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Upcoming shows: Beans on Toast... Later Youth... Nick Shoulders... Will Stratton... 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... Chloe Foy... Grant-Lee Phillips... Allo Darlin’... Robert Forster... Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage... Martha Tilston... Vega Trails... 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...

Skating Polly + She Makes War

When: 7.30pm on Monday 14 October 2019 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW PLEASE NOTE: This show has now sold out. Please watch this space for information about future Manchester shows by Skating Polly and She Makes War. We’re delighted to be promoting the Manchester leg of Skating Polly and She Makes War’s co-headline […]

 

Kapil Seshasayee

When: 7.30pm on Monday 14 October 2019 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be welcoming Glasgow’s Kapil Seshasayee to Manchester! Kapil Seshasayee is a polymath, and a true original talent, both as a songwriter and as a soundsmith, a one man combination of Scott Walker, Mark Hollis, Arca and […]

 

Gratis: Dehd

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 17 October 2019 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW We continue our series of free entry shows at the Eagle Inn – with the Manchester debut of Chicago trio Dehd. Love is everyday magic. That’s the impression you get listening to Water, the new album by Chicago trio Dehd. […]

 

Gratis: XIXA

When: 7.30pm on Monday 21 October 2019 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW We continue our series of free entry shows at the Eagle Inn – with Arizona’s XIXA. For their new EP The Code, Tucson’s dark, dusty gothic overlords XIXA reached further into the desert, into their instruments, and into their words […]

 

Shana Cleveland

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 22 October 2019 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with La Luz’s Shana Cleveland – plus guests Samana! Shana Cleveland has been beguiling listeners for years in her role as the superlative frontwoman for elastic surf rockers La Luz. Now Cleveland is evolving her sound […]

 

Lambert

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 23 October 2019 Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY We’re delighted to be welcoming Lambert to Manchester! Five years ago, Lambert appeared for the first time. Well, better to say he was heard from. The person behind the Sardinian bull mask remains unrecognised to this […]

 

Robyn Hitchcock

When: 7pm on Thursday 24 October 2019 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to working with Robyn Hitchcock for the first time! Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician’s musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rock’s […]

 

Samana

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 24 October 2019 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE PLEASE NOTE: Samana will now join Shana Cleveland at Gullivers on Tuesday 22 October. Find out more about that show here. We’re delighted to be working with Samana for the first time! Samana was realised in the heart of […]

 

Martin Kohlstedt

When: 7.30pm on Friday 25 October 2019 Where: St Michael’s, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 5DG We’re delighted to be welcoming pianist/composer Martin Kohlstedt to St Michael’s! Composer and pianist Martin Kohlstedt does not shirk from a challenge. You can tell by the look in his eyes when he makes a fleeting connection with […]

 

Francis Lung

When: 7pm on Saturday 26 October 2019 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re delighted to be working with Francis Lung. Manchester’s own Francis Lung, the nom de plume of former Wu Lyf member Tom McClung, releases his new single I Wanna Live In My Dreams. his debut release for Memphis Industries, where […]