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12 years ago Ushiku put together OpenMind as an scratch night for new theatrical ideas. It quickly evolved to encompass the wide variety of the creative scene in Manchester, and OpenMind has always been about an OpenMind for new ideas and an OpenSpace to share them. Without further ado here’s the lineup for our 12th… Continue reading OpenMind’s 12th Birthday

FRITLLARIES are a Bristol-based folk and Americana duo, playing original songs on guitar, mandolin and banjo. Their recent songs have their hands in the soil, and take a compassionate look at the shadowy parts of ourselves. Playing together since childhood, Hannah and Gabriel share a unique intimacy and ability to draw audiences into their world.… Continue reading FRITILLARIES//JESS MEGSON//PADDY ELLIOITT-WALKER

MAI MAI MAI is an Audio/Video project, an idiosyncratic examination into Mediterranean and Southern Italian folklore, a dark journey into past traditions, made of blurred memories and hazy sounds. It can be considered as a 'Mediterranean Hauntology', one that avoids the pitfalls of nostalgia yet which reanimates the ghosts of a lost past, in the… Continue reading Mai Mai Mai/David McClean & David Birchall/The Manifestation Group

Pioneering her own brand of cosmic folk, BRÓNA McVITTIE both deftly reimagines traditional folk and crafts her own nature-inspired songs with a rich mix of folk and electronic instruments. Her debut solo album We Are the Wildlife, released in January 2018, earned her a string of four star reviews from MOJO, Uncut, The Guardian and The Independent garnering high praise from critics… Continue reading BRÓNA McVITTIE with DANNY BRADLEY

Drawn together by a collective yearning to play extremely loud music, EAT YOUR OWN HEAD present an enticing blend of rich, heavy alt-rock that sidesteps some of the genres more obvious pitfalls and replaces them instead with muscular vocals, hooks, and a technical and unpredictable musicality. Catch them as they tour their bran new album,… Continue reading Eat Your Own Head//Shouting At Strangers//Hop Man Jr.

OpenMind Collective presents: Hello, Let’s Share Some Memories. OpenMind will be honouring GrIm one year on and will be inviting other artists to honour their loved ones in kind. A night of sharing memories and creating new ones. There’ll be an eclectic mix of poetry, music, storytelling, comedy and theatre. As it’s Halloween season fancy… Continue reading Hello, Let’s Share Some Memories.

THE HIDING MAGPIES are an alternative rock band based in North Manchester. Their first album covered all aspects of love, loss and redemption, with a nod to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Their latest album has established them as a great melodic band in their own right. Their recent album ‘Searching For Gold’ has been… Continue reading Hiding Magpies//Double Cream//Entwives

Sascha Brosamer & Graham Dunning In their ongoing collaboration the duo use portable gramophone, turntables and electronics alongside a granular sampling mobile phone diffusion system to create abstract live compositions. Their work explores histories of capturing sound and music, the noise/s of playback technologies, and the cultural resonances of recorded media. Sascha Brosamer is an… Continue reading The Peer Hat & DIYD present – Sascha Brosamer & Graham Dunning // Megan Steinberg // Gary Fisher

Hey Bulldog Plus Special Guests live at The Peer Hat Manchester

Butterjunk are coming to the peer hat in Manchester on their 'better daze' uk tour. "This is the first time Butterjunk are playing Manchester, so we're expecting quite the show." That's from the horse's mouth, so make sure not to miss this. Support acts to be announced. Expect a night of indie dreamy ethereal gold