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Upcoming shows: Mark Eitzel... Bay Bryan... Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band... Jeffrey Martin... Austin Stambaugh... Sounds From The Other City 2025... Federico Albanese... Amelia Coburn... Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble... Jerron Paxton... Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys... Toria Wooff... Sam Amidon... Throwing Muses... Shotgun Jimmie... Jenny Don’t and the Spurs... Lael Neale... Adam Hopper & The Wimps... Niamh Regan... Basia Bulat... AVAWAVES... Beans on Toast... Nick Shoulders... Will Stratton... Joshua Burnside... Lightheaded + Jeanines... Lily Seabird... The Burning Hell... Bremer/McCoy... Blue Bendy... James Yorkston & Nina Persson... Ye Vagabonds... Grant-Lee Phillips... Allo Darlin’... Robert Forster... Lilly Hiatt... Albertine Sarges... Jamie Duffy... Joep Beving... Willy Mason... BC Camplight... Penguin Cafe... Jim Moray...

Field Division

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 29 September 2018 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, this show has had to be postponed. Please contact your point of purchase for a refund. We are working on rescheduled dates in Spring 2019. Following their recent tour with Josh Rouse, we’re delighted to […]

 

Ólafur Arnalds

When: 7pm on Sunday 30 September 2018 Where: Albert Hall, 27 Peter Street, Manchester M2 5QR PLEASE NOTE: This show has now sold out! Join our mailing list, at the top of the page, for updates about future La Luz shows. We’re excited to be presenting Ólafur Arnalds’ return to Manchester – at the Albert Hall! BAFTA Award-winning […]

 

The Sonics

When: 7.30pm on Friday 5 October 2018 Where: Academy 3, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PR We’re delighted to be working with legendary garage rock band the Sonics! Since the beginning of garage rock, the northwest sound, grunge, or whatever anyone calls it, the Sonics set the precedence and the pace, and the sound that gave to every musician and band […]

 

Albert af Ekenstam

When: 7.30pm on Sunday 7 October 2018 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW PLEASE NOTE: This show is no longer happening. Watch this space for future Albert af Ekenstam dates, however. We’re delighted to be working with Sweden’s Albert af Ekenstam for the first time! Gothenburg-born Albert af Ekenstam released his new EP Hundred Miles this August. […]

 

BC Camplight

When: 7pm on Wednesday 10 October 2018 Where: Gorilla, 54-56 Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5WW We’re delighted to be welcoming BC Camplight back to Gorilla! BC Camplight returns this summer with Deportation Blues, his second album for Bella Union, available from 24 August. Camplight has shared the title track of the LP, along with an album trailer […]

 

You Tell Me

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 11 October 2018 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW We’re delighted to be working with You Tell Me – aka Peter Brewis and Sarah Hayes! You Tell Me is Field Music’s Peter Brewis and BBC Folk Award nominee and Admiral Fallow member Sarah Hayes. Their debut single, the baroque folk […]

 

Terry Riley & Gyan Riley

When: 8pm on Friday 12 October 2018 Where: Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD We’re delighted to be bringing Terry and Gyan Riley to Manchester! Terry Riley piano, synthesizer, voice Gyan Riley classical, electric guitars We are presenting a full-length programme of Terry’s music: intricate and often improvisational structures containing elements of […]

 

A celebration of Bruce Springsteen

When: 7pm on Friday 12 October 2018 Where: The Ruby Lounge, 28-34 High Street, Manchester M4 1QB We’re delighted to present a celebration of Bruce Springsteen featuring The She Street Band plus Girls on Film DJs. Following a series of sold out shows across London, the world’s first and only all-female Bruce Springsteen cover band, The She […]

 

Milky Wimpshake

When: 7.30pm on Friday 12 October 2018 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted be working with Milky Wimpshake for the first time! Milky Wimpshake were formed in 1993 by Pete Dale and Joey Ramone (not the Joey Ramone; she officially changed her name to that for reasons which are obscure). In 1994, […]

 

Dawn Landes

When: 7.30pm on Friday 12 October 2018 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW We’re delighted to be working with Dawn Landes for the first time! Dawn Landes is a Kentucky born singer-songwriter now living in Brooklyn, NY. Her fourth and newest album Bluebird features guest appearances by Norah Jones and members of Bon Iver. […]