Music Features

Four heats, 16 local bands and one stormin' grand final taking place at the Corn Exchange, this is the first step on the road to fame and fortune for one lucky band...

And if the music isn't to your taste, it's worth the price of a ticket to drool over the compere - our very own Fenland stud-muffin from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Audio Files fame. What he doesn't know about local, live music ain't worth worrying about. He loves it almost as much as he loves the humble Maris Piper potato...

Time for the grand final!

That's right, the winners have now been decided following four intense heats (see below for all the bands that took part). So, the line-up at the Corn Exchange on Friday 9th May will be (big drum roll...) Thudbox, Federal Black 40, The Winter Kings and The Ridley Bury Experience. They'll be joined by Yo Yo Yo! Litvenenko who were voted there by the audience.

Ticket details for that stormin' line-up are at the foot of this page.

The line-up for this year's competition

All heats take place at the Cambridge Barfly on Chesterton Road. Heat tickets are £4 (advance) and £5 (door), available from the Cambridge Corn Exchange box office on 01223 357851

Heat 1 – Thursday 10th April

The Beautiful Sleazy
Common Courtney
Thudbox (WINNERS)
Filthtones

Heat 2 – Thursday 17th April

General Lee
Slay That Dog
Wolves Stole My Childhood
Federal Black 40 (WINNERS)

Heat 3 – Thursday 24th April

The Cougars
Keltrix
J Treole
The Winter Kings (WINNERS)

Heat 4 – Thursday 1st May

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The Ridley Bury Experience (WINNERS)
This Is My Honesty
Yo Yo Yo! Litvenenko

The grand final

The winning band from each heat plus the band with the most audience votes from across the heats will go on to the five-band grand final at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on Friday 9th May.

Tickets are £6 for the final and are available from the Cambridge Corn Exchange box office on 01223 357851