When: 7.30pm on Monday 3 June 2013 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be promoting Ralfe Band’s first Manchester show in almost five years! Welcome back to the intriguing world of Ralfe Band, whose new collection of 12 songs, Son Be Wise, is out on 3 June. The brainchild of English […]

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 4 June 2013 Where: Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD We’re delighted to be promoting the first Manchester show in three years by Icelandic pianist/composer Ólafur Arnalds. Born 1986 in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometers outside of Reykjavík, composer/performer Ólafur Arnalds has always enjoyed pushing boundaries with […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 6 June 2013 Where: Takk Coffee House, 6 Tariff Street, Northern Quarter, M1 2FF We’re delighted to be presenting Icelandic folk musician Ólöf Arnalds at Manchester’s Icelandic coffee house. Ólöf Arnalds is an Icelandic singer and multi-instrumentalist. Classically educated on the violin, viola and self-taught on guitar and charango, Ólöf’s most distinctive asset is, […]

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 22 June 2013 Where: Cornerhouse Annexe, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH We’re delighted to be working with former Portico Quartet member Nick Mulvey. On a beach in Honduras in the summer of 2010, Nick Mulvey experienced his sink or swim moment. Surrounded by strangers, clutching an acoustic guitar, having just told the other […]

When: 7.30pm on Monday 24 June 2013 Where: The Kings Arms, 11 Bloom Street, Salford M3 6AN We’re delighted to welcome back Hey! Manchester favourite David Thomas Broughton, plus Rachael Dadd and Ichi. David Thomas Broughton occupies a contentious position, divides opinion, unsettles, is self-consciously clumsy, hilarious, beautiful but above all memorable. You’ve never seen anything like […]

When: 7.30pm on Sunday 30 June 2013 Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY For our fourth visit to the Burgess Foundation, we’re excited to be helping local star Nancy Elizabeth launch her new album, Dancing. Nancy Elizabeth’s new album, Dancing, has emerged incrementally since the release of its predecessor, […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 11 July 2013 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re delighted to be bringing Owen Ashworth (formerly of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone) back to Manchester – this time, under his new guise, Advance Base. Advance Base is the new musical project by Chicago, Illinois singer, songwriter and producer Owen Ashworth […]

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 13 July 2013 Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY PLEASE NOTE: This show has moved to the Burgess Foundation – an impressive former mill engine room with great acoustics. It’s less than a ten-minute walk from the Deaf Institute, near Cornerhouse and Oxford Road Station. […]

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 13 July 2013 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE PLEASE NOTE: This show has moved to Gorilla’s sister venue The Deaf Institute. Widely regarded as one of the best venues in the country, The Deaf Institute – and in particular, its Music Hall – is the perfect setting for the event. […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 25 July 2013 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re excited to be promoting a tiny show for Manchester-based Jesca Hoop! On 25 July, Jesca Hoop will be enjoying the close company of the lucky few who manage to squash into the intimate surroundings of The Castle. Ahead of Jesca’s […]