Hailing from Yorkshire, the now South London rooted band channel the droll fury of The Fall and the lopsided rhythms of Talking Heads into a strain of danceable post-punk, exploring the darker side of existence through a lens of narrative-driven levity.
Announcements
Serotones – ‘The Comeback Gig!’ – *SOLD OUT*
York indie-rock band Serotones are getting the band back together in 2024 and celebrating with us at The Crescent on Friday 1st March.
Katherine Priddy + George Boomsma – *SOLD OUT*
Since emerging with her debut EP ‘Wolf’, UK singer-songwriter Katherine Priddy has quickly become one of the most exciting names on the British music scene. Priddy’s haunting vocals and distinctive finger-picking guitar style have already seen her sell out a headline tour, perform at prestigious festivals around the UK and abroad, including Glastonbury where she featured on their BBC 2 coverage, and support a number of world class artists including Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III and Vashti Bunyan, as well as a recent show with Guy Garvey at The Roundhouse.
Burning Duck Comedy: Jessica Fostekew
A brand new stand-up show about passion, pace and purpose from the critically-acclaimed star of BBC’s QI, Live at the Apollo and C4’s Travel Man.
Burning Duck Comedy: Morgan Rees
Award-nominated online sensation Morgan Rees embarks on his first ever UK tour with Turning Thirsty!
Hitting the milestone of his 30th birthday has made him develop a thirst… for life. He’s about to begin his first decade living truly authentically – and he can’t wait to get going.
Absolute Bowie – *SOLD OUT*
If you’re going to pay tribute to The Thin White Duke, you may as well get the best one around. ABSOLUTE BOWIE have been touring the UK & Europe for years, consistently selling out venues and we don’t expect this show to be any different.
Irie Vibes: Sir-Racha
Sir-Racha is now experimenting with live production after a string of releases on Dubophonic records, including under his previous alias ‘High & I’. He also runs the number one dub event in Middlesbrough: Teesside Dub Club, hosting guest sound systems from across the UK; which we have had the pleasure of representing at.
Support from the Irie Vibes crew and MC Sherlock Art playing everything from roots, reggae and rocksteady, to dancehall, dub and steppas.
Room 2 hosted by Breakz, York University’s longest running music / DJ society with its latest cohort playing all manner of beats and breaks.
Freedom To Run: Documentary Screening in Aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians
Palestinians in the West Bank cannot move more than 10 kilometres without being stopped by Israeli restrictions.
Checkpoints, demands for permits, and the apartheid wall surrounding the occupied territories, are part of the a struggle of daily life.
‘Freedom to Run’ follows two groups of runners, one from Right to Movement in Palestine, and one from Scotland. The two groups of runners support each other as they run both the Palestine and Edinburgh Marathons and on this journey the runners discover they are not so different, but they live very different lives.
There will be a Q & A with the filmmakers after the screening.
All proceeds from this event go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
Two “unlikely lads” from Aylesbury reunited!
Flamingods
The celebrated multi-instrumentalists bring their explosive, high-energy show to York for the first time!
A cult favourite on the festival circuit in UK and Europe, the London quartet have now been crafting their distinctive genre-defying music for over a decade now. Weaving through genres of psychedelia, new wave, electronica and punk – often within the same song – is a bit of a specialty for the band, as is their knack for blending in influences from their unique cultural heritages and love of 70s British rock and roll.