The week's live pick from Team Freshnet's Manchester correspondent Now I know I normally bring you a weekday recommendation of a weekend gig in Manchester, but this time flip things around and give a weekend recommendation of a weekday show you should head to. I reckon some of you will already have had the pleasure of knowing who Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer is, but…
Read MoreThis weekend's live pick from Team Freshnet's Manchester correspondent My recommended gig for last week was unfortunately cancelled, so I’m hoping for Manchester’s sake that the same doesn’t happen to this week’s choice. It’s been a while since Chew Lips have been up this neck of the woods and I was rather gutted to see that at last week’s London gig they had support from…
Read MoreThis weekend's live pick from Team Freshnet's Manchester correspondent Well here I am looking for another gig to recommend if you're at a loose end in Manchester this weekend, and to be honest, there's not that much to choose from. Well that was until I stumbled across some bloke called Rough Fields playing at one of my favourite local venues, The Castle Hotel. (more…)
Read MoreNormally I would use this space to tell you about a gig that I’d recommend for the weekend in my city of Manchester, but with this month being a bit shy on shows I thought I’d give you a video to watch of a band I managed to miss a few weeks back. Gutted. (more…)
Read MoreThis weekend's live pick from Team Freshnet's Manchester correspondent - Tom Williams & The Boat- The Deaf Institute (Friday 8th June) In my recent years of putting together Manchester gig guides I’ve found that June is always rather light on live music events. The reason for this? Well more than likely everyone is gearing up for the summer of music festivals. I’ve even heard on…
Read MoreThis weekend's live pick from Team Freshnet's Manchester correspondent This week’s tip for the Jubilee weekend in Manchester is the British Wildlife All-Dayer that will be happening on Sunday (3rd June) at Manchester’s well established Night & Day Café. The place has been going now for 20 odd years, and believe it or not, only recently had beer on tap made available. Anyway, to the…
Read MoreThis weekend's live pick from Team Freshnet's Manchester correspondent This week’s under the radar gig in Manchester is taking place in another small venue (the best type), which is not really a venue. Kraak is a small, in fact very small event space that is tucked away up a cobbled ginnel in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. This Saturday (26th) will see Oxford’s Jonquil take their place in…
Read MoreThis weekend's live pick from Team Freshnet's Manchester correspondent As I said in last week’s recommendation Soup Kitchen seem to have their finger on the pulse of some good stuff at the moment, so once again I find myself choosing a gig they are hosting as my tip for the weekend. And by pure coincidence, which I have only just realised, the chosen act is…
Read MoreHere's my first recommendation of where to take a punt on a relatively new act if you’re at a loose end this weekend in Manchester. It seems lately that new venues are popping up every week in Manchester - and Soup Kitchen seems to be finding some great bands of late. This Sunday will see Brooklyn’s My Best Fiend take to the stage in this…
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