Suisse banjo and drums/percussion pair Cyril Cyril come to York for the first time in January!

Hayden Thorpe is best known as the former frontman and chief songwriter for the much-loved band Wild Beasts. He returns to the stage with his beautifully singular third album Ness, made in collaboration with best-selling nature writer Robert Macfarlane.

We’re starting the year with a bang, celebrating 19 years of underground raves in the city! Joining us for our bass heavy shenanigans we have not 1, or 2, but 3 massive veteran artists making their York debut!

A mega cheap and extremely cheerful party to celebrate IVW25 with three of our faves. Plus Lasses On The Decks in the front bar!

Rowan Evans was born in Coventry. Since then, he moved to York and formed his band: Rowan and Friends. Their monthly sessions – crammed into the corner of the Golden Ball pub – quickly gained a cult status. His band is formed of long-time collaborators Ollie Howland, Adam Holmes, and Tom Gabbatiss, as well as new members Tom Burgess and Dan Lucas. They are all stalwarts of the York music scene, having played with scene favourites Bull, Perspex, and The Howl and The Hum.

Come make a TWO LAYER RISOGRAPHED BIG POSTER! Black Lodge Press will introduce some of their amaaaaazing posters and then you’re off-glue sticks in hand!!!

Sophie Duker is BACK! The Taskmaster champ is back on tour and dealing with her (sugar) daddy issues in a hilarious new stand-up show.

Freida Nipples is bringing her infamous Burlesque, Drag & Cabaret Revue back to The Crescent after a selling out twice in 2024!

Orlagh Dooley doesn’t like boxes. Throughout her journey as an artist, the Derry-born producer and DJ has consistently strived to escape categorisation attracting a strong fan base and gaining her a BBC Radio 1 Residency, an Essential mix, and ‘Best DJ’ award from DJ Mag. From running DIY parties in abandoned shops whilst studying in Liverpool, to securing some of the best club residences around the world, Or:la’s story has been as organic and authentic as they get.

The Illness are a Liverpool-York (and beyond) based alt rock collective that traverse genres, as guided by the revolving door of collaborators that augment the core line-up from song to song. Their full-length debut, ‘Macrodosed’, is an eclectic but defiantly melodic collection of addictive hooks that pulls from all corners of popular alternative music.