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Upcoming shows: Giant Sand... Melanie Baker... Sophie Hutchings... Jerron Paxton... Ghostly Kisses... Sounds From The Other City 2024... Francis of Delirium... The Buffalo Skinners... The Handsome Family... Robbie Cavanagh... Memorial... His Lordship... Florry... Bad Bad Hats... Dana Gavanski... Caoilfhionn Rose... The Lovely Eggs... James Yorkston... Rain Parade... Matthew and the Atlas... Gratis: Makushin... Lightheaded + Mt. Misery... Jake Xerxes Fussell... Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman... Charlie Parr... Mock Tudors... Ryley Walker... Terry Reid... The Courettes... Tusks... Kris Drever... Erland Cooper... Pokey LaFarge... Skinny Lister...

Gratis: Makushin

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 6 July 2024 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN Gratis – our series of free entry shows – continues with Makushin plus Hannah Ashcroft! Makushin is the new band formed by singer Nancy Elizabeth, double bassist Jon Thorne and guitarist Peter Philipson, in which they explore the […]

 

Lightheaded + Mt. Misery

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 25 July 2024 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to welcome Lightheaded to Manchester – with tour support from Mt. Misery! Lightheaded are, simply, a great pop group. Their songs are full of melody and harmony, are bittersweet and memorable, familiar yet original. Their sound is a perfect […]

 

Jake Xerxes Fussell

When: 7pm on Wednesday 4 September 2024 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to be welcoming Jake Xerxes Fussell back to Manchester! Reared in Georgia and now settled in North Carolina, Jake Xerxes Fussell has established himself as a devoted listener and contemplative interpreter of a vast array of […]

 

Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 11 September 2024 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be welcoming Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman to Gullivers! Andrew Wasylyk’s cinematic compositions have been nominated for the Scottish Album of the Year Award and been awarded BBC 6 Music’s Gideon Coe’s Album of the Year. He has […]

 

Charlie Parr

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 14 September 2024 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to welcome Charlie Parr back to Gullivers! 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 albums over two decades […]

 

Mock Tudors

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 17 September 2024 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to welcome Mock Tudors back! ‘South Yorkshire’s answer to Buzzcocks meet The Sweet’, Mock Tudors‘ frenetic glam infused garage-punk oozed from the basement of Delicious Clam in Sheffield in January of 2022. Since then the band have released a set […]

 

Ryley Walker

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 21 September 2024 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to present an intimate solo show for Ryley Walker! Ryley Walker began his career in the early 2010s, after moving from Illinois’ provincial town of Rockford, and settling into Chicago’s independent scene. After a slew of cassette and vinyl […]

 

Terry Reid

When: 7.30pm on Sunday 29 September 2024 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re pleased to be working with Terry Reid for the first time! Terry Reid – ‘Superlungs’ as he’s affectionately known – is without doubt one of the greatest rock/soul voices this country has ever produced or is indeed […]

 

The Courettes

When: 8pm on Thursday 3 October 2024 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re delighted to be welcoming The Courettes back to Night & Day Cafe. The Courettes is an explosive rock duo from Denmark and Brazil who found the perfect blend between garage rock, 60s Girl Group, Wall of Sound, r&b, surf […]

 

Tusks

When: 7.30pm on Friday 4 October 2024 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Tusks again! London-based songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Emily Underhill creates atmospheric, arresting alternative pop under the moniker Tusks. Drawing comparisons to Sigur Rós and Explosions In The Sky, Tusks gained support from the likes of […]