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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...

Lambert

When: 7.30pm on Monday 27 November 2023 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN We’re excited to be working with Lambert again – this time, at Low Four! Lambert is today an enigmatic star of Europe’s neo-classical scene, sustaining an impish mystique since condemning his given name to obscurity and donning an […]

 

Withered Hand & Darren Hayman

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 29 November 2023 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN PLEASE NOTE: Doors will now open at 7.30pm, with the show itself beginning at 8pm. We’re delighted to be presenting a co-headline show featuring Withered Hand and Darren Hayman! Dan Willson (aka Withered Hand) is a beautifully original songwriter whose […]

 

Holy Moly & The Crackers

When: 7pm on Thursday 30 November 2023 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re excited to be welcoming Holy Moly & The Crackers back to Band on the Wall! Holy Moly & The Crackers are the innovative and fiery folk-rockers from Newcastle upon Tyne, who mash together unique flavours of Americana, […]

 

The Rural Alberta Advantage

When: 7pm on Saturday 2 December 2023 Where: YES Basement, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB PLEASE NOTE: All tickets for this show have already gone! Watch this space for details of future Rural Alberta Advantage shows in Manchester. PLEASE ALSO NOTE: The early show times: doors open at 7pm, Zoon are on at 7.30pm and […]

 

Islet

When: 7pm on Friday 15 December 2023 Where: YES Basement, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to welcome Islet back to Manchester! Islet is a Welsh quartet whose free-spirited invention and exuberant intensity is hypnotic, exhilarating and defiantly unique. Their fourth album Soft Fascination (Fire Records) is a wild excursion into the latest incarnation […]

 

The Unthanks in Winter

When: 7pm on Wednesday 20 December 2023 Where: Albert Hall, 27 Peter Street, Manchester M2 5QR PLEASE NOTE: This show has now sold out! We’re delighted to be presenting The Unthanks in Winter – at Albert Hall! At this point in their almost 20 years together, it’s easy to imagine that The Unthanks must surely have […]

 

BC Camplight

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 17 & Thursday 18 January 2024 Where: Hallé at St Michael’s, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5DG UPDATE: Both shows have been postponed to 17 and 18 January respectively. Original tickets remain valid (Tue 19 Dec tickets for Wed 17 Jan, and Wed 20 Dec tickets for Thu 18 […]

 

Gratis: Chew Magna

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 20 January 2024 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN Gratis – our series of free entry shows – returns, with Chew Magna, celebrating the release of their debut album! Manchester’s most uplifting cacophonous craftsmen Chew Magna are ready to unleash their blistering and diverse self titled debut. […]

 

John Craigie

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 23 January 2024 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW PLEASE NOTE: This show has now sold out! We’re delighted to be welcoming John Craigie back to Gullivers! Portland, Oregon-based singer, songwriter, and producer John Craigie adapts moments of solitude into stories perfectly suited for old Americana fiction anthologies. Instead of […]

 

John Francis Flynn

When: 7pm on Wednesday 24 January 2024 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to welcome John Francis Flynn back! John Francis Flynn will release a new album Look Over the Wall, See the Sky on 10 November 2023, following on from his critically acclaimed debut album and accompanying live performances. […]