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When: 7.30pm on Thursday 16 January 2025 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be working with Simon Joyner again! Coyote Butterfly is the first album of new songs in two years from singer-songwriter Simon Joyner following the overdose death of his son, Owen, in August of 2022. Drawing on […]
Jim Moray
When: 7.30pm on Saturday 18 January 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Jim Moray for the first time! Should you care to look back over the past two decades of British folk music, one musician in particular stands out for having a singular, idiosyncratic vision that has […]
Josh Rouse
When: 7.30pm on Saturday 25 January 2025 Where: Academy 3, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PR We’re excited to welcome Josh Rouse back to Manchester – this time, performing his album Nashville! To mark 20 years since its release in 2005, Josh Rouse returns – with his full band – to perform his fifth album, Nashville, in […]
John Craigie
When: 7.30pm on Sunday 26 January 2025 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re delighted to be welcome John Craigie back to Manchester! John Craigie has mastered the art of creating live shows that feel more like intimate conversations than performances. Infusing humour, wit, and poignant storytelling, his shows are a space where […]
Julian Taylor
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 30 January 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Julian Taylor for the first time! After 25 years in music, building an unimpeachable reputation as a truly independent artist and entrepreneur, Julian Taylor now owns his legacy. It’s rare in this era to see […]
Emily Barker
When: 7pm on Friday 31 January 2025 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to be welcoming Emily Barker back to Manchester! ‘”Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all…’ – […]
Gratis: Sophie Jamieson
When: 7pm on Friday 7 February 2025 Where: Low Four Studio, Deansgate Mews, Great Northern, Manchester M3 4EN Gratis – our series of free entry shows – returns, with Sophie Jamieson, celebrating the release of her second album! Sophie Jamieson is a London-based singer-songwriter, known for delivering uncomfortably honest songs direct to the heart. Her career […]
Anna B Savage
When: 8pm on Thursday 13 February 2025 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re delighted to be welcome Anna B Savage back to Manchester! A sense of rootedness is at the heart of Anna B Savage’s third record You and i are Earth, a record that is as much about healing as it […]
C Duncan
When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 19 February 2025 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with C Duncan once again! Born and raised in Glasgow by two classical musicians, Chris Duncan – aka C Duncan – studied piano and viola before taking up guitar, bass, and drums in his teens, eventually […]
Dustin O’Halloran
When: 7.30pm on Friday 21 February 2025 Where: Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF We’re delighted to welcome Dustin O’Halloran back to Manchester! Dustin O’Halloran is an American pianist and composer with six acclaimed solo albums under his own name, and is a member of the band A Winged Victory for the […]