After the success of last few years of our ’Market Place’ we’re really excited about developing this area of the festival, a space for independent distributors, record labels,  poster artists and peddlers of curiosities to sell their wares, network and for you to meet face to face.  The Market Place is also where the bands sell their merch. This area is equipped with a tea room serving a selection of epicurean delights. Open to the public on Saturday 22rd of October through to Sunday 23rd.

Previous stall holders have included: Rough Trade, Conspiracy Records,  Wonderleague, Polar Bear Shop, Eat A Book Records.

“Sitting behind our stall at Supersonic last year was the highlight of the year for Bad Egg. The atmosphere was excellent, the banter was rowdy and the chance to engage with so many people in such a short space of time was intense. As a DiY label it’s almost impossible to reach such a wide and receptive audience like the Supersonic crowd – we not only sold some records but also made some friends in the process. REAL ones too.” Dave – Bad Egg Records

Supersonic 2011 Marketplace will include:

Cold Spring
The UK’s premier label, mailorder and distributor for Industrial & related music: Esoteric, Dark Ambient, Power Electronics, Noise, Ritual, Japanoise, Soundtrack, Neofolk, Doom and experimental music.

Southern Records
Since the late 1970s Southern have worked with a veritable Who’s Who of independent labels, including Dischord, Wrong, Touch & Go, Kranky, Constellation and Ipecac.. Come and say hello, we’ll have plenty of interesting stuff for sale, and we love a natter.

Burning World Records
Label and mailorder  based in Holland, home of the Roadburn Festival, and mainly focused on vinyl. Black metal, drone, death, stoner, doom – as long as it kicks you in the gut.

Bad Egg Records
An independent, stalwartly DiY label which has been releasing and promoting some of Birmingham’s finest and noisest since 2009, including Stinky Wizzleteat, Human Hands and Fuck Your Haircut.

First Fold Records
An independent record label specialising in Electronic and Experimental music. First Fold’s focus is to maintain a self regulating and enthusiastic approach to the creation of music and visual media.

Edge World
We are a tiny,fiercely independant record store specialising in alternative,outsider,emergent,interesting music that just happens to be predominantly VINYL!

Future Noise
Manchester based-label, booking agency and PR company.  We work and have worked for the likes of Ufomammut, Conan, Bastard of the Skies, Black Sun, OvO, The Sleeping Shaman, Supernatural Cat Recordings and The Malleus Rock Artlab.

Holy Roar
The label’s first release was in June 2006, with the Phoenix Bodies album ‘Raise the Bullshit Flag’. Since then Holy Roar Records has released over 80 CDs, records and tapes.

Lanchashire and Somerset
A humble label, we attempt to help and support a growing family of bands like Enablers / Nathan Bell / Kogumaza / McWatt / Mugstar, all with a like-minded ethos based around truthful, honest music.

Dead Pilot Records
A small DIY record label from Buckinghamshire established in 2007, focusing on hand made physical releases of various sounds and styles.

Static Caravan
UK’s largest small label since 1999. Digging out musical treasures at the A + R car boot sale of recorded sound. Home to releases from Zombi, The Owl Service and Alison O’ Donnell, Serafina Steer, Starless and Bible Black + Ass.

Alt.vinyl
Purveyors of sonic pharmaceuticals. alt.vinyl is a globally recognised home for rare, limited and beautiful outsider music across all formats but particularly vinyl and lathe. we source from small and micro labels around the world and actively support independent artists and music in all that we do, including our own alt.vinyl label.

Come pay them a visit and check out their wares!