Carling Academy (Main Stage), 52-54 Dale End, Birmingham, B4 7LS Surface Unsigned Festival 2008 - National Showcase

Day Saturday 14+ event; Doors open 11am Date 13th Sept 2008 Band's Genre Location Judges' Verdict 12:00 - 16:30 Che Indie/Pop Droitwich Spa/ Smethwick . Tempting Rosie Ska Birmingham . Lazy Fader Indie/Hip-Hop/ Experimental Warrington 2nd Place receiving £500 cash, 3 hour live performance recording courtesy of Univibe Audio and featured content on the brand new Surface Unsigned online TV station and Surface Unsigned Magazine of which 50,000 copies are distributed across the UK in October. Short Skirtz Rock Brockly/Lewisham Best Drummer receiving a Tama Iron Cobra Power Glide Single Kick Pedal coutesy of Professional Music Technology and a full set of Custom A Cymbals courtesy of Zildjian. Silver Sided Rock BusheyHeath/ Harpenden Best Bass Player receiving a Ashdown Five Fifteen 100w 1x15 Combo courtesy of Professional Music Technology. Carjack Mallone Rock/Indie Manchester . Free Peace Acoustic/African/ Hip-Hop Guildford/ Peterborough 4th Place receiving £250 cash, 3 hour live performance recording courtesy of Univibe Audio and featured content on the brand new Surface Unsigned online TV station and Surface Unsigned Magazine of which 50,000 copies are distributed across the UK in October. Best Singer receiving a Wharfedale Pro DM2.0S Cardioid Dynamic Microphone.

Carling Academy (Main Stage), 52-54 Dale End, Birmingham, B4 7LS Surface Unsigned Festival 2008 - National Showcase

Day Saturday 14+ event; Doors open 11am Date 13th Sept 2008 Band's Genre Location Judges' Verdict 12:00 - 16:30 Che Indie/Pop Droitwich Spa/ Smethwick . Tempting Rosie Ska Birmingham . Lazy Fader Indie/Hip-Hop/ Experimental Warrington 2nd Place receiving £500 cash, 3 hour live performance recording courtesy of Univibe Audio and featured content on the brand new Surface Unsigned online TV station and Surface Unsigned Magazine of which 50,000 copies are distributed across the UK in October. Short Skirtz Rock Brockly/Lewisham Best Drummer receiving a Tama Iron Cobra Power Glide Single Kick Pedal coutesy of Professional Music Technology and a full set of Custom A Cymbals courtesy of Zildjian. Silver Sided Rock BusheyHeath/ Harpenden Best Bass Player receiving a Ashdown Five Fifteen 100w 1x15 Combo courtesy of Professional Music Technology. Carjack Mallone Rock/Indie Manchester . Free Peace Acoustic/African/ Hip-Hop Guildford/ Peterborough 4th Place receiving £250 cash, 3 hour live performance recording courtesy of Univibe Audio and featured content on the brand new Surface Unsigned online TV station and Surface Unsigned Magazine of which 50,000 copies are distributed across the UK in October. Best Singer receiving a Wharfedale Pro DM2.0S Cardioid Dynamic Microphone.

The table above includes the 14 bands that played in The 2008 Surface Unsigned Festival National Showcase. This is not the running order. The bands are divided into two segments which designates the time period in which they performed. The running order of the bands within each segment were randomly decided by pulling the band names out of a hat.