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Upcoming shows: Lisa O’Neill... Jana Horn... The Wave Pictures... The Cords... Eliza Carthy & Special Guests... 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... 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... The Loft... Robyn Hitchcock... The Sheepdogs...

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 2025 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 […]

 

Seamus Fogarty

When: 7pm on Thursday 12 March 2026 Where: The Yard, 11 Bent St, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 8NF We’re delighted to welcome Seamus Fogarty to The Yard! London-based alt-folk alchemist Seamus Fogarty is delighted to announce the release of his new album Ships on Scottish label Lost Map Records, in partnership with Swedish label Sing […]

 

Eric Bibb

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 12 March 2026 Where: The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1DA PLEASE NOTE: This show has now sold out! We’re delighted to welcome Eric Bibb back to the Stoller Hall – with special guest Janileigh Cohen! Three-time Grammy nominee and blues legend Eric Bibb returns to the stage in 2026 with his […]

 

Jens Lekman

When: 7pm on Friday 13 March 2026 Where: Howard Assembly Room, 32 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU We’re delighted to welcome Jens Lekman back to Leeds! Jens Lekman is an accidental wedding singer. But he’s also a wedding singer for a reason. Ever since his 2004 song If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at […]

 

Beans on Toast

When: 7pm on Saturday 14 March 2026 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re excited to be welcoming Beans on Toast back – this time, with the Beans on Toast band, plus Ruth Lyon! Beans on Toast hits the road with his full band and new album Kill Them with Kindness. […]

 

Svaneborg Kardyb

When: 7pm on Saturday 14 March 2026 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to be welcoming Svaneborg Kardyb back to Manchester! When Nikolaj Svaneborg and Jonas Kardyb first met in Aalborg in Northern Denmark in 2013, they discussed forming a duo together, but they only brought the idea to fruition […]