When: 7.30pm on Saturday 29 August 2015 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re delighted to be welcoming back Ryley Walker, following his upgraded, sold-out show at Gullivers. Ryley Walker is a 24-year-old singer/songwriter and guitarist from Chicago. Having kicked around Chicago’s experimental free and noise music scene for several years, Ryley recently turned to […]

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 2 September 2015 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with The Deslondes for the first time! Hailed by NPR as ‘deft assemblers of a sound that traverses decades and styles with humble grace’, New Orleans band The Deslondes mine from the rich history of American music to […]

When: 7.30pm on Friday 4 September 2015 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Vinny Peculiar once again! Uncut magazine described Salford based singer songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) as ‘the Tony Hancock of Pop’ upon the release of his 2002 album Ironing the Soul. Since this inspired debut, he’s […]

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 8 September 2015 Where: Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF We’re delighted to present Haiku Salut, performing their ‘lamp show’ in one of Manchester’s hidden gems. Haiku Salut are an instrumental trio from the Derbyshire Dales who describe themselves as a ‘Baroque-Pop-Folktronic-Neo-Classical-Something-Or-Other’. Influenced by the evocative film soundtracks of Yann […]

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 8 September 2015 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Portland’s Houndstooth for the first time. Houndstooth are an American rock and roll band from Portland, Oregon. They draw from familiar wells – including 1950s and 1960s rock classics, Link Wray, the old American country song, and […]

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 9 September 2015 Where: The Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queen’s Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 1NY We’re excited to be promoting the Leeds date for Jessica Pratt and Kevin Morby. In a matter of months since Jessica Pratt released her Drag City debut, On Your Own Love Again, the world has caught on to, and is […]

When: 7.30pm on Friday 11 September 2015 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW We’re excited to be promoting a great double-bill featuring Stephen Steinbrink and Julie Byrne Two of America’s great young wanderers, Stephen Steinbrink and Julie Byrne, will fly the Atlantic this September and embark on a co-headline tour around the UK, following […]

When: 7.30pm on Monday 14 September 2015 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to be welcoming back Great Lake Swimmers – their first Manchester show in over three years. A Forest Of Arms is the sixth album from Tony Dekker’s Great Lake Swimmers and the follow up to 2012’s New Wild Everywhere. With a […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 17 September 2015 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW We’re delighted to be working with Piney Gir. Piney Gir hails from the American Midwest, home of wide-open plains with sunflowers that go on as far as the Earth curves. The ‘you’re not in Kansas anymore’ jokes never wear thin, because Piney […]

When: 7.30pm on Friday 18 September 2015 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with The Weather Station for the first time. The Weather Station is the project of Canadian songwriter Tamara Lindeman; folk music based in classic elements of songcraft – melody, tension, meaning. On the acclaimed All Of It Was Mine, […]