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Knead To Know: Farrow and Friends Promotions 🌞

2nd Jul 20213rd Jul 2021artist, bread, knead to know, live, local scene, new music, open micLeave a Comment

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! ☀️

1st Jul 2021artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, michael webster, open micLeave a Comment

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! 🍞

24th Jun 2021artist, bread, gigs, livestream, local scene, michael webster, open mic, videoLeave a Comment

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! 🍞

23rd May 2021artist, bread, fresh batch, gigs, livestream, local scene, new music, videoLeave a Comment

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! 🍞

23rd May 2021artist, bread, fresh batch, gigs, livestream, local scene, new music, videoLeave a Comment

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

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!” 🍞

Best Independent Record Label FINALISTS! ✊

21st May 202121st May 2021adam carpenter, anyone's ghost, artist, bread, livestream, local scene, michael webster, new music, olivia browseLeave a Comment

how amazing were the North West Music Awards from Red Spot Events the other night?! 🤟 sadly, we didn’t win, but to even be finalists alongside Jacaranda Records and Sour Grapes Records was absolutely insane. they’re doing some absolutely incredible work and we’re in awe to have even have been nominated. Congrats to Jacaranda Records for winning!! 😊

another big shout is to MILLICENT for winning best music video, James Holt for winning best solo artist and Waterloo Music Bar Blackpool for winning best venue! there was SO much talent nominated and we’d have loved to have seen everyone win, but that’s just the way it goes! 🖤

we just wanna say a huge thank you to Olivia Browse Adam Carpenter Music and Anyone’s Ghost – this isn’t possible without you guys, and running this label is a blessing to know all of you amazing people and help put your music out. I’ve been doing this on my own for a long time and it’s really awesome to see that the work I’ve been doing has been recognised like this. 🥰

a final thank you is to everyone who’s come to a gig, bought a piece of merch, listened to any of our music – you guys who support us really keep us going. this is the reason why I keep on at all of this, it’s often quite a hard thing to do, but the support of the community keeps me going. I try to keep the label and my own music a lil bit separate, but thank you all – a brief word from michael webster 🍞

North West Music Awards tonight! 🤘

19th May 2021artist, bread, gigs, livestream, local scene, new music, videoLeave a Comment

the North West Music Awards is TONIGHT with Red Spot Events livestreaming the awards direct from Gorilla!

we can not wait to find out the results – even being nominated for this was such an honour and all of your support to get us to being finalists was absolutely incredible.

from 7:30pm they’ll be going live at www.mixcloud/live/NorthWestMusicAwards with all the award announcements, and music from the fantastic Jessica Luise Music Dolphin Centre George Farmer and plenty more. make sure you tune in!!

The return of our open mics! ☀️

18th May 202122nd May 2021bread, gigs, live, local scene, new music, open micLeave a Comment

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! 🍞

12th May 202112th May 2021artist, bread, fresh batch, gigs, livestream, local scene, new music, videoLeave a Comment

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! 🤘

9th May 2021artist, bread, fresh batch, gigs, livestream, local scene, new music, videoLeave a Comment

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!