2013-09-25

2022NQ

Selective Hearing x Coded Rhythm with Loefah

Selective Hearing head back to Manchester and team up with one of the cities hottest new promoters, Coded Rhythm, to bring us a one off party at 2022NQ. To headline the show they have one of the most formidable and respected selectors out there. A man who helped create todays take on bass music, and shift the emphasis from dubstep, to some other un-earthly sound, nestling somewhere between house, techno & bass music, none other than the King of the Swamp, Londons finest, Loefah, playing a special extended set. Support on the night comes from a plethora of musical minded residents from Selective Hearing & Coded Rhythm and live visuals from Bones.

4pm – late / £8 adv / £10 otd / GET TICKETS
2022NQ / 20-22 Dale Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1EZ

The Ruby Lounge

BBC Manchester Introducing Live presents Goma / Lisa Ella / Red Sky Noise

Every 3 months, on the last Friday of the month, BBC Manchester Introducing Live presents a clutch of the finest new bands from hereabouts live on stage with a DJ soundtrack brought to you from BBC Manchester Introducing’s Natalie-Eve Williams and Michelle Hussey. Tonight gracing the stage are Goma featuring One-Da, Crown, Jon Kenzie, Bedos, Pops Roberts, Kija and Draks, Lisa Ella and Red Sky Noise. As always these shows are FREE ENTRY folks so roll up early to avoid disappointment!
7.30pm / FREE
Ruby Lounge / 28-34 High Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1QB

The Ruby Lounge

Holy Circus

Roll up to the Ruby Lounge on the last Friday of the month and clown around with Manchester’s newest congregation of music lovers at the Holy Circus. Terrible dancing is encouraged as they preach the gospel of good music from the 60′s to the present day with the best indie, lo-fi, rock, garage, soul, reggae, alt, psych & 60′s your ears could ever hope to hear.
11pm – late / £3 adv / £4 / GET TICKETS
Ruby Lounge / 28-34 High Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1QB

Dry Live

The Big Indie Showcase #18

New Revolution return to Dry Live for the 18th iteration of their Big Indie Showcase #18 which is exactly what the title would suggest. It’s big; 5 bands, it’s indie; all playing indie music, and it’s a showcase! Tonight on the bill they have headliners The Outreach Project who will be ably supported by Shooting Pigeons, I Set The Sea On Fire, Factory Acts & Phantomz.
6.30pm – 10.30pm / £5 / GET TICKETS
Dry + Dry Live / 28- 30 Oldham Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1JN

Soup Kitchen

Wave Pictures

Last year, The Wave Pictures spent six weeks driving around America in a small van on tour with Allo Darlin‘. The result of this trip is their fifth studio album – the double album ‘City Forgiveness‘, which is due for release by Moshi Moshi on 21 October. Ahead of the album’s release The Wave Pictures hit the road for an extensive UK tour with with tonight’s show at Soup Kitchen part of that very tour.

Basement ~ 7.30pm – 10.30m / £8.50
Soup Kitchen / 31-33 Spear Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1DF

Soup Kitchen

Lost Control with Youngstar / Madam X

Lost Control put on a grime special at their favourite rave cave; Soup Kitchen. Returning for the new term with a Manchester debut for Youngstar, the grime innovator and master of the off beat basslines. Also on support duties they have rising star Madam X to round things up and residents BLACK, No Face, Kassem bringing a soundtrack of future-garage, house, techno, grime and acid.

Basement ~ 10pm – 4am / £4 adv / £5 otd / GET TICKETS
Soup Kitchen / 31-33 Spear Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1DF

NoHo

Friday at NoHo

The Northern Quarter’s “Hippest Boogie Den”, NoHo‘s resident DJs crank up the beats and unleash the classics onto the floor of revellers before them. From high in the DJ control deck he witnesses the shapes, the struts and the boogies as he plays out 80?s soul, funk, disco, rare groove & boogie. You will be moved and if you need to reserve an area or a table so you have your own personal spot then get in touch with the bar.

5pm – 3am / FREE
NoHo / Corner Stevenson Square & Spear Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1FB

Band On The Wall

MusiConnex Live Showcase with Timotha Lanae / Judith Nicholas & more

MusicConnex Live Showcase is the ultimate new soul music event where you can hear some of the hottest new talent live and with a full band. These 5 acts have all been handpicked and are the one’s to watch for 2013, and you could be amongst the first to get the this rare opportunity to see them first. MusicConnex is all about supporting independent Artists to build their career so please join them to support these incredibly talented performers for a wonderful night of live music. Hosts tonight are DJs Colin Curtis and Jon Mansfield with the artists Timotha Lanae, Judith Nicholas, Ann-Marie Lattaille, Kadice and Charlene all performing.

7.30pm / from £6 earlybird
Band On The Wall / 25 Swan Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester

Band On The Wall

Soul:ution featuring Grooverider (2 hr 90′s headz/ blue note set) / dub phizix & more

Soul:ution is back at Band On The Wall and tonight they have a very special guest who really needs no introduction; Grooverider. If you’ve not heard of Grooverider then this may not be they show for you! The Soul:ution crew are very proud to welcome him back to play 2 hours of classics. Just imagine his record bag full of foundation material and forgotten dubplates. He’ll be joined by Dub Phizix (Soul:R / Exit / Critcal), Marcus Intalex (Soul:R / Revolve:R / Metalheadz), Bane (Re:Alignment / Eastern Bloc) and  MC Strategy (Estate Recordings / Broke’N'£nglish).

11pm – 3am / £10 adv / £12 otd / GET TICKETS
Band On The Wall / 25 Swan Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester

Night & Day

Stephen Kellogg / Sam Bradley

American singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg will be visiting Manchester’s Night & Day for a special show with Sam Bradley providing the support.

7.30pm / £8 adv
Night & Day Cafe / 26 Oldham Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1JN

Matt & Phreds

Paul Edis Sextet

Led by a “brilliant young pianist” (Alyn Shipton, The Guardian) the Paul Edis Sextet is steeped in the straight-ahead tradition, but with an original and contemporary edge. Their debut album ‘There Will Be Time‘ was voted 3rd best album of 2012 (Alyn Shipton, Jazzwise). With a front line of Trumpet, Tenor Sax and Trombone, the sound is reminiscent of the great Art Blakey ensemble, but if this is music that has its roots in the 1960′s, its blossoms are absolutely of today! With some intricate arrangements, solid grooves and exquisite melodies, this group has wowed audiences and critics alike with their performances to date and are sure to do the same here tonight at Matt & Phred’s.
9.30pm – 1am / £5
Matt & Phreds / 64 Tib Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1LW

Mint Lounge

Top Of The Pops ’13 with Christopher Dresden Styles (Pop Curious?) / Gus Gorman

Started on the 11th of January, there is a new look to Friday nights at Mint Lounge right here in the heart of the Northern Quarter on Oldham Street with the start of Top Of The Pops. Following in the footsteps of Pop ‘Til You Drop, Top Of The Pops will be keeping with the tradition of providing a fantastic selection of music to kick start your weekend with their resident DJs play an “explosive extravaganza” of dance floor gems, long lasting classics & party starters “guaranteed to make you dance yourself ditzy”

“From Beyonce to Blondie, to The Killers & Jackson’s Thriller with healthy measures of guilty pleasures…we love the nightlife!”

10.30pm – 3.30am / £2 / GET TICKETS
Mint Lounge / 46-50 Oldham Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1LE

Kraak

The John Langan Band

Head to Kraak for a night of rowdy Celtic, Balkan and Gypsy Swing from The John Langan Band & dirty stomping Blues from John Fairhurst. High energy, unhinged, and musically extravagant, The John Langan Band take traditional acoustic idioms and deliver them with punk abandonment and virtuosic flare. A dynamic three piece offering a unique sound emerging from Celtic, Gypsy Swing, Roma and Flamenco and tuned in savvy. Wrapping pan european traditional acoustic music with infectious grooves, epic, pounding, sing along, punch the air anthems to intricately arranged instrumentals whilst Wigan native Fairhurst is “Possibly the finest guitarist you will ever see” (Chris Long – BBC Manchester- Live Review)

9pm  / £5
Kraak / 11 Stevenson Square / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1DB

Dry Bar / Dry Live

Good Times

Friday night is changing for the better at Dry Bar as they bring us good times at Good Vibes, a mix of funk, disco, soul, indie, R’n'B, house, pop and dance. If it gets you singing and dancing then it’s getting played! Good vibes indeed!
9pm – 4am / FREE
Dry Bar / 28- 30 Oldham Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1JN

2022NQ

After Work Social

There’s something new for Friday night at 2022NQ as they introduce us to the After Work Social, a get together for makers and creators, a place where you can eat, drink, mingle & play with like minded people. Enjoy the selection of draught, craft and Belgium beers alongside a fine selection of wines, spirits and their very own Urban Picnic. They also have free ping pong, a place to hang your art and they will even let you choose the music!!
4pm – late / FREE
2022NQ / 20-22 Dale Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1EZ

Bay Horse Pub

Free Gig Friday with Ash Mountain / Thin Men

The Bay Horse Pub have decided that putting on a free gig every second Friday of every month just wasn’t enough and therefore EVERY FRIDAY should be known as “Free Gig Friday” from now on, and frankly that sounds like a fantastic idea to me. Free live music on a Friday night, unheard of! Tonight’s FGF is brought to us by Ash Mountain & Think MenThe show starts at 9pm and did we mention that it is FREE.
8pm-1am / FREE
The Bay Horse Pub / 35-37 Thomas Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1NA

Black Dog Ballroom

WhoSaidWhat?

Resident DJ Stuart Richards hosts WhoSaidWhat? every Friday at Black Dog NQ between 10pm and 4am. WhoSaidWhat? offers a night packed full of disco, funk and house with a few breaks along the way and even some hip hop and reggae to mix the night up a little.
9pm-4am / FREE before 11pm
Black Dog Ballroom / Corner Tib & Church Street/ Northern Quarter / Manchester, M4 1PW

Common

SMS Friday Takeover

After the success of last year’s PAN records night with the fantastic Bill Kouligas the SMS boys have finally pulled their fingers out of each other’s orifices to bring you another super killer evening of cutting edge music which Common are very excited to be hosting. This time the acts in question are Modern Love’s very own Rainer Veil and London’s new kid on the block Kit Grill. Be there or be kicking yourself in a few months time.
9pm-2am / FREE before 10pm / £2 after
Common/ 39-41 Edge Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1HW

Odd Bar

Ranen v Patrick Ryder (Piccadilly Records)

Piccadilly Records’ Patrick will be digging the crates to make a wonderful racket while you tuck into good booze in the downstairs bar. Upstairs, Ranen will be bringing musical bombs of house, disco, trap, hip hop and everything else to make your body dance and get filthy. Get on it. Free entry to both floors.
8pm – late / FREE
Odd Bar / 30-32 Thomas Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1ER

Trof

Melting Pot

Trof drops us into the Melting Pot for an evening of elevating sounds with smooth soul, disco, hip hop, rock ‘n’ roll, reggae and old skool just some of the genres getting in the mix. A lively set of ingredients for an even livelier night.
9pm – 3am / FREE
Trof / 8 Thomas Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1EU

The Frog & Bucket

Barrel Of Laughs

MC Danny McLoughlin presents Mickey D, Chris Turner & Chris Shanyaski for The Frog and Bucket‘s flagship Friday night show, Barrel of Laughs. The show goes on until 2am with one of the Frog’s resident DJ’s.
7pm / £16 / £8 Concessions
The Frog & Bucket / 102 Oldham Street /  Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1LJ

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