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The Secret of Kells (PG)

HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 March 2024
★★★★ Hand-drawn and watercoloured, this animation is as sublime as a stained-glass window. ~ Total Film. --- Beautifully drawn and refreshingly calm, The Secret of Kells hearkens back to animation's golden age with an enchanting ta...

Chris Brain

The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Wednesday 20 March 2024
Chris Brain emerged out of Leeds? vibrant folk scene in 2022 with his debut, critically acclaimed and widely distributed album, Bound to Rise, reaching #22 in the UK Folk Charts. His much-anticipated second album (out now), Steady Away, mov...

Dan Croll

Yes, Manchester
Thursday 21 March 2024
Dan Croll is an award-winning indie-pop/folktronica artist. A graduate of the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, his 2012 debut single 'From Nowhere' achieved great success. Since then, he's worked with major figures in the industry to...

The Hanging Stars

The Yard, Manchester
Thursday 21 March 2024
Channelling the sounds of The Byrds, Big Star and The Flying Burrito Brothers with hints of Mojave 3 and The Allah Las, accomplished London five-piece The Hanging Stars transcend their well-earned reputation as masters of a captivating mel...

Badly Drawn Boy - Live & In Conversation

The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Friday 22 March 2024
Experience an extraordinary and intimate evening with the iconic Manchester musician, Damon Gough, aka Badly Drawn Boy. Renowned for his soulful and introspective songwriting, Badly Drawn Boy has captured the hearts of music lovers around t...

Shawn James

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 22 March 2024
Chicago folk blues man Shawn James enjoyed his breakthrough in 2016, when his 2012 song "Through the Valley" was covered by the character of Ellie in the reveal trailer for the 2020 video game The Last of Us Part II. The song topped Spotify...

Wille & The Bandits

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 22 March 2024
Cornwall's Wille and the Bandits have been praised by critics for being one of the most dynamic bands around the globe, as they move from riff-tastic rock and roll to more acoustic sensibilities that only few bands manage. The use of strin...

Chalk

Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Friday 22 March 2024
Now Wave presents Chalk at Soup, Manchester on Friday 22nd March 2024...

A Country Night In Nashville

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 23 March 2024
Prepare to be transported on a musical journey through the history of Country, featuring songs from its biggest stars both past and present. Hits from Johnny Cash to Alan Jackson, Dolly to The Chicks, Willie Nelson to Kacey Musgraves, are s...

Ian Prowse (Amsterdam / Pele)

The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Saturday 23 March 2024
A solo show from the Liverpool singer-songwriter and frontman of Amsterdam, and previously of indie cult band Pele. Ian Prowse is a musician, singer, songwriter who wears his heart on his sleeve and his song "Does This Train Stop on Mersey...

Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 24 March 2024
Raised alongside the California coastline in Santa Barbara, Chris Shiflett kicked off his career in seminal pop-punk groups like No Use For a Name and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. As the '90s gave way to the 2000s, he joined the Foo Fight...

Nick Harper

The Irish Club, Warrington
Sunday 24 March 2024
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...

Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 26 March 2024
Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes will be bringing their Catalan rumba, flamenco, and salsa party to town! ...

Daudi Matsiko

Gullivers, Manchester
Wednesday 27 March 2024
Nottingham based, British-Ugandan singer-songwriter Daudi Matsiko carefully crafts modern albeit reverent folk. Deft, melancholic picking reminiscent of Nick Drake is tempered by contemporary percussion and instrumentation. Matsiko?s vocals...

Robert Plant - Saving Grace featuring Suzi Dian

King George's Hall, Blackburn
Friday 29 March 2024
Saving Grace are a folk co-operative between Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant with Suzi Dian (vocals), Oli Jefferson (percussion), Tony Kelsey (mandolin, baritone and acoustic guitars), and Matt Worley (banjo, acoustic and baritone guitar...

Rastak

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Friday 29 March 2024
Formed as an experimental music group in 1997, Rastak are one of the most well known exponents of Iranian contemporary folk music. Through merging traditional instruments and forms with contemporary rhythms  and incorporating language ,...

The Springsteen Sessions

The Met, Bury
Friday 29 March 2024
Glasgow-based Dougie Robertson's Springsteen Sessions are without doubt the most authentic, honest, hard hitting, hard working and accurate sound of the Boss in the UK. From the time The Springsteen Sessions hit the stage, they take you ...

Martin McAloon (Prefab Sprout)

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 29 March 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...

Big Country

King George's Hall, Blackburn
Saturday 30 March 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...

Desperado - Heart of the Eagles Tribute Band

The Met, Bury
Saturday 30 March 2024
The Eagles incredible journey began with Take it Easy back in 1971. Their songbook stretches from an era when country-tinged rock and fine harmonies spoke to the youth of the seventies through almost forty years to the "Long Road out of...

The Wandering Hearts

Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 2 April 2024
With their seamless vocal harmonies, London Folk-Americana trio The Wandering Hearts are reminiscent of First Aid Kit and Of Monsters and Men, whilst channelling Fleetwood Mac's pop sensibility and the storytelling of Chris Stapleton, all t...

Jolie Holland (The Be Good Tanyas)

Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Friday 5 April 2024
One of the founding members of Canadian folk act The Be Good Tanyas, Jolie Holland is a Texan singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional country, jazz, and blues. Over the span of her career, she has knotted together a ...

Wuthering Nights - A Kate Bush & Friends Discotheque

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 6 April 2024
Strange things are about to happen when the UK's finest Kate Bush club night returns. Get ready to exchange the experience with hundreds of Kate Bush fans as we romp through Kate's back catalogue with an overuse of smoke machines, visuals a...

Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Monday 8 April 2024
The renowned York indie folk singer-songwriter serves up an honest, beautiful exploration of human nature; music that is delicate yet grand, melancholic yet optimistic, whilst remaining utterly timeless. While the term 'singer/songwriter' i...

Myrkur

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 9 April 2024
Myrkur is the solo black metal and folk rock project from Danish singer Amalie Bruun whose music finds resonances with Scandinavian mythology. The name of the project comes from an Icelandic word meaning "darkness" and musical influences ra...

Christof Van Der Ven + Niamh Regan

Gullivers, Manchester
Tuesday 9 April 2024
This April, two superbly talented songwriters ? Niamh Regan from Ireland and Christof van der Ven from The Netherlands ? team up to perform double headline shows across the UK. London-based Christof van der Ven has built a truly impressive ...

Wallis Bird

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Wallis Bird has been enrapturing audiences for over a decade, playing over 1000 shows in that time worldwide. She has won multiple international awards including two Irish Meteor Awards, and has also received a nomination for the Irish Choi...

Morgan Harper-Jones

Gullivers, Manchester
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Now Wave presents Morgan Harper-Jones at Gullivers on 10th April 2024...

Barenaked Ladies

Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 11 April 2024
Known for their tremendous hits and incredible live shows, over the course of their remarkable 30 year career, the Canadian rockers have sold over 15 million albums, written multiple top 20 hits including "One Week" (which reached UK no.5 i...

Novo Amor

New Century Hall, Manchester
Thursday 11 April 2024
Novo Amor, aka Aberystwyth-born folk rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Ali Lacey comes from deep in the Welsh mountains. Recording, mixing and producing everything in his home studio, Lacey's emotive vocals and the sounds ...

Track Dogs

Waterside, Manchester
Thursday 11 April 2024
Track Dogs are four international "madrilenos" (Garrett Wall, Dave Mooney, Howard Brown & Robbie K. Jones) 2 Irishmen, an Englishman and an American. Based in Spain, the band name comes from the dark subterranean world of New York's subway ...

Big Condo Records We the Label First Lap Tour in Warrington

Friars Court 2, Warrington
Thursday 11 April 2024
Big Condo Records PresentsWe the label, First Lap tour 2024 in Warrington. Thursday 11th April 2024Friars Court 2, Barbauld Street, Warrington...

James Blunt

AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 12 April 2024
James Blunt's 2005 single You're Beautiful catapulted the former British Army officer into the spotlight. The track was the second single from his 11x Platinum-selling debut album Back To Bedlam, and hit the No.1 spot on the official UK...

Seb Lowe

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 12 April 2024
Manchester-based Seb Lowe has burst out of nowhere. (Okay Saddleworth...). Good in that this can be a younger child with a head stuffed with phrases which are his weapons and telling his fact and a guitar that could be a machine gun of riff...

Nick Cope's Family Show

The Met, Bury
Saturday 13 April 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 ...

Olivia Chaney

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Saturday 13 April 2024
Born in Florence to a writer and painter-turned-academic, Olivia Chaney grew up listening to everything from Prince to Henry Purcell. This eclectic mix of influences sparked a passion for songwriting that she nurtured at Chetham's School of...

Shovel Dance Collective

Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Saturday 13 April 2024
Nurturing a passion for the folk musics of the British Isles and Ireland with experimental tendencies, London's Shovel Dance Collective explore the ways in which traditional music holds queer histories, proto-feminist narratives and the voi...

The ShowHawk Duo

Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 13 April 2024
Guitarists Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright have dazzled audiences worldwide with their spectacular approach to playing the guitar. Their playing style has broken down barriers between acoustic and electronic dance music. Whether playing ac...

Luke Combs UK - Tribute to Luke Combs

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Sunday 14 April 2024
The World's leading tribute to the Grammy-nominated country megastar Luke Combs! Experience the heart and soul of country music as we pay homage to one of the genre's biggest stars. A night of incredible songs, authentic Southern vibes, an...

Hollow Coves

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 18 April 2024
Inspired by Angus & Julia Stone, Australian indie-folk duo Ryan Henderson and Matt Carins boast trademark soft lyrics and harmonies embedded deep into acoustic guitar melodies. ...
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