The University of Birmingham Independent Music Society is brings you a day of fun and festivities to welcome new and returning students to the city's vibrant music scene.

As part of our commitment to the most original and exciting Indie sounds, we're proud to present 8 great acts, 4 local and 4 from further afield:

CATS IN PARIS
With their unique Power-prog-pop, filled with fuzzy shrieking violins, effects-heavy doom bass, boy-girl shouting and frantic drums Cats and Paris put on a live show which is an unmissable spectacle.

http://www.myspace.com/catsinparis

MUNCH MUNCH
Bristol's most manic free-wheeling noisepop collective. On Record Munch Munch are at once Delightfully DIY and fearless polyrhythmic. Live they are Instrument Swapping, Shambollic genius.

http://www.myspace.com/munchmunchband

ICE SEA DEAD PEOPLE
are an energetic three-piece from Bedford who create a frantic pop squal. A rampant, hard-hitting profusion of smashing guitars and basslines their amazing art punk grooves are shrill, savage yet undeniably catchy.

http://www.myspace.com/iceseadeadpeople

VENICE AHOY!
renowned for their live shows which have been described as an insuppressible blur of energy. Venice Ahoy Blend intricate guitar lines, boisterous gang chants, afro-beat rhythms and sound like Foals if they a sense of fun.

http://www.myspace.com/veniceahoy

CALORIES
Rising from the ashes of Birmingham noise rock legends Distophia. Calories take the power and passion of their predecessors and distil it into a stripped down and pop sound. Joyous and uplifting, they're one of the best bands in Birmingham.

http://www.myspace.com/caloriesband

GREAT ESKIMO HOAX
More local talent comes in the form of the oustanding Great Eskimo Hoax. Expect grandiose atmospherics from Birmingham's finest purveyors of folktronica and sparkling space odysseys.

http://www.myspace.com/greateskimohoax

MIRROR! MIRROR!
Also just added are the devastatingly dancable Mirror! Mirror! Anyone who's seen them before know that they always kick up a storm of twisted disco rhythms, contorted limps, skewed guitar lines and topless action.

http://www.myspace.com/mirror

SCARLET HARLOTS
Rounding off this amazing line up are Punk-Step heroes Scarlet Harlots. Fusing together elements of Indie, Dub and Grime the Harlots have a wonderfully threatening charm and sound like a street smart Larrikin Love.

http://www.myspace.com/thescarletharlots

In addition this amazing line up we'll also have exclusive DJ Sets, BBQ, cheap cocktails, cake stalls and a mini flea market.... All at The Rainbow, Digbeth

NB. this event is not exclusive to students, all you need to know is how to have a good time.