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When: 7pm on Friday 14 November 2025 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ PLEASE NOTE: We have early show times – doors 7pm, Tenderness is on at 7.30pm and Willy Mason at 8.30pm (curfew 10pm). We’re excited to be welcoming Willy Mason back – this time, to Band on the Wall. […]
The Unthanks
When: 7.30pm on Friday 14 November 2025 Where: New Mills Art Theatre, Jodrell St, New Mills, High Peak SK22 3HJ PLEASE NOTE: This show has now sold out! But details of The Unthanks’ next Manchester show will be announced shortly. UPDATE: A small number of holds have been released – book them here! We’re delighted […]
BC Camplight
When: 7pm on Friday 14 November 2025 Where: O2 Apollo Manchester, Stockport Road, Manchester M12 6AP We’re excited to be presenting BC Camplight’s biggest show to date, at the O2 Apollo – with very special guest Badly Drawn Boy plus British Birds! Every BC Camplight album has a backstory every bit as compelling as its […]
Holysseus Fly
When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 18 November 2025 Where: YES Basement, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re delighted to be working with Holysseus Fly for the first time – with guest Ellen Beth Abdi! Hailed as ‘one to watch’ by the Guardian, Holysseus Fly has spent the past couple of years carving out her own unique […]
Gustaffson
When: 7pm on Friday 21 November 2025 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN PLEASE NOTE: This show has now sold out! Doors open at 7pm, with the Q&A at 8pm and Gustaffson’s set at 9pm. We’re delighted to welcome Gustaffson to Low Four! Gustaffson released their critically acclaimed debut album Black […]
Penguin Cafe
When: 7pm on Saturday 22 November 2025 Where: Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD We’re delighted to be working with Penguin Cafe again, as they perform music from the Penguin Cafe Orchestra! 2025 sees Penguin Cafe bringing the music of the legendary Penguin Cafe Orchestra back to life, with UK dates […]
Junior Brother
When: 7.30pm on Saturday 29 November 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Junior Brother again! Carefully pushing the boundaries of what modern Irish folk can look and sound like, Junior Brother is an idiosyncratic, challenging, and richly lyrical singer/songwriter from County Kerry. His much-anticipated third album, The […]
Beans on Toast
When: 6.30pm on Monday 1 December 2025 Where: The Strines Nightingale, 105 Strines Rd, Strines, Marple, Stockport SK6 7GE PLEASE NOTE: This show has already sold out! But fear not, Beans on Toast and his band play Band on the Wall on Saturday 14 March – book tickets now. Note the early show times: the pub […]
Will Varley
When: 8pm on Wednesday 3 December 2025 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re delighted to working with Will Varley once again! Will Varley returns with his seventh album, Machines Will Never Learn To Make Mistakes Like Me, to be released 30 May 2025 on MNRK Music Group, home to the likes of […]
Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet
When: 7.30pm on Friday 5 December 2025 Where: Manchester Academy 3, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PR We’re delighted to be working with Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet once again! Ríoghnach Connolly and Honeyfeet return in 2025 with Honeyfeet Presents: The Heads, Hearts and Hooves Tour, a bold and celebratory chapter in the journey of one of the […]