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Upcoming shows: Basia Bulat... AVAWAVES... Beans on Toast... Later Youth... Nick Shoulders... Will Stratton... Joshua Burnside... Lightheaded + Jeanines... Anna McLuckie... Lily Seabird... The Burning Hell... Bremer/McCoy... Daddy Long Legs... Blue Bendy... James Yorkston & Nina Persson... The Beths... Natalie Bergman... Rowena Wise... British Birds... Jolie Holland... Erin Rae... Ye Vagabonds... Chloe Foy... Grant-Lee Phillips... Allo Darlin’... Robert Forster... Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage... Martha Tilston... Vega Trails... Kathryn Williams... Lilly Hiatt... Constant Follower... The Lovely Eggs... Albertine Sarges... Jamie Duffy... Joep Beving... Admiral Fallow... Willy Mason... The Unthanks... BC Camplight... Penguin Cafe... Junior Brother... Will Varley... Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet... Jesca Hoop... Jim Moray... The Dream Syndicate...

Erin Rae

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 1 October 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Erin Rae for the first time! Nashville singer/songwriter Erin Rae and her group the Meanwhiles emerged in 2012 with a sound rooted in dreamy indie folk, Americana, and ’70s pop/rock. Rae issued her minimalist solo […]

 

Ye Vagabonds

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 2 October 2025 Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB We’re excited to welcome Ye Vagabonds back – this time, to YES! Brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn – aka Ye Vagabonds – grew up playing music together around their hometown of Carlow, a small town in the southeast […]

 

Chloe Foy

When: 7pm on Saturday 11 October 2025 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN We’re delighted to welcome Chloe Foy to Low Four! With her strikingly beautiful voice and emotionally direct songwriting, Chloe Foy has a penchant for finding magic in the spaces between light and dark. Growing up in the quiet […]

 

Grant-Lee Phillips

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 11 October 2025 Where: Hallé at St Michael’s, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5DG We’re excited to welcome Grant-Lee Phillips back to Manchester! This year, Grant-Lee Phillips will release his 12th solo album, the self-produced In the Hour of Dust. It’s a work that doesn’t shy away from the big […]

 

Allo Darlin’

When: 7pm on Saturday 11 October 2025 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ PLEASE NOTE: Due to exceptional demand, this show has been upgraded to Band on the Wall. Original tickets are valid and all other details remain the same. Additional tickets are now available. We’re excited to be welcoming Allo […]

 

Robert Forster

When: 7.30pm on Monday 13 October 2025 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re excited to be welcoming Robert Forster back – this time, to Band on the Wall, with His Swedish Band. Robert Forster is a Brisbane based singer-songwriter and author. In 1978, with Queensland University friend Grant McLennan, he […]

 

Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 14 October 2025 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re excited to be welcoming Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage back – this time, to Band on the Wall. The mind-spinning indie-rock/folk/art of Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage developed when songwriter and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis began […]

 

Martha Tilston

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 16 October 2025 Where: Hallé at St Michael’s, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5DG We’re excited to welcome Martha Tilston back to Manchester – to St Michael’s this time. With a pure silken voice and lyrics that inspire and captivate, Martha Tilston has developed a successful musical career with a […]

 

Vega Trails

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 21 October 2025 Where: Hallé at St Michael’s, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5DG We’re excited to be working with Vega Trails for the first time. Inspired by the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains north-west of Madrid, his home since August 2022, Milo Fitzpatrick presents Sierra Tracks  – […]

 

Kathryn Williams

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 23 October 2025 Where: The Strines Nightingale, 105 Strines Rd, Strines, Marple, Stockport SK6 7GE We’re excited to welcoming Kathryn Williams to the Strines Nightingale for an intimate show! Kathryn Williams is a British, Mercury Prize-nominated singer-songwriter. With 17 albums under her belt in the last 27 years, her last solo album, […]