Cream of the Crop: THE RETURN! 🤘🤘🤘

we told you it was coming… 🥯

SO made up to be able to announce our first gig back at The Thirsty Scholar. you guys made our mid-lockdown ones last year so great, having to turn people away cause we ran out of seating space, and just a blooming lovely vibe in that whole chaotic year! 🥰

on the Saturday 7th August we’ll be returning with a stellar lineup, including Minervadaisy (with full band!) Scatterchild Harrison Rimmer Dr Fabola and our very own Olivia Browse and michael webster! 🤘 this is shaping up to be one of our best gigs yet. can’t wait for it!

make sure you come on down during the day, 1-5pm (love the daytime vibe!) to catch it all! 😊 find out more at our event Cream of the Crop: THE RETURN!🍞

(ps. covid restrictions should have calmed by this point, but if not, make sure you bring a mask, give space, and adhere to any guidelines in place!) 🎧



Final virtual open mic!

it’s going to be our final virtual open mic over in Bread Social this coming Thursday! 🤘 as always, hosted by our very own michael webster! don’t worry, it’s still Turtleneck Thursday…

we’ve had a lovely time over the past year hosting these, they’re been such a lush way for musicians to keep performing through lockdown but alas it must come to an end as next Tuesday (A WEEK TODAY!) we have our first open mic at the Grafton Arms ☀️

we can’t wait for this one, it’ll be weekly Tuesdays – find out more at Open Mic at The Grafton Arms!! 😊 there’ll be plenty of walk in slots, cheap and quality pints, food available to order and it’s all coming together nicely!

photo taken here by the fabulous Farrow Films & Photos at Royal Oak, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy (capturing our michael mid-angry strum) 🍞

Knead To Know: Farrow and Friends Promotions 🌞

Our feature for today’s Knead To Know is the fantastic Farrow & Friends Promotions 🤘 they host various open mics across Manchester and they’re a real cornerstone of the scene!

During the pandemic last year they hosted open mics over at Lions Den Bar Deansgate each Friday and provided a fantastic covid-secure environment for performers to keep going, with busy nights each week with some of Manchester’s finest artists and really kept the scene alive during a tough time! 🌞

They now host two open mics – the Friday one down at Lions Den as previously mentioned and also one on a Sunday at Royal Oak, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy 🤘 they have featured artists for each one, if you want to perform just drop them a message! 😊

This is all run by Laura Farrow who is a fantastic musician in her own right, she’s been on the scene for a good few years now and has plenty of lovely tunes available to listen to over on Spotify 👊 head over to https://open.spotify.com/artist/1zTTCcF9TkWOOoaQHpUkJ7 to find her EPs which are lovely listens 🥰

Definitely one to check out here and a top friend of the label – fantastic stuff so head down to a gig as soon as you can! 🍞

📸: Marc Gallagher

Open mic at the Grafton Arms! ☀️

we’re super super stoked to be able to announce our brand new open mic at the Grafton Arms!! ☀️

each Tuesday we’ll be down with our very own michael webster hosting – we’re doing around 7-11pm, walk in slots available so just turn up and play, or alternatively drop michael a message to reserve a slot! 🤘

this is gonna start up on the Tuesday 13th July – we’re sure that it’s going to be fantastic. make sure you get down! even more on the way as well 💫

covid restrictions apply – please bring your own microphones and instruments if possible, and ensure you have masks on you! find more information at our Facebook event Open Mic at The Grafton Arms! 🍞

Virtual open mic! 🍞

we’ve got our virtual open mic tonight over in our Bread Social group hosted by michael webster!! 🤘

starting up around 7pm, we’ve got a bunch of amazing musicians from the scene here in the North West playing and as always, it’s going to be a lovely one 🥰 can’t wait for this one.

make sure you tune in from 7pm to catch all the action and check out all the artists performing! there won’t be many of these left now that places are opening up again – we have plenty of plans come July for in-person stuff 🍞

📸: Olivia Browse

Fresh Batch: Matt Finn is tonight! 🍞

We’ll be live over on Facebook with Matt Finn tonight as part of our Fresh Batch livestream 🤘

We’re really looking forward to this one, Matt has played a whole bunch of our open mics over the pandemic and we had him on at our Cream of the Crop event a few years back! 😊 Check his music out over on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jNa8QyhuK50uJzqWEIXag 🎸🎸

Matt will be live from 8pm tonight make sure you don’t miss out on a lovely stream of great live music! Find out more at our Facebook event “Fresh Batch: Matt Finn!” 🍞

Fresh Batch: Matt Finn is tonight! 🍞

We’ll be live over on Facebook with Matt Finn tonight as part of our Fresh Batch livestream 🤘

We’re really looking forward to this one, Matt has played a whole bunch of our open mics over the pandemic and we had him on at our Cream of the Crop event a few years back! 😊 Check his music out over on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jNa8QyhuK50uJzqWEIXag 🎸🎸

Matt will be live from 8pm tonight make sure you don’t miss out on a lovely stream of great live music! Find out more at our Facebook event “Fresh Batch: Matt Finn!” 🍞

The return of our open mics! ☀️

it’s TIME! we’re back with our first real-life open mic of the year this coming Thursday from 5pm – 8pm! 🤟 (social distancing and covid rules apply!)

come on down, have a beer, play some tunes, listen to some amazing local artists and most importantly let’s just have a bunch of old school fun. 🖤

(ps, we’re also going to have some people livestreaming in our Bread Social group as per usual, for all those who can’t make it! that one will start straight afterwards at 8pm so keep an eye out for it 🥰)

// UPDATE // keep your eye out for more info on this – we’ll be back from next Thursday!

Fresh Batch: Matt Finn! 🍞

our next Fresh Batch livestream is on the Sunday 23rd of May with Matt Finn! 🤟

Matt’s played our virtual open mic every week for almost a year now and we can’t wait to catch him playing a full set for us! 😊 blending a singer-songwriter sound with 90s alternative influences, he’s able to bring plenty of covers and lovely originals to the table!

find his releases over at https://therealmattfinn.bandcamp.com/ – some lovely tunes on his EPs and well worth checking out! 🥳

make sure you keep this one free, gonna be a super lovely one 🥰 Sunday 23rd May at 8pm, over on Facebook! 🍞

Fresh Batch: Boxes is tonight! 🤘

this one is tonight!! 🤟

we’re live with Boxes from 8pm tonight on Facebook – they’ve just released their brand new single “Over” which is currently #1 in the iTunes Country charts! Fantastic tune 🥰

make sure you tune in on Facebook from 8pm today to catch them performing for us. we can’t wait for this one! head over to our event Fresh Batch: Boxes! to find out more! 🍞