For our next session we are delighted to host the return of Sasquash, representing the mighty Operation Sound System.
This heavyweight sound has been running tings in the NW for the last 3 decades, stringing up alongside other veterans such as Jah Shaka, King Earthquake, Iration Steppas, Ma-Kaya Sound; and hosting legendary artists such as Culture, Little Roy, Conscious Sounds / Bush Chemists, Hollie Cook and many more.
Announcements
Smoove & Turrell + Solar Love Society
North-East dancefloor fillers rooted in funk, sould and acid jazz but touching so many more bases to make sure you have a GREAT party.
Workshop: How to shut down an Israeli arms factory
Join Palestine Action for a workshop cover Direct Action strategy, tactics and potential legal consequences. We will explain how we have built sustained pressure on Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest and most notorious arms manufacturer. We will provide context for the outsized role Israeli weapons play in repression worldwide, from Kashmir, to the US/Mexico Border, to Gaza. And we will tell you how YOU can take part in some of the bravest, most principled solidarity activism being done in the world today.
Secret Affair + The 48ks
1970s mod-revivalists Secret Affair are coming to The Crescent!
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs + Me Lost Me – *SOLD OUT*
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs are Matthew Baty, Sam Grant, John-Michael Hedley, Ewan Mackenzie and Adam Ian Sykes. The band have recently completed work on their soon to be announced fourth studio album, recorded and mixed at Blank Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne and mastered at Abbey Road Studios.
Robert Forster – *SOLD OUT*
Brisbane based singer, songwriter and author Robert Forster is back with a brand new album ‘The Candle & The Flame’ in 2023.
Robert co-founded legendary Australian band The Go-Betweens in 1978 with Grant McLennan.
Burning Duck Comedy: Tim Key – *SOLD OUT*
Tim Key (Alan Partridge, The Witchfinder, Tim Key’s Late Night Poetry Programme) is back with an all-new show. Ruminations about the great indoors with a bit of stamping around. Velour tracksuit, continental lagers, some “poetry”.
Mr Scruff
Mr Scruff returns for another all night long genre defying set!
plantfood, Gents & Ginger, Anti Growth Coalition
plantfood have been performing across the UK since May 2021, shaking up venues in Leeds, on top of sharing their music with the rest of the country in places like London, Manchester, Sheffield and more! Embracing the fusion of afrobeat, jazz and dance music, there’s no point providing seats at a plantfood gig!
New York Brass Band Xmas Party! Friday w/ Louis Louis Louis – *SOLD OUT*
York brass-y party starters bring their hugely popular festival show to The Crescent.
Friday night!!!