25/08/2026
We've got so much incredible music coming up ,
every Wednesday! Join us from 8pm, £10 or £7 for students.
TICKETS: £10 or £7 for students.
Pay on the door, or alternatively get advance tickets by emailing [email protected] or messaging us here.
Doors 8pm, music 8.30pm.
26th August / Moore and Fairhall + Resonant Bodies
Violinist Olivia Moore (Unfurl) and accordionist Adam Fairhall bringing a unique and poetic mix of Indian Ragas, American Folk and jazz; lyrical, passionate, and highly rhythmic
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Resonant Bodies (Rob Bentall - Nykellharpa, and Zebedee Budworth - Hammered Dulcimer), founder members of Emergence Collective, bring music that reimagines their medieval instruments through improvisation, ranging from calm to chaotic, incantatory and mesmerising.
2nd September / John Pope Quintet
Explosive, anything-goes music from inspiring bass player John Pope and a compelling quintet drawing on 60s free jazz and hard bop with a modern ‘vibe-hopping’ sensibility. Beautiful and fiery music, teetering splendidly on the edge. With Jamie Stockbidge (alto sax), Faye MacCalman (tenor sax, clarinet), Graham Hardy (trumpet), Johnny Hunter (drums).
9th September / DOX
Restlessly inventive and vibrant new music fusing modular electronics, saxophone and improvisation into fractured ambient landscapes and glitch-infused grooves from Swiss keyboardist Oli Kuster, UK saxophonist Dee Byrne and Swiss drummer Xavier Kaeser.
16th September / Angle Shades
An inventive and exploratory piano trio comprising three of most in-demand players on the Manchester creative scene, Richard Jones (piano), Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley (bass), and Johnny Hunter (drums); a piano trio with a truly distinctive identity, visiting us following the release of their second album on Efpi records ‘Twirler’.
23rd September / J.A.M. String Collective
A mix of adventurous jazz improvisation, contemporary classical and grooves, J.A.M. String Collective bring a distinctive sound to the improvisational string world. Jan Halen (violin), Julia dos Reis (viola) and Miranda Lewis-Brown (cello); dramatic and virtuosic melodies and expansive cinematic improvisations, punctuated by a rich percussive palette of looped beats.
30th September / in//motion
Spellbinding music from one of the most exciting bands emerging on the UK scene right now, joining us as they release their debut album, and led by one of the most distinctive saxophonists around, Luke Chakrabarti, in//motion effortlessly mix contemporary jazz improvisation with the sounds of folk and post-rock, and influences ranging from Brian Blade’s fellowship band to Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
7th October / Rory Green
Beautiful atmospheric music full of layered sounds and infectious rhythms; Ghanaian-English guitarist Rory Green (classical guitar/electronics) joins us following appearances at Lancaster Jazz Festival and Manchester Jazz Festival; meditative and subtly emotive soundscapes, artfully combining sensitively played acoustic instruments with electronic synthesis, with Zac Hemming (drums/percussion) and Rachael Green (soprano saxophone).
