you will compete at the Live Showcase finals with a chance of making it to the National Grand Final as part of Live Fest, London’s Largest indoor festival inside the world’s best venue.
So you can win a world tour, festival slots, get press, huge prizes, free equipment, showcase in front of industry and loads more besides... get entering and we’ll see you soon.
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Industry Judges
Jimi Savage
Guitar Mogul
