After celebrating their 30-year anniversary in 2023, Nine welcomes the next phase of Dread with nine songs about redemption and division, love and loss and journeys inside, and around the earth. The album treads into new territories but still connects with the ambience of early Dreadzone albums.

Dreadzone

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One of the most talked-about folk bands of the 21st century, Talisk have been tearing apart stereotypes and redefining the genre for almost a decade. With over 15 million streams, 10,000 albums sold worldwide, and sold out shows across five continents – from Paris to New York, London to Tokyo, Glasgow to Vancouver – alongside headline appearances at festivals the world over, the Scottish trio have amassed a global, die-hard following.

Talisk

Wielding instruments that have rarely seen the likes of their music, Mohsen Amini (concertina), Benedict Morris (violin) and Charlie Galloway (guitar) have stacked up major awards for their explosively energetic sound – including five between BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Scotland, and two highly coveted BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards.

Rising stars of the Irish music scene, Adore are a 3-piece garage punk band hailing from Galway, Donegal and Dublin. Their music combines themes from surf, disco and pop which blends with their punk sensibilities, firmly grounded by crunchy guitar and a powerful drum and bass combo.

Adore w/ Fuzz Lightyear + Tom Beer

After a year of performing worldwide, award-winning comedian Aurie Styla is back on tour, with his biggest one to date. Join him as he talks about this wild world, and his journey to make sense of it, in The Aurator!

Burning Duck Comedy: Aurie Styla

Cyclist Alex Dowsett launches the paperback of his acclaimed autobiography, Bloody Minded, in this special night at the Crescent. Alex will be looking back on his 13 years as a pro cyclist in which he won stages of the Giro d’Italia, held the World Hour Record and raced with and against Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish and Lance Armstrong.

Cycling Book Launch: Alex Dowsett in conversation with Michael Hutchinson

The seven-piece last came to York in January, where they sold out the Micklegate social. It was a sweaty, erratic affair, complete with kneeslides and all.

Ideal Living, Eugene Gorgeous & Victory Samosa

He is also the founder of Burning Bug Records, a label dedicated to his distinctive sound and vision within the roots reggae genre. Bennett is not only a prolific producer but also an engaging live performer. His shows are known for their vibrant energy and spiritual atmosphere; this time on the newly built Burning Bug Sound System; which will be making its first public appearance at Irie Vibes, we are honoured!

Irie Vibes Sound System x Burning Bug Sound System ft. Lewis Bennett

Join us at The Crescent for a memorable evening of music and community engagement! Hosted by York Social Group, “York Gig for Good” is an open event celebrating York’s vibrant music scene and our community’s spirit. York Social Group, known for its regular events that foster connections and combat loneliness, is proud to organize this fundraiser supporting The Snappy Trust and York Food Bank. This event is an excellent opportunity for everyone to enjoy great music while contributing to meaningful causes.

York Gig for Good: The Y Street Band & Senators

A highly skilled guitarist who adroitly blends traditional folk and flat picking with more contemporary influences – allied to a distinctively relaxed and poised vocal burr – Drever is an astonishingly fine interpreter of others’ songs, with an increasingly frequent knack for concocting seriously smart lyrical observations and earworm melodies of his own.

Kris Drever + Heather Cartwright

On Sunday the 3rd of November, The Black Lagoons along side an array of local hero’s have organised a fundraising all dayer for Joe Farrow. Earlier this year while Joe was travelling in Australia he had an unfortunate accident leaving him with a life changing spinal injury!

The Joedayer! – Fundraising for Joe Farrow

We always look forward to playing The Crescent and wouldn’t miss it for the world – so huge thanks to them for finding us a replacement date so quickly. And huge apologies to everyone who’s already bought tickets. We sincerely hope you’ll be free and willing to join us on the new date (Sunday 17 November) for a grand finale to our tour.

Tom Robinson Band

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Playing songs from his extensive back catalogue alongside some newfangled pagan hymns from his new album ‘Wild Goose Chasers,’ out 1st December, Beans will be joined onstage by long-term musical companion and piano virtuoso King Killership.

Beans On Toast

Leading political comedian and satirist Matt Forde (British Scandal, Spitting Image, The Last Leg) makes this his personal mission.

Burning Duck Comedy: Matt Forde

Erland Cooper is a Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Stromness, Orkney. As a solo artist, he has released five acclaimed studio albums, including a trilogy of work inspired by his childhood home, as well as themes of nature, people, place and time. His work combines field recordings with traditional orchestration and contemporary electronic elements. Through music, words and cinematography he explores landscape, memory and identity. He develops these themes further by partnering with other artists, writers and poets. Cooper also works across mixed media projects including installation art, theatre and film. He’s widely known for burying the only existing copy of the master tape of his first classical album in Scotland, deleting all digital files and leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for anyone to seek it. The tape was found in 2023 and the album will be released, exactly as it sounds from the earth, this year along with its world premiere of the completed score.

Erland Cooper – *At The NCEM*

‘The precision with which they all play while still maintaining a light-hearted approach to their performance is, well, it’s exactly what you’d expect from Rush himself.’

Moving Pictures – A Tribute To Rush

After a successful run of recent releases, including ‘I guess,’, ‘How can you be?’ and ‘So To Speak’, Everything After MIdnight have decided to bring their time as a band to a close, with one final show at The Crescent.

Everything After Midnight

With a total of 173 shows on those hallowed Stonebow boards, ladies and gents lean against something sturdy if the Zimmer is not close by and put your hands together for this handsome lot in their prime…

It Was 20 Years Ago Today! w/ AKP, The Blueprints, Chris Helme, Cardboard Radio + Customer 1000

Lauded across the board, The Light Fantastic is a masterclass in emotionally charged and melodically driven tunes for the adventurous. “After both my Mum and Dad died, I started writing these songs to cheer myself up,” John admits with typical candour. “The themes are taken from my dreams at the time. Wake up and take whatever impression I had from what I could remember of my dream and write that.” Despite the sentiment, the songs are surprisingly uplifting and have been lighting up live shows across the country.

John Bramwell & The Full Harmonic Convergence

By the time they released their 2nd album ”ON” in 1995, they were rising up the ranks of the British music scene, with regular press, tv and radio and two world tours under their belt. The album celebrated the endless possibilities of the human spirit. In “Great Things”, Madan sang “I want to do great things/I don’t want to compromise/I want to know what love is/I want to know everything.” The album’s optimistic sound and feel provided an intriguing contrast with its witty and acerbic lyrics, many songs are now considered as classics of their era and are still regularly played on radio around the world.

Echobelly

The pandemic forced Electric Six to take a little time to look at itself in the mirror. And who did Electric Six see staring back? It saw Electric Six. It saw a new album, ‘Turquoise’. When a band finally makes an album this exciting, it doesn’t need to do anything else anymore anytime soon ever again.

Electric Six

The founder and leader of The Wildhearts, our hero first had a couple of years with The Quireboys in the late 80s and then New York band The Throbs. Since then the no-nonsense dreadlocked national treasure Geordie has also released numerous solo albums and many other musical projects

Ginger Plays The Wildhearts

Hailing from England international singer/songwriter Twinnie is quite the trailblazer, carving out her own lane in Nashville, where she now resides. She grew up in a Romani Gypsy community where storytelling and music played a pivotal role. Raised on artists such as Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, and Billy Joel, Twinnie became obsessed with songwriting and performing.

Twinnie

At the intersection of distinct music styles, David Kennedy, a.k.a. Pearson Sound, connects the blueprint of UK soundsystems to the cutting edge of contemporary dancefloor music. Widely acclaimed as a producer, DJ and mix engineer—as well as one of the three founders of the Hessle Audio imprint—he is synonymous with a wide-angle view of the bass spectrum. Pearson Sound productions, DJ sets and

Chameleon x Ouroboros presents: Pearson Sound

A return show for The Herbaliser Band who wowed us back in 2018. The legendary Ninja Tune outfit revolutionised the UK trip hop sound with their sample based fusion of jazz and hip hop in the mid 90s, and would go on to inspire and work with countless hip hop greats over the past three decades. Their 8 piece all star lineup blasted the dancefloor last time, do not miss!

The Herbaliser Band

Muireann Bradley is a 17 year old folk and blues guitarist and singer from Ballybofey in County Donegal. She specializes in performing acoustic fingerpicking country, piedmont, and ragtime blues styles from the 1920s, 30s and 40s as well as later folk, country and Americana.

Muireann Bradley

Monarkki

Emerging out of the post-punk and new-wave explosion of the late 70s. XTC experienced global success, touring with the likes of The Police and Talking Heads. Sadly, their legions of loyal fans would be left in limbo, when in 1982 XTC stopped touring, becoming a studiobased entity. Now, forty years on, those loyal fans can once again experience all the XTC classics performed live to audiences across the globe.

eXTC

2023 brings a resurgent SKINNY LISTER who kick started the year with an epic tour of the USA supporting friends Flogging Molly and Anti-Flag. Covering the full breadth of the country, the band have reignited their American fan base after a few years away, and plans are afoot for more shows in the latter part of the year including the Salt Dog Cruise in November.

Skinny Lister

Sea-shanties will be given a bombastic rock edge, and folk instrumentals will become late-night floor-fillers when this raucous bunch of reprobates hit the stage. They have dirt under their fingernails and a twinkle in their eyes, and you can expect fantastic musicianship, playful choreography and an unstoppable urge to move your body.

Blackbeard’s Tea Party Christmas show!

Static-fuzz seventies guitar riffs, cowbell and bursts of brass herald the imminent arrival of Michael Head and The Elastic Band’s latest album as they release the glammed-up, Bowie and Ronson-indebted rush of The Human Race. Aptly evoking the renewed artistic vitality of the cherished songwriter, who this year celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of his first album with The Pale Fountains, the track comes ahead of the release of the 12-track, Loophole album, released on Fri 17 May 2024 on Modern Sky.

Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band + Paul Molloy (The Coral)

Their Mercury Prize-nominated self-titled debut album was released in 2005 to outstanding critical acclaim, and contained top ten hit singles such as ‘Forever Lost’, ‘Love Me Like You’ and ‘Love is a Game’. It went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, making them one of the nation’s best-loved bands. They have earned a reputation for their exciting and uplifting live performances, leading them to tour the world, building a loyal fan base, as well as supporting the likes of Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, The Who, U2, Elbow and Bright Eyes amongst many others. The Magic Numbers have released five successful albums to date, and are currently working on new music.

The Magic Numbers – *At The Citadel, York*

Since 2014 we’ve built a reputation as an outstanding live act for any occasion. We’ve played across the UK and abroad at weddings, festivals, award ceremonies, graduation balls, garden parties, street shows and all manner of live venues. Between us we have over 50 years of experience as musicians and performers. We are even award winning, picking up ‘Best Busker’ at the 2018 York Culture Awards.

The Hyde Family Jam Festive Fiesta! – Thursday!

Mostly Autumn’s latest album ‘Graveyard Star’ released late 2021 has been very highly acclaimed and follows on from the nomination for best UK band, and best album (White Rainbow) in the Progressive Music Awards 2019. They were winners of Best Track (Sight of Day) and best female vocalist (Olivia Sparnenn-Josh) in the CRS awards 2017.

Mostly Autumn – Christmas Show!

“It feels like a new voice, in a way.” the York-born artist says. “I guess a more human and perhaps a more surrendered voice. Learning to hold on to certain things and let go of others with as much grace as possible…I feel like I’m hiding less on this record. Ultimately i think it’s a record about a kind of slow acceptance that some things break and for me – sometimes that’s necessary for healing”

Benjamin Francis Leftwich – *At The NCEM, York*

It’s a perfect time to meet up with family, friends or colleagues before Christmas to enjoy a night of New Orleans inspired brassy sounds with and order of Christmas tunes on the side.

New York Brass Band – Christmas Parties! – Thursday

Christmas with Jonny And The Dunebugs!

Now considered the best Iron Maiden tribute act in the UK, Ed Force One have “Maiden down to perfection.”
The Bristol-based band were formed in 2017 and have rocked Maiden fans with their explosive stage show all across the UK. Expect killer vocals, awesome guitars, bass and drums just like Nicko! The band always set out to deliver an authentic show full of Maiden classics and a few surprises.

Ed Force One: Iron Maiden Tribute Act + Spirit of the Hawk

It’s Otway on steroids if you can imagine that. Otway with ROCK. All the hits and more but with other just-as-nutty musicians to bounce off. You’ll leave this show with an aching jaw from laughter and a sore throat from singing along. And joy in your heart that such a show can even exist in this day and age.

The John Otway Big Band

In New Orleans, funerals are celebrated in style, with noisy brass bands processing through the streets. The main section of the parade is known as First Line, but the real fun starts with the Second Line, those who follow the band to enjoy the music, marching with the musicians and twirling parasols or waving handkerchiefs.

Mr Wilson’s Second Liners

You know when you’re trying to wee on a night out, and you’re interrupted by a random girl who insists on telling you all her secrets even though you’ve never met?

Burning Duck Comedy: Ania Magliano

Hayden Thorpe is best known as the former frontman and chief songwriter for the much-loved band Wild Beasts. He returns to the stage with his beautifully singular third album Ness, made in collaboration with best-selling nature writer Robert Macfarlane.

Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble perform NESS – *At The NCEM, York*

BUT DADDY I LOVE HER sees Sophie take the stage with her trademark naughtiness, this time arguing that we should all choose silliness over common sense and hot wet fantasies over cold, bleak reality. In this intentionally unhinged hour, delulu is the solulu.

Burning Duck Comedy: Sophie Duker

Rachel star of Live at the Apollo and co-host of All Killa No Filla, is a renowned stand up and “rock’n’roll star of British Comedy” (Rolling Stone). She’s bringing not only her “Bright, brave and bitterly enjoyable” (Funny Women) stand-up comedy out on the road but also some brand-new characters along for the ride. A “Huge presence in a pint-sized frame” (Chortle).

Burning Duck Comedy: Rachel Fairburn

Featuring guest poet Maria Ferguson. Her poetry has been widely anthologised and published in literary magazines such as Magma, The Rialto, The North and The Poetry Review. Her debut collection, Alright, Girl? (Burning Eye, 2020), was Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes. On the stage, her one-woman show Fat Girls Don’t Dance (Oberon, 2017) won the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show; Essex Girl (Oberon, 2019) was shortlisted for the Tony Craze Award and won Show of the Week at VAULT Festival. She has been commissioned by the Royal Academy of Art, Stylist magazine, The Bronte Parsonage and BBC Radio. She is the Associate Producer of LIVEwire Poetry and teaches creative writing in a variety of settings. Her second poetry collection, Swell, will be published by Penguin in 2025.

Say Owt Slam feat. Maria Ferguson

A precociously talented band from London, who recently celebrated their 100th gig. Since their debut at 16 years old and across three self-released singles,the band have proven themselves as one of the most exciting and unpredictable young acts in the capital, both joyous and raucous in equal measures. Last year’s “What Lucy Found There” was to be their breakthrough, securing attention for the band from the likes of The Quietus, NME, The Line Of Best Fit, So Young, BBC 6 Music and more.

Man/Woman/Chainsaw

Shovel Dance Collective are a group of nine musicians united by a passion for the beauty, force, and political charge of the traditional musics of Britain, Ireland and beyond. They are committed to Folk music not as an archaeological artifact to be unearthed, but as a living communal activity – inviting and generous to those it speaks to. They arrange the source material into a kind of musique boue (mud music), simultaneously traditional and experimental they engage a deep, cross-temporal synthesis of free improvisation, tape manipulation and field recordings. Their music appears as a patchwork as pieces are stitched together, rearranged and recontextualised. The yarn is threaded with both their sense of aesthetic innovation, and with a deep sense of the ways in which traditional music holds the voices of the oppressed, the everyday and those who, by their labour, create the wealth of the world.

Shovel Dance Collective

In 2021 Clive and Neil met up over lunch to catch-up and began writing songs together. Several weeks and quite a few songs later, they decided to expand the enterprise from a songwriting workshop to a full-blown band. Clive recruited keyboardist Jez Smith and bassist Craig Fletcher both from John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest… and the lineup was completed with the addition of legendary drummer, Paul Burgess, who has played with 10cc since 1973. They named the band The Guilty Men.

The Guilty Men

From adventure, drinking, love and life to gypsies, fairies, legless pirates, black flies and wise old jungle bears, the mad buggers from Plymouth will take you on one helluva journey.

Mad Dog Mcrea

The Eyes Open and Shut Show is a show about eyes when they are open and eyes when they are shut. With this show Rob wanted to explore what he could do to himself and others with language when eyes are open and shut. After writing ten shows on specific themes, he wanted to think about what makes him open his eyes and what makes him shut them.

Burning Duck Comedy: Rob Auton

The irrepressible Lucy Porter bounces back into action with a show all about regrets. Frank Sinatra had too few to mention, but Lucy’s got hundreds, and she’s prepared to go into graphic detail about all of them. Disastrous dates, professional calamities, ruined friendships and parenting fails. Lucy describes all the mistakes she’s made, works out why they happened, and ponders how her life would have turned out if she’d acted differently.

Burning Duck Comedy: Lucy Porter

Gomez first made waves with their 1998 debut Bring It On, which won the Mercury Prize. Ian and Ben’s contrasting vocals and musical style became a defining feature of the band. They followed with the atmospheric Liquid Skin (1999) and the more experimental In Our Gun (2002), each expanding their musical reach.

Ian Ball & Ben Ottewell (Gomez)

With over a billion completely grassroots cross platform streams, Miracle Of Sound is the project of Gavin Dunne, an independent producer/songwriter & singer from Ireland. The songs span a vast range of genres & styles, from dark folk to symphonic metal to sea shanties, cultivating a wide and varied audience over the last decade.

Miracle Of Sound

Following the smash hit success of his Silver Jubilee show (“the best thing he’s done and that’s saying something.” ★★★★★ Telegraph) Luke Wright returns with a new set of poems that get to grips with the idea of JOY. Is it possible, as a 42 year-old, to feel pure unbridled happiness, and what does it look like?

Say Owt presents: Luke Wright

After a roaring spring tour celebrating the release of our politically charged album Kleptocracy and follow up Part 2 tour this autumn, we’re looking ahead to a special acoustic tour in Spring 2025. This tour will bring a fresh, stripped-back sound as we present a new side to the Kleptocracy album, dive deeper into our back catalogue, and also paying homage to traditional folk songs that have inspired Ferocious Dog from the start.

Ferocious Dog

“Here we go – first thing’s first,” spits Kid Kapichi frontman Jack Wilson on ‘Artillery’, the opener to the Hasting punks’ essential third album, ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’. It’s a rousing call to arms – one that gets straight down to business, and a summation of the LP’s battle cry against a grey Britain where “The problems are the people’s when the problems get worse”. Kid Kapichi are a band for the people, and their new Suggs-featuring record is here to help you party and protest in equal measure.

Kid Kapichi

Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter Laura Veirs has produced 14 albums over 25 years, toured internationally, and collaborated with numerous luminaries such as kd lang, Neko Case, Sufjan Stevens, Bill Frisell, Jim James, Colin Meloy, Kate Stables, Sam Amidon, Karl Blau, Shahzad Ismaily and many others. Veirs was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in October 2024. Her music blends the poetic sensibilities of contemporary folk with the rough edges of indie rock.

Laura Veirs

The ultimate party starters The Lancashire Hotpots are back with a bang to give you more madcap musical mayhem. For more years than they care to remember the Hotpots have built up a solid reputation as the go to band for the biggest night out. Join Bernard and the boys as they play all your Hotpot favourites: Egg Sausage Chips & Beans, Shopmobility Scooter, Chippy Tea as well as songs from their new album ‘Too Much Too Old’.

The Lancashire Hotpots

Critically acclaimed comedian Jamali Maddix is back on the road with a brand new tour show: Aston. Expect Jamali’s trademark brutally honest and unflinching perspectives on the world at large. His last tours have sold-out shows across the globe, playing the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.

Jamali Maddix

Attention to detail, a thundering live sound and playful audience interaction leaves you with that feeling of witnessing the real thing, audiences and critics alike hailing the show as ‘beyond tribute’. With incessant UK and European touring, this is one of the most highly rated acts on the circuit and Limehouse shows are always PACKED…

Limehouse Lizzy

James Oliver is one of the UK’s busiest acts playing over 300 gigs a year all over the UK, Europe, and the USA! He has performed over 3000 gigs and shared the stage with many acts including Albert Lee, Bill Kirchen, Deke Leonard, Greg Koch, Walter Trout, Steve Gibbons, Billy Bremner, Geraint Watkins, and many others. In 2020 James won the UK Blues Awards Emerging Artist of the Year and has since been nominated 3 additional times. James Oliver released 2 studio albums 3 live albums and his album Twang was #1 on Amazon Blues Charts for 3 weeks. James is currently working on a new record with legendary producer, John Leckie. His YouTube channel has over 20,000 subscribers with over 9 million views.

York Blues Festival 2025

The band have made a name for themselves through unforgettable live performances and support from the likes of Variety Magazine, BBC Radio 1, NME, The Line Of Best Fit, KEXP, Consequence, Evening Standard, CLASH, So Young, and covered Kerrang! Magazine alongside Sleater-Kinney, bagged a nomination for Rolling Stone UK’s Rising Stars Award, and even Iggy Pop is a fan.

Lambrini Girls

Shonen Knife – from Osaka, Japan – formed in 1981 by sisters Naoko & Atsuko long before terms like ‘riot girrrl’ and ‘girl rock’ entered the lexicon, the all-female trio were happily snapping guitar strings to the sound of imported Ramones covers.

Shonen Knife

Arguably the band’s most controversial release (they considered it as a protest album), not only did it do more than anything in pop culture to encourage a generation to become vegetarians, it was the first album to introduce Morrissey’s criticism of the Royal Family.

The Smyths

AC/DC turned to Brian Johnson in order to fill the void left by Bon. Brian’s searing vocals iced Back in Black, one of the best-selling rock albums of all time! Podge Blacksmith, a double take for Brian, gives a vocal masterclass which is un-paralleled and brings it bang up to date with more classic tracks right up to AC/DC’s hugely successful recent album, Rock or Bust.

Live/Wire: ‘The AC/DC Show’ – Friday

Live/Wire: ‘The AC/DC Show’ – Saturday

From the ashes of John Coghlan’s Quo; Mick Hughes, Rick Chase, and Pete Mace reformed in 2023 with new drummer Russ Chadd to form QUO CONNECTION playing many of Quo’s hits plus some incredible album tracks. Whatever you want…

Quo Connection

Jimmy Page has also attended a Letz Zep show and invited them to join him after the gig, ‘’You pulled it off”, he said, “And captured the spirit of Led Zeppelin concerts, you really are very, very good”. And then personally invited the band to perform at the ‘Mothership’ and ‘Celebration Day’ releases.

Letz Zep

‘A rising star’ (The Sun), Stephen has appeared on every light entertainment show and come second on every celebrity quiz show and in his new show will gossip about everything from his funeral plans to his unrequited love for Ben Shephard – and if he needs to pad it out, he will read you secrets direct from the girlies WhatsApp group chat. Brassy, sassy and always classy – the perfect ingredients to make a proper Tart.

Burning Duck Comedy: Stephen Bailey

Woody Woodmansey (Spiders from Mars) said, “Absolutely wicked. As one who was there, watching AB put me back there again. For anyone who missed it or fans who want to relive it I definitely recommend it. As close to the real thing that you’ll get. Enjoy.”

The Crescent York

Nov 17, 2024

Tom Robinson Band

Nov 19, 2024

Beans On Toast

Nov 20, 2024

Burning Duck Comedy: Matt Forde

Nov 20, 2024

Erland Cooper – At The NCEM

Nov 21, 2024

Moving Pictures – A Tribute To Rush

Nov 16, 2024

Dreadzone

Nov 15, 2024

Talisk

The Crescent York