COUNTRY & FOLK MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Country & Folk Music in Manchester
New Model Army
Saturday 3 December 2022
Formed in Bradford in 1980, New Model Army's beginnings were inspired by Northern Soul, Punk Rock and the incendiary atmosphere of the times. Since then, they have had a long, creative and eventful journey. They have been massively influent...
Chris Helme (Seahorses)
Sunday 4 December 2022
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...
Spotlight: Wynton Marsalis' Fiddle Dance Suite
Tuesday 6 December 2022
FREE CONCERT. Kickstart your evening with RNCM's free Spotlights, where students create, prepare, and perform innovative programmes together. The jazz legend's first piece for solo violin, this genre-defying work explores the relationship...
Billy Strings
Thursday 8 December 2022
Michigan-born and Nashville-based, singer songwriter Billy Strings is known as one of music's most compelling artists. Since his 2017 debut, he has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, won Guitar Player of the Year...
The Scratch
Friday 9 December 2022
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The ShowHawk Duo
Saturday 10 December 2022
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...
Andrew Wasylyk
Saturday 10 December 2022
Weaving the listener along a Modern-classical, Ambient and Jazz dream of Scotland's east coast, Andrew Wasylyk is the alias of Scottish writer, producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Andrew Mitchell. ...
John Bramwell
Sunday 11 December 2022
The songwriter and frontman of Manchester three-piece, I Am Kloot also possesses an enviable back catalogue as a solo artist - previously known around his hometown as Johnny Dangerously - and continues to work on new material under the guis...
Bill Ryder-Jones
Sunday 11 December 2022
Now Wave presents... Bill Ryder-Jones at YES The Pink Room on Sunday 11th December 2022...
The Wandering Hearts
Monday 12 - Thursday 22 December 2022
Band on the Wall Presents... The Wandering Hearts live in Manchester on December 12th 2022 - Plus Special Guests...
Simon Kempston
Thursday 15 December 2022
The Green Room: Scottish singer-songwriter and leading acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Simon Kempston has toured the world performing his highly original, contemporary acoustic folk/blues songs and music, and is a unique talent. His beautifu...
Crywank - Farewell Concert
Thursday 15 December 2022
Crywank was started in Manchester in 2009 by James Clayton as a solo project despite having no previous experience playing guitar. Lyrically focusing on the end of their first relationship whilst contending with moving away, and musically h...
Cara Dillon
Friday 16 December 2022
Cara Dillon, the multi-award winning Northern Irish singer, returns to perform some of her favourite and most popular songs. Cara has been celebrated as one of the finest exponents of traditional Irish song anywhere in the world and continu...
The Mary Wallopers
Friday 16 December 2022
The Mary Wallopers are a folk group from Dundalk, Ireland, breathing new life into both well known & rare ballads. Travelling the length & breadth of the country singing & collecting songs, they exude a raw energy that could be described as...
Jesca Hoop
Saturday 17 December 2022
Beautiful, subtle and stark the Manchester-based Californian folk star serves up stunningly original songs - minimalist yet brimming with energy, emerging from a wealth of life experience, great emotional depth, and years of honing the craf...
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Thursday 22 December 2022
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel celebrate their 50th Anniversary in 2002. These very special "50 Years A Rebel" shows will include songs from the vast and eclectic Harley Songbook. 'Mr Soft', 'Judy Teen', 'Sebastian' and the legendary 'Make M...
Jane Weaver
Friday 23 December 2022
Abusing, evading, and obliterating 20 years of whimsical pop trends, Jane Weaver's experience as a truly independent and resilient songwriter and sound-carrier commands respect and inspiration in equal measures. Complete with unpretentious ...
Klezmer-ish
Monday 9 January 2023
Klezmer-ish are four incredibly outward-looking classically trained musicians who met whilst playing with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Drawing inspiration from the music of bygone travellers, the quartet explore the music of ...
Dean Friedman
Tuesday 10 January 2023
Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Dean Friedman has achieved legendary, pop-icon status for chart-topping hits, 'Ariel', 'Lucky Stars', 'Lydia', 'McDonald's Girl' and more. Following his ...
Kane Brown
Thursday 19 January 2023
The breakout Tennessee country music vocalist has independently built a robust, devoted fan base of over three million subscribers on his social platforms through releasing songs directly to fans on his personal channels, which eventually l...
Lucinda Williams
Sunday 22 January 2023
Three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams unabashedly has taken on some of the human, social and political issues of our day during the course of her celebrated four-decade, pioneering career. The Louisiana country and blues rocker ha...
Old Sea Brigade
Wednesday 25 January 2023
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...
Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball (of Gomez)
Sunday 29 January 2023
Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball are best known as members of Gomez, the Southport rock act whose debut album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. As Gomez never had a designated frontman, Ottewell, Ball, and Tom Gray all sang, and t...
Mark Morriss (The Bluetones)
Wednesday 1 February 2023
One of Britain's finest songwriters, the phenomenal frontman of UK chart-topping indie stalwarts The Bluetones performs an intimate solo show. Combining his impressive solo material with the bands hits - such as Top 10 singles Slight Retu...
Rachael Dadd
Wednesday 1 February 2023
On 14 October 2022 wildly creative free-form songwriter Rachael Dadd is to release her brand new studio album Kaleidoscope. The record is her second album for Memphis Industries and follows 2019?s Flux, which was released to much acclaim an...
Colin Hay
Saturday 4 February 2023
Possessing one of the most distinctive and recognisable voices on the planet, former Men at Work songwriter and frontman Colin Hay has gone on to establish himself as a solo artist with an ability to interpret other songs which he fell in ...
Rhys Lewis
Saturday 4 February 2023
Oxford acoustic neo soul singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rhys Lewis studied at the London Centre of Contemporary Music and has clocked millions of streams on Spotify. "Once his throaty voice soars over his guitar, lamenting on a...
Elles Bailey + Chantel McGregor
Saturday 4 February 2023
Straddling the worlds of Americana and the blues, Bristol-based Elles Bailey is a smokey voiced, human dynamo who has powered her way to the forefront of the British blues and roots scene in a career already feted with awards and acclaim, i...
John Bramwell
Sunday 5 February 2023
The songwriter and frontman of Manchester three-piece, I Am Kloot also possesses an enviable back catalogue as a solo artist - previously known around his hometown as Johnny Dangerously - and continues to work on new material under the guis...
Fantastic Negrito
Monday 6 February 2023
When you listen to Fantastic Negrito, you're invited to hear the story of life after destruction. Each song is a real story about a musician from Oakland who experienced the highs of a million-dollar record deal, the lows of a near fatal ca...
Bonny Light Horseman
Monday 6 February 2023
Now Wave presents Bonny Light Horseman at Band On The Wall, Manchester on Monday 6th February 2023...
