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Upcoming shows: 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... The Beths... Natalie Bergman... British Birds... Jolie Holland... Ye Vagabonds... Grant-Lee Phillips... Allo Darlin’... Robert Forster... Martha Tilston... Kathryn Williams... Lilly Hiatt... The Lovely Eggs... Albertine Sarges... Jamie Duffy... Joep Beving... Willy Mason... The Unthanks... BC Camplight... Penguin Cafe... Junior Brother... Will Varley... Jim Moray...

AVAWAVES

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 19 June 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to welcome AVAWAVES back to Manchester! A transportive and euphoric meeting of violin, piano, and synth, AVAWAVES embrace a fusion of modern composition, ambient, and electronic styles while incorporating the pair’s acclaimed soundtrack work. The international, contemporary virtuoso duo […]

 

Beans on Toast

When: 7pm on Friday 4 July 2025 Where: The Strines Nightingale, 105 Strines Rd, Strines, Marple, Stockport SK6 7GE PLEASE NOTE: The initial allocation has already sold out! But, like last year, we hope and aim to release more tickets soon – so watch this space, or follow us on social media (links above). We’re excited […]

 

Nick Shoulders

When: 8pm on Thursday 10 July 2025 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN PLEASE NOTE: Due to exceptional demand, this show has been upgraded to Night & Day Cafe. Original tickets are valid and all other details remain the same (except doors are now at 8pm). Additional tickets are now available. We’re delighted […]

 

Will Stratton

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 16 July 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to welcome Will Stratton and Trippers & Askers to Gullivers! Points of Origin is Will Stratton’s eighth LP, and his third for Bella Union. His previous two albums, 2021’s The Changing Wilderness and 2017’s Rosewood Almanac, attracted positive recognition […]

 

Joshua Burnside

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 24 July 2025 Where: The Strines Nightingale, 105 Strines Rd, Strines, Marple, Stockport SK6 7GE We’re excited to welcoming Joshua Burnside to the Strines Nightingale for an intimate show! Joshua Burnside is an experimental folk songwriter, singer and producer. He takes influence from alternative electronica and Irish folk, chopping and blending them […]

 

Lightheaded + Jeanines

When: 7.30pm on Friday 25 July 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to welcome Lightheaded and Jeanines back to Manchester! Jeanines and Lightheaded, two of the brightest American indiepop bands, have new albums coming out in June. Skep Wax Records (UK and Europe) are delighted to be co-releasing them alongside Slumberland […]

 

Lily Seabird

When: 7.30pm on Monday 1 September 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Lily Seabird for the first time! Since 2023, Lily Seabird’s life has been in perpetual motion, spending nearly half of that time on the road performing her own music and as a touring bassist. While […]

 

The Burning Hell

When: 7pm on Friday 5 September 2025 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to be welcoming The Burning Hell back – to YES this time, with special guest Jon McKiel! The Burning Hell is the ongoing musical project of songwriter Mathias Kom and multi-instrumentalist Ariel Sharratt, often including additional comrades […]

 

Bremer/McCoy

When: 7pm on Saturday 13 September 2025 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN We’re delighted to present the Manchester debut by Danish duo Bremer/McCoy! With 400,000 monthly listeners, Bremer/McCoy have, against all odds, created their own subdued cosmos in a noisy era. Appropriately, Kosmos is the title of the duo’s sixth album. […]

 

Blue Bendy

When: 7.30pm on Friday 19 September 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re excited to welcome Blue Bendy back – this time, to Gullivers! Blue Bendy have stretched out into vast new sonic terrain with their debut album So Medieval. Their two lead singles Mr Bubblegum – a joyously intricate piece of […]