The Independent Music Cup

TOMORROW! ⚽💚

Come celebrate the real winners of this year’s football fever, the 24 teams coming together for the War Child Music Cup 2026!!!

Friends and family welcome. Join us upstairs at the Duchesse Belle from 5pm for the after-party. 🍻

The pub will also be showing that other football game you may have heard about later in the evening… 😁

War Child Music Cup Class of 2026: Academy Music Group Anjunadeep AudioSalad Because Music Beggars Group Bird On The Wire Blackstar Agency Bush Hall Chess Club Records 📀 DICE Domino Recording Co. Downtown Music Fiction Records Heavenly Recordings Ninja Tune Partisan Records [PIAS]] Resident Advisor ROAM Rough Trade Roundhouse Secretly Group The Orchard Warp Records ⚽️💚✨

Hello! We’re back! ⚽️

On July 18th, the War Child Music Cup returns with a new name and logo, putting our vital cause at the heart of the game.

The need for support has never been more urgent. That’s why the music community is coming together once again to raise vital funds for children affected by war.

Register your interest via the link in our bio.

Tag someone from the music industry who should be on the pitch this year 👇

IMC 2025 IS TOMORROW!!! We are really excited!!! The team’s efforts in fundraising have been i n c r e d i b l e, and we have already reached a higher amount than last year as a collective.

Thanks to pur sponsor every single penny these heroes are fundraising will be going directly to our programmes supporting children affected by war.

See the teams taking part and their beautiful shirts, kindly donated by and delivered by our lovely logistics partner A few teams even created their own shirts, which will be revealed tomorrow at the tournament!!

So much love goes into this tournament, and we can’t wait to see it all unfold tomorrow on the pitches!

Everyone is invited to the after-party at 5:30, where you can meet the teams, have a drink with us, and of course, there will be an opportunity to donate if you can. Thanks you all so much!!! ❤️

24 teams from across the music community will be hitting the pitch on 19 July, all to raise money for children affected by conflict, in support of our work at 🧡 Now it’s time to find out who’s facing who... 🥁 👀 Watch as we draw the four groups that will decide the opening matches of the tournament!
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IMC 2025 is happening on July 19th! Click the link in bio to register your interest in participating! We look forward to hearing from you! ⚽️💚

🙌 Shout out to Team for taking part in the IMC 2024 and helping to raise vital funds for 's work to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children affected by conflict.

Team - thank you so much for being a part of the 2024 Indie Music Cup and all the support you have given to this year.

💙 It will make such a difference for children who are living through conflict around the world.

3 months on from the IMC, we're proud to present a mini-doc on War Child UK, our chosen charity for this year's tournament.

Thanks to everyone involved we raised £13,831 which has helped to deliver two new programs in Bossangoa (Central African Republic) and Duhok (Iraq) supporting approximately 500 children affected by war.

Doc by VIDSETT. Music by Marie Davidson.

The Independent Music Cup 2019 in aid of War Child The Independent Music Cup and the music community came together to raise money for War Child’s new project, War Child FC - harnessing the power of football t...

2019's official photos are up!

Thank you to everyone involved we have raised over £13k so far for War Child UK ❤️

You can still donate here --> https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/independentmusiccup

Pictures by Patrick Gunning Photography & Brynley Davies.

Pictures by Patrick Gunning & Brynley Davies. Raising money for War Child UK.