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Upcoming shows: Mark Eitzel... Bay Bryan... Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band... Jeffrey Martin... Austin Stambaugh... Sounds From The Other City 2025... Federico Albanese... Amelia Coburn... Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble... Jerron Paxton... Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys... Toria Wooff... Sam Amidon... Throwing Muses... Shotgun Jimmie... Jenny Don’t and the Spurs... Lael Neale... Adam Hopper & The Wimps... Niamh Regan... Basia Bulat... AVAWAVES... Beans on Toast... Nick Shoulders... Will Stratton... Joshua Burnside... Lightheaded + Jeanines... Lily Seabird... The Burning Hell... Bremer/McCoy... Blue Bendy... James Yorkston & Nina Persson... Ye Vagabonds... Grant-Lee Phillips... Allo Darlin’... Robert Forster... Lilly Hiatt... Albertine Sarges... Jamie Duffy... Joep Beving... Willy Mason... BC Camplight... Penguin Cafe... Jim Moray...

Mark Eitzel

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 26 April 2025 Where: Hallé at St Michael’s, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5DG PLEASE NOTE: This show is sold out! Note that there is no support act – with doors opening at 7.30pm and Mark’s set beginning at 8pm. We’re excited to welcome Mark Eitzel back to Manchester! Mark […]

 

Bay Bryan

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 30 April 2025 Where: The Yard, 11 Bent St, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 8NF We’re delighted to be working with Bay Bryan for the first time – for our first show at The Yard! Bay Bryan has spent the past five months writing new songs and jamming them with the band, […]

 

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 30 April 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band for the first time! At the frayed bottom-edge of Indiana – just a moderate bike ride north of Louisville, Kentucky – multi-instrumentalist, artist and songwriter Ryan Davis’ Americana-noir soundwaves […]

 

Jeffrey Martin

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 1 May 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to welcome Jeffrey Martin to Gullivers! As a babe Jeffrey Martin sought out solitude as often as he could find it. He’s always been that way, and he has never understood the whole phenomenon of smiling in pictures, although […]

 

Austin Stambaugh

When: 7.30pm on Friday 2 May 2025 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be working with Austin Stambaugh for the first time – with special guest Ben de la Cour! Ohio balladeer and story writer Austin Stambaugh is enriched with an authenticity that is magnetically keen. A modern pioneer of […]

 

Sounds From The Other City 2025

When: 2pm until late on Sunday 4 May 2025 Where: In the cafe at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU Hey! Manchester collaborates with Red Deer Club to curate a stage at this year’s Sounds From The Other City! Celebrating two decades of programming the best emerging artists and genres from across the […]

 

Federico Albanese

When: 7pm on Thursday 8 May 2025 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN We’re delighted to present this intimate show with Federico Albanese! XXIM Records is proud to announce the release of Blackbirds And The Sun Of October, the new album from Italian artist, producer, pianist and composer Federico Albanese. His […]

 

Amelia Coburn

When: 7pm on Friday 9 May 2025 Where: YES Basement, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re delighted to be working with Amelia Coburn again – plus special guests His His! Amelia Coburn is darkness and light. Her acclaimed debut album Between The Moon And the Milkman, produced by Bill Ryder-Jones, showcases her as a truly […]

 

Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble

When: 7.30pm on Friday 9 May 2025 Where: Hallé at St Michael’s, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5DG We’re excited to be working with Hayden Thorpe and Propellor Ensemble – plus Helen Gayna! Hayden Thorpe is best known as the former frontman and chief songwriter for the much-loved band Wild Beasts. He returns to […]

 

Jerron Paxton

When: 7pm on Sunday 11 May 2025 Where: The Met, Market Street, Bury BL9 0BW We’re excited to welcome Jerron Paxton back – this time, to The Met in Bury! Growing up in Los Angeles, Jerron Paxton would sit with an ear by the radio, eagerly absorbing the nuances and history of Black American traditional music that connect […]