Finally, this April, Ariel and Mathias will be bringing Never Work to life, collaborating with visual artist and indie rock legend Shotgun Jimmie in a multidisciplinary show. This tour will be accompanied by a re-pressing of the long sold out Never Work, and the release of a collaborative EP with Shotgun Jimmie, Hardly Working.
Announcements
BC Camplight – *SOLD OUT*
BC Camplight make a triumphant return to The Crescent to play songs from their brilliant last record The Last Rotation Of Earth and more from Brian Christinzio’s honest, self-depreciating yet exuberant back catalogue.
Flip Top Head, Needlework + Rowan & Friends
Party times on the floor in The Crescent! Brighton seven piece Flip Top Head are back in York and joined by two great York acts. Flip Top Head twist the current post-punk obsession into something truly expansive and unique, expect walls of guitars, jagged danceable moments and soaring harmonies.
Herbal Mafia 18th Birthday Party: Deekline, Killa P, Deep Crisis & Diverge
To celebrate we’re introducing not one; not two; but FOUR headliners making their York debut to mark the occasion! Ranging from legendary status to the hottest up-and-coming-artists; Two rooms of drum & bass, jungle, 140, dub, reggae, hiphop, UKG, grime, breakbeat, dubstep, mashup.
London Afrobeat Collective
From Europe to Africa, Glastonbury to Lagos, this 8-strong collective from England, Italy, France, Congo, Argentina and New Zealand combine traditional afrobeat and hi-life with funk, jazz, Latin and dub to deliver party music born of their truly global DNA.
Freida Nipples Presents: Valentines Burlesque, Drag & Cabaret – *SOLD OUT*
Freida Nipples is bringing her infamous sell-out Burlesque, Drag & Cabaret Revue to The Crescent for the first time since touring around York’s live entertainment venues since 2017 including The Basement, Impossible & York Theatre Royal for a one off date, on the ultimate date night of the year!
BCUC: Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness + Plantfood
Tearing up festival stages the world over, we’re very excited to welcome BCUC to York for the first time.
BCUC: Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness. Indigenous funk, hiphop consciousness and punk rock energy from Soweto, South Africa.
The Monochrome Set + Percy
The Monochrome Set return to York to promote their new album of ‘Marc Riley Sessions from 2011 to 2022.’. The band feature original Monochrome Set members Bid (guitar/vocals) and Andy Warren (bass) with Athen Ayren on keyboards and Stephen Gilchrist on drums.
Urban Folk Quartet
The UFQ’s approach to the folk ethos is to embrace any and every influence that genuinely makes sense of their time and place and makes sense in their music. From funk grooves to middle-eastern melodies, afrobeat to north Indian rhythms.
Sound Of The Sirens + Nick Parker – *At The NCEM, York*
Sound of the Sirens are a singer-songwriting duo based in Exeter, Devon comprising of Abbe Martin & Hannah Wood. Honing their craft over the past decade, Martin & Wood have cemented themselves as firm favourites as “one of the UK’s finest folk acts” not only on the Westcountry scene, but nationally, and internationally too. Their status, and fast-growing fan-base is not only testament to the pair’s prowess as songwriters and musicians, but as people too.