Hey local music fans! The 6th annual Stroud Song Contest Grand Final is just around the corner, on Saturday 31st August, and this time it will be held at the wonderful Lansdown Hall. 12 awesome local acts will be performing their songs live on stage, hoping to win the coveted title of Stroud Song Contest …
The time has come! We’ve crunched the numbers, allocating 50% to the public and 50% to the judges. Firstly, here are the top songs from the public vote … Secondly, here are the top songs from our judges’ scoring … … which, when brought together, gives us our 12 finalists … … and here they …
Thank you everyone for your votes! And a big thank you to our judges for their time and their carefully-considered scores. We will publish the final results tomorrow after we have checked everything and added the judges scores into the mix. Sleep well Stroud (if you can stand the anticipation!) x
Stroud Song Contest 2024 is now closed for entries, and once again our amazing local musicians have sent us an exciting, rich and wide selection of new songs to enjoy. Thanks everyone – you never disappoint! 🥰 Click here to listen to all the songs You can now vote for your favourite song or songs …
As usual, this year we have the help of our venerable judges who help us keep things fair by giving all the songs a proper listen and an honest score. We combine that with audience voting to decide who our 12 finalists will be. It’s all very exciting. Here is a message from Phil Jones …
We’re very happy to welcome Gavin Pond back to Stroud Song Contest – who made his debut in 2020 with the reggae-punk ballad ‘The Snail Song’, and who last year brought us the unforgettable ‘Terrence the Tentacled Alien’. Gavin’s offering this year, Icy Icicles, though no less eccentric in its lyrics, has a much sadder …
This year’s song contest has got off to a storming start with Johnnie Ha Ha giving us our first entry. Following close behind was Steve Skinley aka moleville with March of the Invisible, a swirling melodic pop song with a moody 80s feel and ominous undertones in its lyrics. Steve lives in Stroud and wrote …
We’re delighted to welcome this year’s first submission. Straight in at the deep end with thoughtful lyrics and an edge of tension we’ve come to recognise and love – it can only be… founder member and drummer of Goth/Punk car crash, Alien Sex Fiend, Johnnie Ha Ha! His latest offering, Ship to Shore, has pensive …
Come on people, Stroud Song Contest is back! We are officially open for entries, so please send us your music! Let’s make this another blistering bonanza of incredible local music. Our live Grand Final will again be held in the marquee at the Crown & Sceptre, on Saturday 31st August, and once again, the pub …
We hope you enjoy watching the video highlights below as much as we enjoyed compiling them. Aaah, memories! What a fab night 🙂 Thanks to all the super-talented performers who took part and to those who sent us extra footage 👍