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Upcoming shows: The Besnard Lakes... The Dears... Eydís Evensen... Robin Richards... Lisa O’Neill... Jana Horn... The Wave Pictures... The Cords... Eliza Carthy & Special Guests... Seamus Fogarty... Eric Bibb... Jens Lekman... Beans on Toast... Svaneborg Kardyb... Heavenly... Sunflower Thieves... Lande Hekt... Nadia Reid... MEMORIALS... Cat Clyde... Sounds From The Other City 2026... Chris Brain... Belle Chen... Cowboy Junkies... Jerron Paxton... Charlie Parr... Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman... The Handsome Family... Case Oats... Ye Vagabonds... The Bevis Frond + Gerard Love... Jesse Malin... Robyn Hitchcock... The Sheepdogs...

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 21 May 2026
Where: Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF

We’re excited to be working with Jerron Paxton again!

Growing up in Los Angeles, Jerron Paxton would sit with an ear by the radio, eagerly absorbing the nuances and history of Black American traditional music that connect him to his ancestral roots in the South.

A songwriter, inheritor of tradition, and a walking, talking jukebox, Paxton approaches his craft with equal part wit and reverence, with a knack for leg-pulling and cracking wise. Things Done Changed (Smithsonian Folkways) is an album of original songs that sound beamed in from nearly a century ago, when jazz and blues were performed as a means of both personal and cultural survival.

Lick by lick, Paxton builds a bridge between generations gone and generations to come, singing the heartaches and joys of the past and present.

This is a 14+ show. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

This is an unreserved seating show.

Tickets are available from 10am on Thursday 12 February via Seetickets.com

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All shows are 18+ unless otherwise stated.