Soup Kitchen
Space Dimension Controller
Soup Kitchen are honoured to be hosting the Manchester leg of Mr. 8040‘s UK tour. Descending from the outer reaches of Tiraquon Six the Space Dimension Controller will take the helm from start to finish, covering multiple light year’s of accumulated sounds in one amazing night.
11pm – 4am / £7 adv / £10 otd / BUY TICKETS
Soup Kitchen / 31-33 Spear Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1DF
Matt & Phreds
Franny Eubank’s The Blues
Franny Eubank, the UK’s finest blues singer and harmonica player returns to Matt & Phreds. Manchester’s one-man blues explosion, Franny plays Harmonica and sings the original Chicago Blues, delivering knockout performances with his band and winning the admiration and acclaim of audiences and musicians alike. Fuelled by the blues of Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson and fired by the Devil himself, Franny’s Harmonica and deep, soulful vocals have set crowds dancing and rooms alight with a blue flame night after night after night. Be sure to book a table to get the best seats as Franny’s gigs sell out!
9.30pm – 1am / £5 / FREE entry (standing) for NQCard holder
Matt & Phreds / 64 Tib Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1LW
Mint Lounge
Top Of The Pops’ Easter special with Ping Pong Club / Loz Newy
Top Of The Pops keeps up with the Friday night tradition of providing a fantastic selection of music at Mint Lounge to kick start your weekend, with their resident DJs playing 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 / £3 / GET TICKETS / Queue jump & FREE entry for NQCard holder & a guest
Mint Lounge / 46-50 Oldham Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1LE
The Castle Hotel
DHP presents A Plastic Rose / Vukovi / Lyger
After the critical acclaim of their debut album ‘Camera.Shutter.Life‘ and phenomenal live reviews it seems there’s no stopping A Plastic Rose. Having recently relocated to Nottingham, the band are keen to prove their commitment and desire to inject the music they make into the arms of the masses and prove they are a force to be reckoned with on any live circuit. Tonight that live circuit brings them to Manchester and more specifically to The Castle Hotel where they are supported by Vukovi and Lyger.
7.30pm / £6
The Castle Hotel / 66 Oldham Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1LE
Kraak
Buoys / Groves / Tribal Fighters
Norwich based BUOYS is the product of ex Fever Fever and The Brownies members, and perhaps the city’s best kept secret. Their sound is difficult to pin point; think alt-rock with hints of Riot Girl, but tonight at Kraak you can decide for yourself as they rock up at Kraak with support from Groves and Tribal Fighters, plus the Party Hard DJs.
11pm – 4am / £4 otd
Kraak / 11 Stevenson Square / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1DB
Kraak
Black Bee Soul Club
Black Bee Soul Club presents a night of the finest up-tempo Northern Soul in the heart of Manchester’s city centre. Taking inspiration from the basement clubs of the 60′s and 70′s, Black Bee can be found in Kraak, if you can find it, which boasts a full wooden dance floor and a huge sound system. So whether you’re a young soul or forever young soul get on your best shoes and prepare for a night of frantic dancin’. Tonight’s soulsters are Paul Hicks and Jimmy Cowburn alongside some of the Black Bee residents Paul Bailey, Michael Davies and Sam McEwen.
11pm – 4am / £3 adv / £5 otd / BUY TICKETS
Kraak / 11 Stevenson Square / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1DB
The Ruby Lounge
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown / Lifecycle / Trojan Horse
With a resurgence rising through insanely great performances, hard work and musical passion, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown has announced his first set of UK dates for 2014 after showing the world that he is still one of the best around, 45 years after number one hit single ‘Fire’ was released in 1968. Arthur’s history includes headlining Glastonbury Festival with his band Kingdom Come in 1971, being covered by the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, The Who and The Prodigy, being cited as a major influence on Peter Gabriel, Bruce Dickenson and Alice Cooper, being the first ever artist to use a drum machine in his live show and being recently awarded ‘Showman of the Year‘ by Classic Rock magazine. Catch him perform tonight alongside support from Lifecycle and Trojan Horse.
7.30pm / £15
Ruby Lounge / 28-34 High Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1QB
The Ruby Lounge
Dusk Till Dawn
On the 3rd Friday of the month The Ruby Lounge will rock to the sounds of Dusk Till Dawn, with a soundtrack of classic sleaze and hard rock with a twist of punk and metal. Along the way there will be prizes given away, themed nights and a whole lot of tequila! With the Dusk Till Dawn DJ’s DJ Michael Angelo Castillo (Voodoo Rock / Project Mayhem-London) bringing the hard rock and metal while DJ Nuno Affuso will provide the classic rock, punk and sleaze alongside Lexi Lowlife (Postmortem / Shock – Manchester).
11pm / £4 NUS / £5
Ruby Lounge / 28-34 High Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1QB
Night & Day
Lucius / Blossoms
LUCIUS // Blossoms
Lucius is the name given to the band fronted by the irresistible partnership that exists between Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig: two Brooklyn girls who aren’t twins, but listening to their soaring harmonies you would be forgiven for thinking they were. Vocally they are inseparable and together they produce impeccable harmonies that are truly unique. Mining a deep seam of eccentric New York musical tropes, they marry a Brooklyn wit-sharp ear for pop melodies to girl group vocal harmonies with percussive post-punk power, like the Shirelles singing at CBGBs with Talking Heads and Television. The tail end of 2013 saw the release of their debut album ‘Wildewoman‘ in the US. They are now set to release ‘Wildewoman’ in the UK along with an accompanying string of tour dates which is why they are in Manchester tonight along with their support Blossoms.
8pm – 2am / £5 adv / £7 otd
Night & Day Cafe / 26 Oldham Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1JN
Kosmonaut
Frontier Fridays
Frontier Fridays has an eclectic DJ roster, pioneering new sounds and legendary party classics too and apparently is now “Officially the place to welcome in the weekend”! Dance Lady Dance, Damien (Club Clique), Jon (Now Wave) and Frameworks will play on rotation. For more details and the schedule head over here.
8pm – 1am / FREE
Kosmonaut / 10 Tariff Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 2FF
Twenty Twenty Two
Boombox with David Dunne / Andy Daniels
There’s something new for Friday night at the new Twenty Twenty Two as they introduce us to Boombox! Every Friday they have David Dunne & Andy Daniels on the decks bringing a night of 90?s Beats, Jams & Rhythms. Their new, dedicated Ping Pong room is open to play a bit of wiff waff all night long. Doors open at 4pm with DJs on from 9p and it’s FREE ENTRY!
4pm – 3am / FREE
2022NQ / 20-22 Dale Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M1 1EZ
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
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
Bay Horse Pub
Free Gig Friday
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 features Chantelle Elliott and Muttley Acoustic. The 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
Well Future with John Powell-Jones
With a stronger emphasis on the music you hear Well Future at Common brings us a whole host of harmonious guests. Musical confidants, past, present and future. Tonight taking to the decks is John Powell-Jones.
9pm-2am / FREE before 10pm / £2 after
Common/ 39-41 Edge Street / Northern Quarter / Manchester / M4 1HW
Odd Bar
Odd Weekends
Two floors to choose from with a DJ apiece. That’s what’s normally going on at Odd, so expect something like that tonight. Will definitely be good music, inebriating drinks of the highest order and fine company. What more could you possibly need on a Friday night?
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
A host and 3 comics is the usual order of the day 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