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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! Beans on Toast hits the road with his full band and new album Kill Them with Kindness. Expect songs, stories, […]
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 […]
Heavenly
When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 18 March 2026 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to be working with Heavenly for the first time – plus Tulpa! Heavenly are an indie pop band who released four critically acclaimed albums between 1991-1996, becoming key figures in the independent music scenes of both the […]
Sunflower Thieves
When: 7pm on Thursday 23 April 2026 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN Gratis – our series of free entry shows – continues with Sunflower Thieves! Rooted in sisterhood, childhood friends Amy Illingworth and Lily Sturt-Bolshaw found their feet in Leeds to form Sunflower Thieves. Gathering plaudits from BBC Radio 1, […]
Lande Hekt
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 23 April 2026 Where: Kamera at Lloyd & Platt, 617 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M219AN We’re delighted to welcome Lande Hekt to Kamera! Lande Hekt has quietly become one of the UK’s best underground songwriters. On her 2021 debut full-length Going To Hell and 2022’s House Without a View, she explored her […]
MEMORIALS
When: 7.30pm on Friday 1 May 2026 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be working with MEMORIALS for the first time! MEMORIALS draw inspiration from folk, dub, post punk, experimental tape music, 60s soul, garage rock and 70s spiritual jazz, twisting these influences into their own unmistakable sound. […]
Cat Clyde
When: 7.30pm on Friday 1 May 2026 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re excited to welcome Cat Clyde back – this time, to Gullivers! Cat Clyde is a singer/songwriter based out of rural Ontario, Canada. A combination of driven, soulful blues and sweet, folk- tinged, dulcet tones that carry a particular sense of […]
Belle Chen
When: 7pm on Friday 8 May 2025 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN We’re delighted to welcome Belle Chen back to Manchester! Notes fall like raindrops, quickening pace as the clouds gather. The piano melody splish-sploshes into the electronic soundscape; the trees become denser, the journey more profound. Belle Chen‘s album […]
Charlie Parr
When: 7pm on Monday 25 May 2026 Where: YES Basement, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to welcome Charlie Parr back – this time, to YES. In the music of Charlie Parr, there is a sincere conviction and earnest drive to create. The Minnesota-born guitarist, songwriter, and interpreter of traditional music has released 19 […]