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When: 7pm on Thursday 5 February 2026 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN We’re delighted to welcome Simeon Walker back to Manchester – with special guest Rory A. Green! Versatile and prolific Leeds-based pianist and composer Simeon Walker has quickly emerged as a leading light in the burgeoning modern classical scene. […]
The Besnard Lakes
When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 18 February 2026 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to be welcoming The Besnard Lakes back to Manchester! The Besnard Lakes return with their seventh album The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation. In doing so confirming their status as one of the most peerlessly consistent […]
The Dears
When: 6.45pm on Friday 20 February 2026 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN PLEASE NOTE: We have early timings for this show: doors 6.45pm, Meg Lui is on at 7pm and The Dears at 7.45pm (curfew 9.15pm). We’re delighted to welcome The Dears back to Manchester! Formed in 1995, The […]
Eydís Evensen
When: 7pm on Friday 27 February 2026 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN PLEASE NOTE: This show has now sold out! We’re delighted to welcome Iceland’s Eydís Evensen to Manchester – with guest Caitlin Gilligan! Eydís Evensen is one of Iceland’s most remarkable musical exports — a composer and pianist whose […]
Robin Richards
When: 7.30pm on Saturday 28 February 2026 Where: Kamera at Lloyd & Platt, 617 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M219AN We’re delighted to welcome Robin Richards to Kamera! Robin Richards, principal composer in beloved Manchester art-pop band Dutch Uncles, has released his long-awaited debut solo album, Taproots, on PRAH Recordings. Positioning him alongside experimental electronic contemporaries Oneohtrix […]
Lisa O’Neill
When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 3 March 2026 Where: Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF PLEASE NOTE: This show has sold out! We’re excited to be working with Lisa O’Neill for the first time! Rough Trade Records is excited to release a new six-track EP by Cavan songwriter Lisa O’Neill on 19 November. […]
Jana Horn
When: 7pm on Wednesday 4 March 2026 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN We’re delighted to welcome Jana Horn back – this time, to Low Four Studio! Jana Horn is an American songwriter whose work traces the quiet edges of experience with rare precision. On her self-titled third album (out in […]
The Wave Pictures
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 5 March 2026 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to be welcoming The Wave Pictures back to Manchester! Emerging from the quiet village of Wymeswold, nestled on the border between Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, The Wave Pictures formed in the late 1990s as a group of school […]
The Cords
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 5 March 2026 Where: The Lending Room, 229 Woodhouse Lane, Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 3AP We’re excited to partner up with the Brudenell and Please Please You to welcome The Cords to Leeds! The Cords are the brightest new indiepop band from Scotland. Comprising sisters Eva and Grace Tedeschi, they started playing drums […]
Eliza Carthy & Special Guests
When: 7.30pm on Friday 6 March 2026 Where: New Mills Art Theatre, Jodrell St, New Mills, High Peak SK22 3HJ PLEASE NOTE THIS MESSAGE FROM THE CARTHY FAMILY AND THEIR AGENTS: ABM and the Carthy family had hoped that the planned 2026 tour and festival dates with Martin Carthy, alongside his daughter Eliza, would offer […]