NOW WAVE PRESENTS HOT TAKE:

Holly Head

Wehmut

Tombola

A brand new monthly night from promoters Now Wave, bringing you the freshest new sounds from Manchester.

This is an 18+ event.

Now Wave

Holly Head, Wehmut + Tombola

Gigs

Manchester

YES Basement

NOW WAVE PRESENTS… MOOD SWINGS - TOP VIBE FOR 25

Yuuf

Plus44kaligula

\+ more TBA

Listen/follow: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xwcfvP79bSCvPcQU9Gjbj

Yuuf, Sunken + Memory Of Jane 

Yuuf

Memory of Jane

Sunken

NOW WAVE PRESENTS… MOOD SWINGS - TOP VIBE FOR 25

KuleeAngee

\+ more TBA

Listen/follow: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xwcfvP79bSCvPcQU9Gjbj

YAANG, Kuleeangee + Plus44kaligula

KuleeAngee

YAANG

plus44kaligula

NOW WAVE PRESENTS HOT TAKE:

Samxemma

Phia Sky

Peace Talks

A brand new monthly night from promoters Now Wave, bringing you the freshest new sounds from Manchester.

This is an 18+ event

HOT TAKE: Samxemma, Phia Sky + Peace Talks

Samxemma

Phia Sky

Peace Talks

NOW WAVE PRESENTS HOT TAKE:

Hungry

Mleko

Whtvrmns

A brand new monthly night from promoters Now Wave, bringing you the freshest new sounds from Manchester.

HOT TAKE: Hungry, Mleko, Whtvrmns

Hungry

Mleko

Whtvrmns

Taylor Skye DJ Set (Jockstrap) 

Tyler Skye

Now Wave presents

E L U C I D  
YES BASEMENT

E L U C I D

Cold Gawd is the flag under which California-based multi-instrumentalist Matt Wainwright creates stormy, wounded shoegaze music born of open tunings and R&B melodies. Inspired by these sounds, Cold Gawd presents a refined, modernized take on the genre.

Wainwright cites the thematic common ground between shoegaze and R&B as a central muse, both obsessively fixated on love, lust, and longing, in forms alternately grandiose and minor key.

Grey Lantern

Cold Gawd / Soft Blue Shimmer

Cold Gawd - Sweet Jesus Wept Shit

Soft Blue Shimmer

Cold Gawd

AK/DK

Morphology

SJM Concerts Presents

Ruthven

\+ Support

SJM Concerts

Rough Trade

Ruthven

The None

THE NONE

The dynamic trio from Lisbon, comprising João (guitar), Tomás (bass), and Halison (drum + vox), make their Manchester debut having made a significant impact on the Portuguese music scene with their energetic performances that blend dance culture with heavy-hook songcraft.

Drawing inspiration from repetition/minimalism-centered styles such as Krautrock and Industrial Techno, MAQUINA. fearlessly explores the boundaries of these genres by incorporating elements of rock and electronic music into their distinctive sound.

Support comes from YOBS.

Maquina / YOBS

MAQUINA. - denial

YOBS

Maquina

NOW WAVE PRESENTS MOOD SWINGS:

Josephine Illingworth, No Windows & Robber Robber

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MOOD SWINGS:  Josephine Illingworth, No Windows & Robber Robber

Josephine Illingworth

No Windows

Robber Robber

Communion ONE presents:

Luke Sital-Singh

“Fool’s Spring is a short period of time at the end of winter when the temperature warms temporarily making one believe spring is here only for the winter weather to return again.

The poetry of thinking a dark time is over only for it to return is something that resonates with the theme of the new album.

This album is my most impressionistic and non narrative of all my albums to date. As a songwriter i have moved away from writing songs about very specific things and now enjoy writing whatever comes to mind and letting it flow subconsciously. Therefore it’s not easy to describe what all the songs are about in a clear way.

With that said Fool’s Spring was written over a few very dark years in my life as my wife and I struggled with infertility, which culminated in a move back to the UK from LA (somewhere we loved very much) and has ended positively with a successful cycle of IVF and our first baby due in the summer.

There are some songs that speak more specifically to the struggles and emotions during that time and in more general the mood of the album is a direct response to that pain. To me this is the ‘happiest’ sounding record i have ever made. There is an upbeat mood that permeates the whole thing, despite the few sadder songs.

I think I chose to go this way because I was in such a dark place I had no interest in writing sad somber music. I wanted an escape from feeling down and was drawn to more groovy drum beats and bass parts that were the catalyst for a lot of the songs.”

Communion ONE

Luke Sital-Singh

Luke Sital-Singh - Killing Me

Being Dead

Treeland

This is event is 14+ under 18’s to be accompanied by a parent or guardian

re6ce

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 methods.

Following an award-winning debut album and an acclaimed follow-up released during the height of the global pandemic, his music lives against the grain, in both style and spirit. Raised in the north of Ireland between the lush drumlins and hills of Strangford Lough, and the narrow entries and alleyways of East Belfast, Joshua’s music has defined and defied the post-conflict society of his home.

Taking in the economics of existence, family, trauma and renewal, while set against a backdrop of tense electronica and lush Irish folk and traditional songwriting, Joshua has entrenched himself within the fabric of the modern folk canon, alongside the likes of Bon Iver, Ben Howard and Sufjan Stevens.

While his award-winning first album Ephrata took in lush landscapes, technological horrors, night terrors and wistful Columbian vistas (set against a bed of Irish folk, cumbia rhythms, and electronica), his critically acclaimed second Into The Depths Of Hell, took a far darker approach.

His third album, Teeth Of Time, sits comfortably and confrontationally between the alt-folk realms of Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens while retaining the indie singer-songwriter and traditional folk elements of Josh’s signature songwriting.

Hey! Manchester

Joshua Burnside

Whiskey Whiskey

the Event Organiser, AEG Presents

Rose Gray

Rose Gray - Last Song

Faux Real

Boss Sweet

Faux Real - Kindred Spirit

WHY? 

Siren 042

WHY? - The Vowels, Pt. 2

WHY?

Holly Macve

Holly Macve - Suburban House

okgiorgio (Live)

okgiorgio

Esme Emerson

Action! Presents

James And The Cold Gun

\+ Support

Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro Live Limited

James And The Cold Gun

Strange Days presents MIEN live in Manchester

Strange Days

MIEN

MIEN - Odessey

Cerys Hafana is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who mangles, mutates, and transforms traditional music. She explores the creative possibilities and unique qualities of the triple harp, and is also interested in found sounds, archival materials and electronic processing. She comes from Machynlleth, Wales, where rivers and roads meet on the way to the sea.

Cerys has won over audiences from Green Man to the Eisteddfod and from BBC 6 Music Festival to Celtic Connections with her magical, progressive sound. Edyf, her second album, drew inspiration from material found in the Welsh National Library’s online archive, including fragments of Psalm tunes, hymns about doomsday and philosophical musings on the length of eternity, along with some original compositions, and was selected as one of The Guardian’s Top Ten folk albums of 2022. Cerys’ latest EP, The Bitter, released earlier in 2024 is an innovative exploration of some dark English and Scottish ballads.

The Beauty Witch

Cerys Hafana / Lili Holland-Fricke 

Bwthyn Fy Nain / Tŷ Bach Twt

Cerys Hafana

Lili Holland-Fricke

FORM

FORM Presents

Vraell

Amelia Coburn is darkness and light. Her acclaimed debut album Between The Moon And the Milkman, produced by Bill Ryder-Jones, showcases her as a truly singular voice in the world of music.

Unbound by one mood or modern trends she pairs daring but instantly memorable melodies with unusual chord movements and exquisite arrangements. Populated by the people and places she has encountered on her global travels and in the darker corners of literature and art Amelia views her songs as a soundtrack to her stream-of-consciousness, ‘opening up new paths, new clearings and new valleys with every listen’.

Her distinctive, crystal-cut vocal delivery and expressive stage persona has captivated audiences far and wide. Whether headlining sell-out solo tours or sharing the stage with esteemed acts as diverse as Saint Saviour, The Trials of Cato, or the late Steve Harley, her ‘beguiling stage presence’ continues to earn her fans from across the musical spectrum.

Having graced stages both as a solo artist and, more recently and increasingly, with a full band, Coburn’s magnetic performances never fail to earn her new fans. A finalist in the BBC Young Folk Awards, she continues to impress and grow at a grassroots and industry level.

Amelia returns to touring in 2025 opening for Jim Moray on his UK tour and for four dates with indie-folk legends The Levellers, as well as a headline tour in May and June where she will give glimpses of new material that may make up her second album.

YES Basement

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