COUNTRY & FOLK MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
COUNTRY & FOLK MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Country & Folk Music in Manchester
Tue 29 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
WOMEX - Worldwide Music Expo
Saturday 26 October 2024
WOMEX - Worldwide Music Expo - the most international and culturally diverse music convention in the world - comes to Manchester in 2024. Each year WOMEX travels to a different European city bringing together 2,600 music industry profession...
Iron and Wine
Saturday 26 October 2024
The delightful folk music of South Carolina singer/songwriter Sam Beam, better known by his stage name Iron & Wine, sounds lovingly handmade and self-assured as a secret handshake. Exhibiting jazz and R&B influences, as well as collaborati...
Hayseed Dixie
Saturday 26 October 2024
Hayseed Dixie began one innocent Summer day in 2000, when John Wheeler and Mike Daly drank roughly enough whiskey to float a battleship from the Florida Coast over to Portugal and back and decided to play around in John's studio. Having spe...
Hang Massive
Saturday 26 October 2024
The UK and Swedish duo Hang Massive are the world's most renowned Handpan players, pioneering a successful electronic act with a magnetic live show, blending dream-like acoustics and upbeat sounds. The magic for Danny Cudd and Markus Offbe...
Koe Wetzel
Saturday 26 October 2024
The Texas-born singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer continues to unapologetically trail blaze between grunge, country, Americana, and damn near everything else under the sun. ...
Martin McAloon (Prefab Sprout)
Saturday 26 October 2024
Martin McAloon will be performing a large selection of hit songs from Prefab Sprout's extensive archive celebrating over 40 years of his brother, Paddy McAloon's writing. This will be a rare opportunity to hear these incredible songs perfor...
Honkytonkin Party Night
Saturday 26 October 2024
DJ Wild Horse will be playing the best country bangers around. Western Menu plus Cowboy/girl Cocktails-Special drinks offers....
Lizzy McAlpine
Sunday 27 October 2024
Crafting deeply intimate and beautiful music, young Philadelphia folk pop star Lizzy McAlpine has drawn praise from the likes of Finneas, Phoebe Bridgers and Shawn Mendes, performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live and the Ellen DeGeneres Show and ...
Nick Cope's Family Show
Sunday 27 October 2024
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animations to sell-out crowds all over the country. He has an incredible fan ...
Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Sunday 27 October 2024
Now Wave presents Jaakko Eino Kalevi at YES Basement on 27th October 2024...
Chelsea Wolfe
Monday 28 October 2024
From the intimacy of stripped-down folk music to the throbbing pulse of supplemental electronics, or an exquisite palette of groaning bass, pounding drums, and crunching distortion, Californian musician Chelsea Wolfe blends elements of got...
Fink
Monday 28 October 2024
Described as "a beautiful sound palette of dub, folk, blues, soul, and beat science" by Metro, "John Martyn with added stunning digital traces," by Uncut and "a brooding power reminiscent of a stripped down Nick Cave. A leftfield delight."...
Here You Come Again - The New Dolly Parton Musical
Tuesday 29 October - Saturday 2 November 2024
For the first time ever, all of Dolly Parton's biggest hits can be experienced together in a rollicking and joyous new musical comedy Here You Come Again. Packed with the iconic songs 'Jolene, '9 to 5', 'Islands in the Stream', 'I Will Alwa...
The Felice Brothers
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Fitting neatly into a long tradition of American folk storytelling, embracing what came before while offering their own unique 21st Century twists along the way, New York's The Felice Brothers manage to walk that delicate tightrope between ...
Old Sea Brigade
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Ben Cramer describes 5 AM Paradise, his vivid and moving third album as Old Sea Brigade, as a coming-of-age record: ten songs that balance youthful abandon with maturity and restraint, full of imaginative flourishes, evocative textures, and...
John Grant
Thursday 31 October 2024
John Grant is an American singer-songwriter from Colorado originally known as the lead singer of alternative rock band The Czars. Called "one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation," by The New York Times, singer-songwriter...
Guy Davis
Thursday 31 October 2024
New York multi-instrumentalist Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, musician, actor, author, songwriter, so much more than 'just a bluesman', a troubadour of the folk tradition, and a master of...
Fantastic Negrito - White Jesus Black Problems
Thursday 31 October 2024
A solo stripped down raw acoustic tour of Grandfather Courage with a screening of new film White Jesus Black Problems + a Q&A. When you listen to Fantastic Negrito, you're invited to hear the story of life after destruction. Each song is a ...
Big Country
Friday 1 November 2024
Formed in Dunfermline, Scotland by the former-Skids guitarist Stuart Adamson and childhood friend Bruce Watson, Celtic-inspired Big Country quickly broke worldwide with their ringing, bagpipe-like guitars and anthemic songs helping their Gr...
Calan
Friday 1 November 2024
"A storming juggernaut of cool power-folk with a jaw-dropping repertoire. You can't help but marvel at their astounding musicianship." - Folk Wales. In their first major post-lockdown tour one of Britain's most innovative and thrilling band...
The Legends Of American Country Show
Saturday 2 November 2024
Now seen by over 350,000 fans live and watched by millions on TV, Europe's No.1 multi-award winning tribute show returns for another fantastic night of toe-tapping Country Music classics. The show features four fantastic singers who are ...
Creedence Clearwater Review - Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute
Saturday 2 November 2024
Creedence Clearwater Review are the UK's premier tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival, one of America's greatest bands who, despite their relatively short career, left an enduring legacy of classic songs written and sung by lead guitaris...
The Luke Combs Experience - Luke Combs Tribute
Saturday 2 November 2024
A Luke Combs tribute act who will bring you everything you need to have you foot-stomping and fist-pumping to all of the country superstar's hits. From 'The Kind of Love We Make', 'Beer Never Broke My Heart' to 'Beautiful Crazy' and 'Growin...
Jon Palmer Acoustic Band
Saturday 2 November 2024
Winners of the public vote at the UK West Coast Folk Festival 2024, the Jon Palmer Acoustic Band are a high energy six-piece folk-rock band based in West Yorkshire, where they have built a strong reputation as an exciting and energetic live...
Crystal Fighters
Monday 4 November 2024
The purveyors of boundary shattering Electro, London/Spanish alt-folk outfit Crystal Fighters' music melds Animal Collective toned delicacy with Soulwax inspired rave through the use of both electric and acoustic guitars, synths, drums, an...
Marcus King
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Grammy nominated innovative South Carolina songwriter and performer Marcus King delivers a contemporary sonic exploration of rock, blues and country-soul. After learning how to play the guitar at 3, he has now launched a signature Gibson c...
Coruja Jones
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Join Coruja Jones and his full band this November to celebrate the launch of his second record, Undo. Following on from his debut The Crossing, the EP delves into the healing process in different forms, examining the calm and the chaos that...
Jessica Pratt
Thursday 7 November 2024
The revered Californian folk artist Jessica Pratt has become one of the most singular and distinctive songwriters of her generation, largely through the bewitching sound of her acoustic guitar and vocals: a mystical, elusive blend that conj...
Medium Build
Thursday 7 November 2024
Nicholas Carpenter, better known by his stage name Medium Build, is a Nashville-based, Atlanta-raised Americana singer-songwriter who has toured with Lewis Capaldi. ...
Rio 18
Thursday 7 November 2024
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The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III
Friday 8 - Saturday 9 November 2024
Award-winning Out Of The Forest Theatre's irreverent comedy - featuring live music inspired by Bulgarian and Jewish folk tunes - tells the incredible true story that the world forgot. The year is 1943 and Bulgaria has just told Hitler where...
Ron Sexsmith
Friday 8 November 2024
After sixty years around the sun, Ron Sexsmith the three time Juno award winning and internationally acclaimed Canadian folk pop songwriter, is set to perform a very special retrospective Sexsmith At Sixty concert. The concert will showca...
Aurelio Voltaire
Friday 8 November 2024
Aurelio Voltaire is often described as a modern day renaissance man. He is a singer/ performer, creator of comic books, animation and toys. An internationally touring musician, he is at the forefront of the Gothic, Steampunk and Dark Cabare...
Simply Dylan - A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Saturday 9 November 2024
As straightforward as the title suggests: no frills, no gimmicks, no pretense; Simply Dylan is John O'Connell's personal exploration and celebration of the rich and diverse work of Bob Dylan.O'Connell, formerly of Groundpig, has had his nam...
Crash Test Dummies
Saturday 9 November 2024
Hailing from Manitoba, Canada, Crash Test Dummies are a Juno Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated folk/alt-rock band. Beginning in 2017, the group reunited for a 25th anniversary tour of its most commercially successful album, "God S...
Briana Corrigan (The Beautiful South)
Sunday 10 November 2024
With a voice that "could melt icebergs at 50 paces" (VOX), Briana Corrigan was a member of The Beautiful South from 1988 to 1992 and is best known for delivering their most successful single - the chart-topping, Brit Award-winning 'A Li...
The Corrs
Monday 11 November 2024
Irish Celtic infused pop icons, The Corrs announce an eight-date UK & Ireland tour titled 'Talk On Corners' in November 2024. Performing tracks from the acclaimed album plus a selection of their greatest hits to fans all over the United...
Le Vent du Nord
Tuesday 12 November 2024
The award winning and highly acclaimed Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec's progressive French speaking folk movement. The group's vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its ...
