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Upcoming shows: Will Stratton... Joshua Burnside... Lightheaded + Jeanines... Anna McLuckie... Lily Seabird... The Burning Hell... Bremer/McCoy... Daddy Long Legs... Blue Bendy... James Yorkston & Nina Persson... The Beths... Natalie Bergman... Rowena Wise... British Birds... Jolie Holland... Erin Rae... Ye Vagabonds... Frankie Archer... Chloe Foy... Grant-Lee Phillips... Allo Darlin’... Robert Forster... Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage... Martha Tilston... Vega Trails... Gwenifer Raymond... Kathryn Williams... Lilly Hiatt... Constant Follower... The Lovely Eggs... Albertine Sarges... Jamie Duffy... Joep Beving... Admiral Fallow... Willy Mason... The Unthanks... BC Camplight... Holysseus Fly... Penguin Cafe... Junior Brother... Will Varley... Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet... Jesca Hoop... Jim Moray... The Dream Syndicate...

The Wave Pictures

When: 7.30pm on Monday 30 May 2022 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re delighted to welcome The Wave Pictures back to Manchester! When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings is the new double album from The Wave Pictures. The title means ‘spring’ – that day when all the butterflies burst […]

 

Hania Rani

When: 7pm on Tuesday 31 May 2022 Where: The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1DA PLEASE NOTE: This show has sold out! Watch this space for future shows by Hania Rani, however. We’re delighted to be working with Hania Rani for the first time! Hania Rani is a pianist, composer and musician who, was born in […]

 

Aoife O’Donovan

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 2 June 2022 Where: Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF PLEASE NOTE: This show has now been postponed until June 2022. Ticket vendors will be in touch with existing ticket-buyers to confirm that your tickets are valid for the new date. We’re delighted to present Aoife O’Donovan in one […]

 

The Lovely Eggs

When: 6pm on Bank Holiday Friday 3 June 2021 Where: The Ritz, Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5NQ PLEASE NOTE: This show now takes place on bank holiday Friday 3 June 2022 – the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. All other details remain the same, except doors are now 6pm and there’s a slightly earlier curfew of 10pm. Please […]

 

The Courettes

When: 8pm on Thursday 16 June 2022 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re delighted to be working with The Courettes for the first time! The Courettes are an explosive rock duo from Denmark and Brazil who found the perfect blend between garage rock, 60s Girl Group, Wall of Sound, surf music and doo […]

 

Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet

When: 7.30pm on Friday 17 June 2022 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re delighted to working with H!M favourites Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet once again! Still residing as BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year, Ríoghnach Connolly’s taste for musical adventure is eclectic. Along with her companion players, as […]

 

Darren Hayman

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 June 2022 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW UPDATE: The Wednesday show has now sold out – but tickets are still available for Thursday’s show – see below for links. We’re excited to be hosting back-to-back nights of Darren Hayman playing songs from four classic Hefner […]

 

Vetiver

When: 7.30pm on Friday 8 July 2022 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LW  We’re pleased to be bringing Vetiver back to Manchester. Andy Cabic’s musical being is, like many curious 21st Century musicians, shaped and sustained by divergent tangents. If he’s not crafting a melancholy folk-rock diamond in his Northern California studio, he’s […]

 

La Luz

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 13 July 2022 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE PLEASE NOTE: Sadly this show is cancelled – with refunds available from the point of purchase. Here’s a message from the band: ‘Wish we didn’t have to type this. We are absolutely heartbroken to announce that we have to […]

 

Francis Lung

When: 8pm on Saturday 23 July 2022 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN PLEASE NOTE: This show is postponed and now takes place in July 2022. All other details are the same and original tickets remain valid. PLEASE ALSO NOTE: This show has now sold out! We’re delighted to be presenting […]