title: Leeds Festival Fringe
text: # Leeds Festival Fringe
  
  Leeds Festival Fringe is a 7-day grassroots music festival held across several 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 together under one banner during one week.
  
  The first year was very successful with over 120 performances, over 400 musicians playing in one week.
  
  ## 2010
  
  The 2010 event took place between 19 and 25 August.
  
  ### Venues
  
  * Carpe Diem
  * The Well
  * The New Conservatory
  * Royal Park Cellars
  * The Elbow Room
  * The Dry Dock
  * The Hop and The Northern Monkey.
  
  ### Hosts
  
  * All Sorted Records
  * The Beat Surrender
  * Broken Heart Underground
  * Bootscraper
  * Claire Cameron Band
  * Grain Division
  * Hound Dog Promotions
  * Liverpool Bands and Friends
  * Lyrically Justified
  * The Red Pills
  * The Rhubarb Bomb
  * Yorkshire Music Collective and Yorkshire Underground Band Show.
  
  ## 2011
  
  The 2011 event took place between 18 and 24 August.
  
  ### Venues
  
  * Carpe Diem
  * The New Conservatory
  * Milo
  * Empire
  * The Dry Dock
  * The Well
  * The Northern Monkey
  * The Ship
  * The Grove
  * Baby Jupiter
  
  ### Hosts
  
  * All Sorted Records
  * Bad Brains
  * The Beat Surrender
  * Bootscraper
  * Grain Division
  * Hound Dog Promotions
  * I 'heart' Indie
  * Lyrically Justified
  * Metal Fringe
  * Northern Torch
  * The Red Pills
  * Yorkshire Music Collective
  