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Upcoming shows: Albertine Sarges... Sinead Una... Jamie Duffy... Joep Beving... Admiral Fallow... Willy Mason... The Unthanks... BC Camplight... Holysseus Fly... Gustaffson... Penguin Cafe... Junior Brother... Beans on Toast... Will Varley... Yoshika Colwell... Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet... Jesca Hoop... Jeffrey Martin... Jim Moray... Fust... Juice Pops... The Unthanks... Romeo Stodart & Ren Harvieu... The Dream Syndicate... Dominie Hooper... Simeon Walker... The Besnard Lakes... The Dears... Eydís Evensen... The Wave Pictures... Martin + Eliza Carthy... Eric Bibb... Jens Lekman... Beans on Toast... Svaneborg Kardyb... Heavenly... Belle Chen... Charlie Parr...

Martin + Eliza Carthy

When: 7.30pm on Friday 6 March 2025 Where: New Mills Art Theatre, Jodrell St, New Mills, High Peak SK22 3HJ We’re delighted to welcome Martin and Eliza Carthy to the Art Theatre in New Mills! For 60 years, Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic […]

 

Eric Bibb

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 12 March 2026 Where: The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1DA We’re delighted to welcome Eric Bibb back to the Stoller Hall! Three-time Grammy nominee and blues legend Eric Bibb returns to the stage in 2026 with his brand-new album, One Mississippi – his most musically adventurous and ambitious work to date. […]

 

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! 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 […]

 

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 […]