When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 30 September 2026
Where: The Abbey, Manchester Science Park, Guildhall Close, Manchester M15 6SY

We’re delighted to welcome Juni Habel back – for our first show at The Abbey!

Juni Habel‘s fragile finger-picked lullabies warm themselves by the open fire with her rich intimate voice atop twinkling arrangements and strange percussive instrumentation. Like glowing embers in the dark, these songs are odes to life and death, the beauty of belonging and human kinship with nature.

The Norwegian’s first album in three years, Evergreen In Your Mind, was released this spring on Basin Rock, and follows her breakthrough Carvings LP. The songs remain delicate, Habel’s voice playing an elegant lead role – but there are fluctuations too. The small shifts in Habel’s sound mark a notable stride forward, with more focus on the groove. Playfulness was embraced and, perhaps most importantly, patience played a fundamental role in shaping every element of this incredible set of torch folk songs. Brushed with the gentle touch of pastoral psychedelia, these are songs that sit in half-light, in the gaps between where we are and where we might be.

‘One of the finest folk albums in recent memory’ -Bandcamp, Album of the Day

‘Life affirming songs that establish Habel as a distinctive, modern folk voice’ – Uncut

‘Sharing the same dusky light as Jessica Pratt’s records’ – the Guardian

‘Habel’s voice is bright and clean like a blade of fresh glass — somewhere between Nick Drake and Julia Jacklin‘ – Stereogum

This show takes place at The Abbey – formerly The Old Abbey Taphouse, located in Manchester Science Park, a short walk from the University of Manchester Students Union.

This show is a co-promotion with Grey Lantern.

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