Thirty years of dirty breakbeat, dancefloor dub and live skank-riddled jungle.
Dub Pistols return for another mighty live show at The Crescent.

New Music Industry pioneers Hope & Social return to The Crescent for one of only two full-band headline shows in 2025. That’s right: just two. And this is your only chance to catch the full 8-piece lineup in York.
No support. No filler. Just an all-killer, brass-blasting, harmony soaring, audience-singing, musically blistering blue-jacketed blowout.

Hosted by the Music Venue Trust, Essex trio Bilk run around the grassroots venues of the UK fusing elements of rock and roll, punk, indie and rap.

Sam Lee’s critically acclaimed fourth album ‘songdreaming’ recounts songs of old, come new, tapping into the source of ancient folk narratives connecting us to the natural world.
Sam’s band will be collaborating on these shows with folk wonderkids Spafford Campbell, showcasing their sonic mastercraft and debut Real World record ‘Tomorrow Held’.

New York City DIY hero, genius songwriter, bandreader and comic book creator Jeffrey Lewis returns to The Crescent with his band after the release of career highlight 2025 album ‘The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis’.

Raised in the East Yorkshire flatlands on the fringes of Hull (UK), Katie Spencer’s landscape has always been that of open skies and widening rivers. It is this sense of space and movement that flows through her assured guitar style and songwriting. Now, as Katie steps into this new era with a third album, her focus turns to those deeper inner spaces, inviting the listener to engage with her heartfelt and intricately-crafted songs.

Welsh multi-disciplinary artist and producer Cate Le Bon returns to York for the first time in fifteen years this October!
A highly sought-after producer and collaborator, Cate has worked withSt. Vincent, Wilco, Courtney Barnet, John Cale, Devendra Banhart, Horsegirl, John Grant and more, and been nominated for the Mercury Prize.
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Known for her fearless storytelling, raw emotional depth, and unflinching honesty, Kathryn Joseph has made a lasting mark on contemporary music.
Touring Europe with Mogwai, before embarking on a new chapter with the release of her fourth album, WE WERE MADE PREY (Rock Action Records).
Recorded in the remote Black Bay Studio on the Isle of Lewis, the album explores the collision of want and loss, self-fulfillment and shame, embracing a newfound intensity—bigger, angrier, and full of want.

We’re collaborating on a very intamte seated show at Stockton On the Forest with Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan.

Geordie singer-songwriter Andrew Cushin is coming to play for us in October.
After the success of his latest album Love Is For Everyone, Andrew sold out his UK tour last month so don’t sleep on tickets!