TRADITIONAL FOLK & ACOUSTIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
TRADITIONAL FOLK & ACOUSTIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Traditional Folk & Acoustic Concerts in Manchester
Tue 30 Jun - Sun 5 Jul 2026
Sat 24 May - Sun 19 Oct 2025
Mon 23 Jun - Thu 17 Jul 2025
Peggy Seeger - 90th Birthday Farewell Tour
Wednesday 21 May 2025
The charismatic Peggy Seeger - singer-songwriter, feminist, icon, Ewan MacColl's partner and muse - is the undisputed queen of folk and political song. The grande dame of American and British Folk music, embarks on her last ever concert ...
Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys
Thursday 22 May 2025
Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys are bringing their ?Raisin? The Vibe Tour? to intimate UK venues this April and May. After a transformative trip to Alabama in September 2024 ? where they recorded at the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound S...
Ry X
Friday 23 May 2025
Australian transcendental folk artist RY X, born Ry Cuming, showcases a boundless ability to create thought-provoking atmospheric pop music, engulfed with his distinctively ethereal vocal lines, cloudy orchestral arrangements and accomanyi...
Lunatraktors
Friday 23 May 2025
Broken folk' duo Carli Jefferson and Clair Le Couteur rework Anglo-Celtic traditional music with influences from post-punk, trip-hop and queer cabaret. Lunatraktors strip folk down to the bare bones, mixing tonal percussion, tapdance and ha...
Toria Wooff
Friday 23 May 2025
Finding splendour in shadows, Toria Wooff sings tales of the beautifully strange. Announcing the release of her beguiling self-titled debut album, her gothic approach to the folk tradition has captured the attention of any who have caught h...
Zinadelphia
Friday 23 May 2025
Doors: 6:30pm Show: 7:15pm-8:15pm...
Simply Dylan - A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Saturday 24 May 2025
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...
Sam Amidon
Saturday 24 May 2025
A contemporary folk musician specialising in guitar, fiddle, and banjo, Sam Amidon is known for both his original songs and his often-ambitious updates of traditional folk tunes. Regardless of song sources, his reliably textured, atmosph...
The Lumineers
Sunday 25 May 2025
Denver-based band The Lumineers were founded by New Jersey natives Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites. Schultz grew up taking drawing classes with Fraites' older brother Joshua, who died of a drug overdose in 2002. Playing music together w...
Shotgun Jimmie + Dog Daisies
Tuesday 27 May 2025
We?re delighted to welcome Shotgun Jimmie back to Manchester ? with special guests Dog Daisies!Shotgun Jimmie is a singer-songwriter/one-person-band based in Manitoba, Canada. He?s been touring regularly and releasing records on Toronto?s Y...
Martin Hayes Trio
Wednesday 28 May 2025
Martin Hayes is regarded as one of the most significant talents to emerge in the world of Irish traditional music. His unique sound, his mastery of his chosen instrument - the violin - his acknowledgement of the past and his shaping of the ...
KATE BOLLINGER
Wednesday 28 May 2025
Kate Bollinger's folk-pop songs tend to linger well beyond their run times, filling the negative space of ordinary days with charming melodies and smart phrasings. With a background in jazz she writes them at home in Richmond, Virginia, let...
Gnoss
Thursday 29 May 2025
Gnoss' signature sound is a rich tapestry of acoustic layers; outstanding musicianship, deep traditional roots and contemporary compositional flair combine to create songs and tunes brimming with character. Triple Scots Trad Music Awards no...
Lucy Spraggan
Thursday 29 May 2025
Canterbury-born, Buxton-raised and Cheshire-living folk pop star Lucy Spraggan was the first contestant on the X Factor to perform her own compositions in 2021 with her introspective acoustic hip-pop style festival anthems since helping sc...
Words with Lucy Spraggan
Thursday 29 May 2025
Words with Lucy Spraggan is back! After its sold-out debut in Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre, Lucy, who turned her journaling into her Sunday Times Bestselling memoir, Process, is taking the interactive journalling event on the road for ...
Scotty McCreery
Thursday 29 May 2025
North Carolina country singer Scotty McCreery rose to fame after winning the tenth season of American Idol in May 2011. Topping the Billboard country charts on numerous occassions, he has gone Platinum with hits "Five More Minutes", "I Lov...
Elephant Sessions
Thursday 29 May 2025
Celebrating their 10th year as band in 2022, multi-award winning indie folk quintet Elephant Sessions have gone from humble beginnings in the Highlands of Scotland, to playing around the world and scooping prestigious awards for their true...
Chris Helme (The Seahorses)
Thursday 29 May 2025
Rising to fame in the 1990s as frontman of indie band The Seahorses York singer-songwriter Chris Helme is now producing acclaimed folk-infused tracks as a solo artist. His enviable back catalogue includes Britpop classics such as 'Love is t...
Lael Neale
Thursday 29 May 2025
Lael Neale?s minimalist drone pop draws inspiration from the Transcendentalists, the high lonesome sound of primitive American gospel music & the alienation of modern life. Since signing with Sub Pop in 2020, she has split her time between ...
Desperados - Celebrating the Music & Legacy of The Eagles
Friday 30 May 2025
An ensemble of accomplished musicians delivers a rip roaring set from the outstanding back catalogue of one of the greatest band's in history!!Sit back & TAKE IT EASY with Desperados and celebrate the music of six time Grammy Award winners,...
Grace Petrie
Saturday 31 May 2025
Folk singer, lesbian and checked-shirt-collector Grace Petrie has been incorrectly called Sir every day of her adult life, and, having finally run out of things to write whiny songs about, she's putting down the guitar to try and work out w...
Nick Harper
Sunday 1 June 2025
Phantastes inhabits an ethereal realm and explores the parallels of the seminal C19th fantasy novel of the same name by George MacDonald and the beginnings of Nick's own love story from 1982. The album was recorded, and is performed live o...
Cat Power Sings Dylan - The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
Monday 2 June 2025
Last November in London, Atlanta indie rocker Cat Power took the stage at Royal Albert Hall and delivered a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time. Held at the Manchester Free Trade Ha...
Cat Power Sings Dylan - The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
Monday 2 June 2025
Last November in London, Atlanta indie rocker Cat Power took the stage at Royal Albert Hall and delivered a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time. Held at the Manchester Free Trade Ha...
MJ Lenderman & The Wind
Tuesday 3 June 2025
MJ Lenderman is an alt-Country songwriter born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. The anatomy of an MJ record might go something like this: warped pedal steels and skuzzed out guitar; crackin' a cold one with some buds; a voice remini...
MJ Lenderman & The Wind
Tuesday 3 June 2025
MJ Lenderman is an alt-Country songwriter born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. The anatomy of an MJ record might go something like this: warped pedal steels and skuzzed out guitar; crackin' a cold one with some buds; a voice remini...
Jacob Alon
Wednesday 4 June 2025
As seen on Later... with Jools Holland, Jacob Alon is a Dunfermline indie folk singer-songwriter with a profound gift for storytelling. Both intimate and devastatingly introspective, their music is touched by a rare timelessness. Drawing ...
Paris Paloma
Thursday 5 June 2025
Derbyshire-born sensation Paris Paloma delivers evocative storytelling, ethereal vocal, and a hauntingly beautiful fusion of dark folk-pop. For "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" soundtrack, Paloma performed an original song...
Flook
Thursday 5 June 2025
"In the pantheon of Irish/English folk groups they don't come much more revered than Flook." ~ Irish Post. Originally formed by flute playing friends Sarah Allen, Brian Finnegan, and Michael McGoldrick (who left in 1997 to join Capercaillie...
Good Habits
Friday 6 June 2025
Manchester-formed folk duo Bonnie Schwarz (cello + vocals) and Pete Shaw (accordion) mix revved-up virtuosity and harmony with vivid storytelling, drawing on their diverse musical tastes and weaving them into an action-packed narrative of g...
Bonnie Raitt
Saturday 7 June 2025
Californian GRAMMY Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Bonnie Raitt is back with her unique brand of folky-blues Americana. 50 years after the release of her debut album, Raitt continues to personify what it means to stay creati...
Tom Kitching: Where There's Brass
Saturday 7 June 2025
Author and musician Tom Kitching launches his new book and album, Where There's Brass, with a special storytelling and music concert tour. Documenting six months living in the London waterways community, making the long journey across Eng...
Hothouse Flowers
Saturday 7 June 2025
Irish folk rock band Hothouse Flowers feel like they are turning new corners and writing new chapters every day. No two shows are ever the same having dispensed with any premeditated programme over two decades ago and set about putting the...
Waxahatchee
Monday 9 June 2025
A solo tour from American indie folk singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield. While her previous records featured a backing band with the kind of big guitars, well-honed noise, and battering sounds that characterised her Philadelphia scene, an...
Nick Mulvey
Tuesday 10 June 2025
The reliably brilliant acclaimed Cambridge folk artist, songwriter and a founding member of future-jazz stars Portico Quartet has come a long way - both experientially, musically and philosophically. Musician, composer and producer, Nick's...
CASSANDRA JENKINS
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Where can I buy tickets for Cassandra Jenkins?Tickets for Cassandra Jenkins can be purchased safely and securely from Eventim UKWhen is Cassandra Jenkins playing?Cassandra Jenkins is playing at -Brudenell Social Club, Leeds on 21st November...
Niamh Regan
Wednesday 11 June 2025
With her stunning 2024 release Come As You Are, Niamh Regan has cemented herself as one of Ireland?s most distinctive songwriters. Nominated for the RT? Choice Prize for Irish Album of the Year, Come As You Are is a masterwork of intimate s...
King Creosote
Thursday 12 June 2025
Since the mid-late 1990s, Mercury Prize-nominated Scottish singer-songwriter Kenny Anderson, DIY pop voyager, ancestral seaside home restorer, squeezebox lothario, Fife for lifer, diamond miner, hijacker of hearts, and the man also known...
Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Friday 13 June 2025
There has never been anything quite like The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, who over the past fifteen years have become the most famous bagpipe band on the planet... ever! Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a show that carries...
Simply Dylan - A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Saturday 14 June 2025
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...
Down Off The Tops: A Basin Rock Creation
Saturday 14 June 2025
The Todmorden outsider folk label curates a day/night of live music with 5 artists from their roster set in the stunning Unitarian Church....
