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Upcoming shows: Seamus Fogarty... Eric Bibb... Jens Lekman... Beans on Toast... Svaneborg Kardyb... Heavenly... Ambre Ciel... Sunflower Thieves... Lande Hekt... Nadia Reid... MEMORIALS... Cat Clyde... Sounds From The Other City 2026... Chris Brain... Gustaffson... Belle Chen... Kaïa Kater... Cowboy Junkies... Jerron Paxton... Charlie Parr... Carla J Easton... Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman... The Handsome Family... Case Oats... Ye Vagabonds... The Bevis Frond + Gerard Love... Poppy Ackroyd... Jesse Malin... Jim Ghedi + Toria Wooff... The Loft... Robyn Hitchcock... Laura Veirs... Mull Historical Society... The Sheepdogs...

Lowly

When: 7.30pm on Friday 3 May 2019 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be welcoming Lowly back to Manchester! ‘If you stick to what you know, your music, your art or whatever your situation is becomes stagnant,’ say Denmark’s Lowly. ‘And we wouldn’t like to miss out on anything, just because […]

 

Josh Rouse + Grant-Lee Phillips

When: 7.30pm on Friday 3 May 2019 Where: St Philip’s Church, Encombe Place, Salford, M3 6FJ We’re delighted to be promoting a rare co-headline show for Josh Rouse and Grant-Lee Phillips. Josh Rouse was born in Nebraska, and following an itinerant upbringing he eventually landed in Nashville where he recorded his debut Dressed Like Nebraska (1998). The album’s […]

 

The Unthanks

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 7 May 2019 Where: St Philip’s Church, Encombe Place, Salford, M3 6FJ PLEASE NOTE: This show has sold out. Watch this space for details of future shows by the Unthanks. We’re delighted to be presenting the Manchester leg of The Unthanks’ ‘Unaccompanied, As We Are’ tour. Where does a band go, after a […]

 

Kiran Leonard

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 8 May 2019 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be presenting an intimate show with Kiran Leonard and his band! Musical polymath Kiran Leonard embarks on a second tour supporting his album Western Culture, released in 2018 by Moshi Moshi Records. Western Culture is Leonard’s first album […]

 

The Essex Green

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 9 May 2019 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with the Essex Green for the first time – plus guests Seazoo! The Essex Green are a neo-psychedelic pop outfit from Brooklyn, NY, via Burlington, VT. The band is primarily composed of songwriters Jeff Baron, Sasha […]

 

Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 14 May 2019 Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY We’re delighted to be welcoming Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton back to Manchester – this time, to the Burgess Foundation! Although still in his 20s, Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton has earned a reputation for transporting audiences back […]

 

James Yorkston

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 15 May 2019 Where: The Kings Arms, 11 Bloom Street, Salford M3 6AN PLEASE NOTE: This show has sold out. Watch this space for details of future James Yorkston shows. We’re delighted to be welcoming James Yorkston back – this time, to the Kings Arms, with guest Viking Moses. James Yorkston will release his […]

 

The Beths

When: 7pm on Wednesday 15 May 2019 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ PLEASE NOTE: Due to exceptional demand, this show has been upgraded to Band on the Wall. Original tickets are still valid, with the only change being that this is now a 10+ show (under 16s must be accompanied by […]

 

Hayes Carll

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 15 May 2019 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to be working with Hayes Carll again! The chorus to the title track on the new Hayes Carll album, What It Is, is a manifesto. What it was is gone forever / What it could be God only knows. What it […]

 

Robert Forster & Band

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 16 May 2019 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ PLEASE NOTE: This show has sold out. Watch this space for details of future Robert Forster shows. We’re delighted to be working with Robert Forster again – this time, at Band on the Wall! To celebrate and promote the […]