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Upcoming shows: 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 Besnard Lakes...

Sweet Baboo

When: 7pm on Wednesday 1 March 2023 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to be bringing Sweet Baboo back to Manchester – this time to The Deaf Institute. Sweet Baboo is the alter ego of North Walian musician and songwriter Stephen Black. His career has spanned over two decades and […]

 

Kerala Dust

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 2 March 2023 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re delighted to be working with Kerala Dust for the first time! Kerala Dust’s new album Violet Drive is a record deeply affected and influenced by its surroundings. The band, formed in London in 2016, are now based […]

 

Sophie Jamieson

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 2 March 2023 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re pleased to be working with Sophie Jamieson – plus special guest Lindsay Munroe! Sophie Jamieson is a London-based songwriter who delivers intimate, visceral and uncomfortably honest songs. She explores the dips and troughs of mental health, uncompromising examinations […]

 

Will Sheff / Okkervil River

When: 7pm on Friday 3 March 2023 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to be working with Okkervil River’s Will Sheff – plus special guest Julie Odell! After nine critically acclaimed albums, after twenty bandmates, after countless bars and clubs and theatres and festivals, after two full decades, Will Sheff […]

 

SLUG

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 9 March 2023 Where: YES Basement, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re pleased to be bringing SLUG to YES Basement! SLUG return with a new album Thy Socialite! on 20 January 2023 on a new label formed by Field Music’s Peter and David Brewis. New single Casual Cruelty is out now. […]

 

Beans on Toast

When: 7pm on Friday 10 March 2023 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re excited to be working with Beans on Toast again – this time at Band on The Wall! Outlaw folk musician Beans on Toast will be hitting the road next Spring, with a mahoosive ramble around the countries […]

 

Honey Harper

When: 7.30pm on Sunday 12 March 2023 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW PLEASE NOTE: This show is sadly cancelled, with refunds available from the point of purchase. Here’s a message from Honey Harper: ‘Hey y’all, we are so sad to announce that unfortunately we will have to cancel our upcoming European and U.K. […]

 

The Dream Syndicate

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 14 March 2023 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re excited to be working with The Dream Syndicate for the first time! After several reissues of vintage recordings, The Dream Syndicate recently revealed they had signed to indie institution and ‘international guardian of wonky psychedelia’ (Uncut), Fire […]

 

Rachel Baiman

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 16 March 2023 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW PLEASE NOTE: This show was originally scheduled for January 2022 but was cancelled due to ongoing covid pandemic and the travel issues. It’s now re-booked for March 2023, with tickets back on sale. We’re excited to be working with Rachel Baiman […]

 

Anna B Savage

When: 7pm on Wednesday 22 March 2023 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to welcome Anna B Savage back to Manchester – this time, to YES! Anna B Savage has always asked questions in her music, but on new album in|FLUX answers are no longer her quest. Vulnerability and curiosity have consistently been […]