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Upcoming shows: System Exclusive... Rachel Sermanni... Erland Cooper & Ensemble... Josh Rouse... Cinder Well... Tiny Ruins... Gratis: Amy May Ellis... Guadalupe Plata... Will Samson... Ben P Williams with Shimna... Kathryn Williams & Polly Paulusma... Jean-Michel Blais... Kristin Hersh... Gratis: Simeon Walker... Martin Kohlstedt... The Sonics... Lande Hekt... Someone... An Evening with Honeyblood... The Breath... Hania Rani... Ye Vagabonds... Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay... Thomas Truax... Gratis: Wesley Gonzalez... Wreckless Eric... The David Tattersall Group... One Little Atlas... His Lordship... OFF!... BC Camplight... Julie Byrne... Freya Beer... Edwin R. Stevens... Peter Brewis... Smoke Fairies... Lambert... Withered Hand & Darren Hayman... Holy Moly & The Crackers... The Rural Alberta Advantage... The Unthanks in Winter... John Craigie... John Francis Flynn... Junior Brother... Beans on Toast...

System Exclusive

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 19 September 2023 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re pleased to be working with System Exclusive for the first time! System Exclusive are Ari Blaisdell and Matt Jones – a Pasadena, California duo bearing an armful of mini synths and a pocketful of Tarantino-dusted riffs who make […]

 

Rachel Sermanni

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 19 September 2023 Where: YES, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to welcome Rachel Sermanni back to Manchester – this time, to YES! Hailing from the Scottish highlands, Rachel Sermanni is an enchanting singer-songwriter, whose performance and lyrics draw from a deep well of mysticism, dreams, nature and the simple-complex […]

 

Erland Cooper & Ensemble

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 20 September 2023 Where: The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1DA We’re delighted to be working with Erland Cooper once more – this time, at Stoller Hall! Prolific Scottish composer Erland Cooper, who merges music with evocative storytelling and conceptual art, tours his ambitious fourth studio album Folded Landscapes. Hailed as ‘nature’s […]

 

Josh Rouse

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 21 September 2023 Where: Academy 3, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PR PLEASE NOTE: Due to essential maintenance at Gorilla, this show will move to Academy 3. Doors now open at 7.30pm and all original tickets remain valid. We’re excited to welcome Josh Rouse and his band back – this time, to celebrate […]

 

Cinder Well

When: 8pm on Friday 22 September 2023 Where: Band on the Wall (bar stage), 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re excited to be welcome Cinder Well to town! Cadence, the new album from Amelia Baker’s experimental folk project Cinder Well, drifts between two far-flung seas: the hazy California coast where she grew up, and the […]

 

Tiny Ruins

When: 7pm on Saturday 23 September 2023 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to welcome Tiny Ruins back to Manchester – this time, for a duo show at YES! A rare blend of eloquent lyrical craft and explorative musicianship, the songs of Tiny Ruins are etched into the memories of […]

 

Gratis: Amy May Ellis

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 23 September 2023 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN Gratis – our series of free entry shows – returns, with Lost Map Records artist Amy May Ellis playing at Low Four! Embark on a journey to the North York Moors – a wild and wide- open landscape […]

 

Guadalupe Plata

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 26 September 2023 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to welcome Guadalupe Plata back to Manchester – this time, to Gullivers! 2023 is the year of the return of Guadalupe Plata with their seventh studio album and a return to their original duo formation. Released in May on […]

 

Will Samson

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 28 September 2023 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to welcome Will Samson back to Manchester – this time, to Gullivers, with guest Rebelski! In his over 10 years of releasing records, the music of Will Samson has always been underpinned with ambient characteristics and qualities. Though often […]

 

Ben P Williams with Shimna

When: 7pm on Sunday 1 October 2023 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re pleased to be working with Ben P Williams for the first time – performing with Shimna! Ben P Williams is a difficult artist to pigeonhole and is all the better for it. Discovering The Beatles LPs in his […]