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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... The Cords + Josie... 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...

Lichen Slow

When: 7.30pm on Sunday 23 April 2023 Where: The Lodge at The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to be working with Lichen Slow for the first time! For Joel Harries and Malcolm Middleton, Lichen Slow is a band steeped in mutuality and patience. As musicians both individually involved in a wealth […]

 

Cindy

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 27 April 2023 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Cindy for the first time! Cindy are a band built around the singing and guitar playing of Karina Gill that she self-nurtured after finding an abandoned Squier Strat in her San Francisco apartment basement. Her […]

 

Sounds From The Other City 2023

When: 3pm until late on Sunday 30 April 2023 Where: Upstairs at The Old Pint Pot, Adelphi Street, Salford M3 6EN Hey! Manchester is delighted to be curating a stage at this year’s Sounds From The Other City – our 13th year in a row! SFTOC is a one-day music festival that celebrates the diversity of Greater […]

 

Mock Tudors + Jim E Brown + Sydney Herds

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 3 May 2023 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re pleased to welcome Mock Tudors, Jim E Brown and Sydney Herds to the Castle! South Yorkshire’s attempt at an answer to Sweet meets The Undertones is here. Mock Tudors is the latest band from Tom Diffenthal (Family Selection […]

 

Roddy Woomble

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 11 May 2023 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN PLEASE NOTE: Roddy will be playing two sets tonight – starting at 8.15pm. So please arrive early – doors open at 7.30pm. We’re excited to be working with Roddy Woomble again – this time, at Low Four! Roddy […]

 

The Breath

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 13 May 2023 Where: Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF  We’re delighted to welcome The Breath to Hallé St Peter’s! The Breath is Manchester-based guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly. They met on the city’s gig circuit in the late noughties. An unlikely pairing though it was, […]

 

Freya Beer

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 13 May 2023 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be welcoming Freya Beer to Gullivers! Hailed as ‘a raw and thrilling new talent’, Freya Beer is a singer-songwriter based in West London. Inspired by art and literature, alternative fashion and music, Freya distills her disparate influences through […]

 

Lael Neale

When: 7.30pm on Monday 15 May 2023 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW PLEASE NOTE: Due to exceptional demand, this show has been upgraded to Gullivers, across the road. All other details are the same and original tickets remain valid. We’re delighted to welcome Lael Neale back to Manchester! Lael Neale still has a […]

 

Kate Davis

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 16 May 2023 Where: The Lodge at The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to be welcoming Kate Davis back to Manchester! As she triumphantly walks away from her previous life as a conservatoire-trained jazz musician and into her future as an experimental art-rock singer, Kate Davis has […]

 

Sun June

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 16 May 2023 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re delighted to be working with Sun June for the first time! The five members of Sun June spent their early years spread out across the United States, from the boonies of the Hudson Valley to the sprawling […]