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
Sun 19 Oct 2025 - Sat 21 Mar 2026
The Illegal Eagles - Eagles Tribute Band
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Celebrating the music of the legendary West Coast Country Rock band, The Illegal Eagles return for another outstanding show promising more of their trademark musical prowess, acute attention to detail and incredible showmanship. This cri...
Lucy Dacus
Wednesday 2 July 2025
From Richmond, Virginia, indie folk rocker Lucy Dacus's voice, both audible and on the page, has a healer's power to soothe and ground and reckon while her lyrics feel destined for countless yearbook quotes and first tattoos. She is full of...
Paul Kelly
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Australia's greatest and most enduring songwriter, Paul Kelly, has produced some of his country's most revered folk rock songs - 'Before Too Long', 'Darling It Hurts', 'Leaps And Bounds', 'To Her Door', 'Dumb Things', 'From Little Things Bi...
Waylon Wyatt
Thursday 3 July 2025
Waylon Wyatt is a young Folk/Country artist born and raised in Hackett, Arkansas. Inspired by red-dirt contemporaries Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan, Waylon began writing songs at fifteen, workshopping them after long summer days spent worki...
The Kate Bush Song Book
Friday 4 July 2025
The Kate Bush Song Book is an acoustic offshoot of tribute band Cloudbusting, a chance to indulge in Kate Bush's piano-based compositions and to re-imagine some of her larger scale works with stripped back, more intimate arrangements. Cl...
Michael McGoldrick & Tim Edey
Friday 4 July 2025
Michael McGoldrick and Tim Edey are celebrated musicians in the realm of Celtic folk music, renowned for their exceptional skills and innovative approaches. Former BBC Folk Awards Musician of the Year Michael McGoldrick is a gifted multi-in...
Beans on Toast
Friday 4 July 2025
The foolhardy cult folk legend and accomplished songwriter offers some hope and light relief from this bizarre world in which we find ourselves, singing simple songs about complicated subjects. Joined by a brand new live band, Beans will be...
Later Youth
Saturday 5 July 2025
Later Youth is the new project from The Travelling Band singer-songwriter and producer Jo Dudderidge. His distinctive voice, soulful piano and lyrical wit take centre stage within songs that have drawn comparisons to Rufus Wainwright, Dr Jo...
The Lancashire Hotpots
Saturday 5 July 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...
Fieldsy - Irish Ballads and Rebel Songs
Saturday 5 July 2025
Dublin folk singer Fieldsy delivers a nostalgic high energy show with all the Irish classics from The Wolfetones to The Dubliners and more. You will be singing along all night. ...
Todd Day Wait
Tuesday 8 July 2025
From busking the streets of New Orleans, to playing in the shadow of European castles, to lighting up the honky-tonk dance floors in Nashville, Missouri country blues singer songwrtier Todd Day Wait's easy-going, good humored nature will ha...
Nick Shoulders
Thursday 10 July 2025
All Bad, the latest album from Nick Shoulders, released via Gar Hole Records (a label founded and co-owned by Shoulders), ultimately encapsulates everything that makes Shoulders? inimitable form of country music so vital: a heady balance of...
The Gigspanner Big Band & Raynor Winn - Saltlines
Sunday 13 July 2025
Taking audiences by storm from Land's End to the Scottish borders, Saltlines is an immersive Prose and Music collaboration between bestselling author Raynor Winn (The Salt Path) and The Gigspanner Big Band, a top tier lineup which features ...
The War and Treaty
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Grammy-nominated Michigan husband and wife Country duo, Tanya and Michael Trotter Jr., have collaborated with Emmylou Harris, Josh Groban, and Zach Bryan, among others. Their mix of Americana, Southern Soul, blues and folk has seen them ...
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
Thursday 17 July 2025
Direct from a week long run in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, a sold out Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back!Using huge projection photos and original film footage, th...
Jessica Pratt
Thursday 17 July 2025
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...
Peatbog Faeries
Thursday 17 July 2025
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary multi-award winning Scottish trailblazers have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance-floor grooves that have been embraced worldwide. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influe...
Rhythm of the Dance
Friday 18 July 2025
Rhythm of the Dance has brought audiences around the world to their feet for over two decades and is returning with a brand new production. Rooted in Ireland's rich culture and heritage, Rhythm of the Dance takes a different perspective on ...
Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman
Friday 18 July 2025
Legendary Bolton broadcaster, writer and musician Mark Radcliffe met David Boardman a few years ago when he moved to Knutsford and they found each other in the Builder's Arms. David is a seasoned singer/songwriter, guitar teacher and fine a...
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening
Friday 18 July 2025
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening explore the connecting threads of music, landscape and people. Songs range from themes of freedom, nature and venture...
Maya Hawke
Saturday 19 July 2025
The daughter of Hollywood actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, New York folk singer, model and actress Maya Hawke gained recognition for starring as Robin Buckley in the Netflix series Stranger Things She has also appeared in the films Onc...
Ellysse Mason
Saturday 19 July 2025
For fans of The 1975, Phoebe Bridgers, and Sam Fender, on the surface, Manchester's Ellysse Mason is an alt pop artist, but her songwriting drags the likes of Joni Mitchell into the modern era, stopping for a bite of the 80's along the way....
Jade Bird
Sunday 20 July 2025
Jade Bird is a British singer, songwriter and musician. She first started playing the guitar and writing songs when she was 12 and later graduated from the BRIT School in Croydon in 2016. She released her debut EP Something American in July...
Joshua Burnside
Thursday 24 July 2025
Joshua Burnside is an experimental folk songwriter, singer and producer. He takes influence from alternative electronica and Irish folk, chopping and blending them with a mixture of found sounds, world music and unorthodox production method...
The Lancashire Hotpots
Saturday 26 July 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...
Fanny Lumsden
Tuesday 12 August 2025
ARIA and 8x Golden Guitar winning Australian country singer Fanny Lumsden has established herself as "one of the one of the genre's most esteemed performers" (The Australian). She incorporates elements such as guitar-based indie-pop into h...
The Ultimate Irish Hooley
Saturday 16 August 2025
Join Ireland's No.1 Folk 'n' Roll band Keltic Storm and an all-star cast of award winning musicians and singers for "The Ultimate Irish Hooley" direct from the Emerald Isle performing iconic Irish songs and party anthems from legendary acts...
Greg Mendez
Tuesday 19 August 2025
Greg Mendez has released music in various capacities across 15 years living in Philadelphia and New York, but his self-titled album was what propelled him to a wider attention, a critical breakthrough on best-of lists from Rolling Stone, Pi...
Cass McCombs
Thursday 21 August 2025
The Californian musician is a transient storyteller interested in words, music and dreams. Balancing emotional richness, awareness, and wry demeanor in his lyrics, Cass McCombs negotiates styles including Americana, Baroque pop, psychedelia...
Riverdance
Saturday 23 - Wednesday 27 August 2025
Since Riverdance first emerged onto the world stage, its fusion of Irish and international dance and music has captured the hearts of millions worldwide. The Grammy award-winning music and the infectious energy of its mesmerising choreograp...
Hannah Frances
Saturday 23 August 2025
Now Wave presents Hannah Frances at The Castle Hotel on 23rd August 2025...
King Creosote
Sunday 24 August 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...
The White Buffalo
Wednesday 27 August 2025
As real and honest as they come, Oregon alt folk and country baritone The White Buffalo, aka songwriter Jake Smith, found fame in the Sons Of Anarchy. He delves into various aspects of history through the 19th and early 20th century through...
Hayden Pedigo
Thursday 28 August 2025
Texan avant-garde musician, politician, performance artist, and model Hayden Pedigo is man, myth, master of disguise; un-picker, finger-picker, absurdist, perfectionist. An innovative instrumental artist from Amarillo, Texas, known for his...
The Lancashire Hotpots
Friday 29 August 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...
The Illegal Eagles - Eagles Tribute Band
Saturday 30 August 2025
Celebrating the music of the legendary West Coast Country Rock band, The Illegal Eagles return for another outstanding show promising more of their trademark musical prowess, acute attention to detail and incredible showmanship. This cri...
Lily Seabird
Monday 1 September 2025
Since 2023, Lily Seabird?s life has been in perpetual motion, spending nearly half of that time on the road performing her own music and as a touring bassist. While she thrives in transit, back home she is anchored by ?Trash Mountain?, a pi...
Bob Log III
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Tucson, AZ-based blues-punk primitive Bob Log III first surfaced a member of the art-noise group Mondo Guano, later serving as one half of the duo Doo Rag. Wearing his now-trademark motorcycle helmet onstage for protection from crowds, he p...
Cinder Well
Thursday 4 September 2025
Amelia Baker's experimental folk project Cinder Well drift between two far-flung seas: the hazy California coast where she grew up, and the wind-torn swells of Western Ireland that she's come to love. Cinder Well's doom folk sound includes...
