Tuesday 1st
Frankie Cosmos
The Magnet 19:00 £9
Wednesday 2nd
Silver Apples
Band On The Wall, Manchester, 19:30. £13.50
FACT- exhibition ‘The New Observatory’ will stay open til 8pm and at 7pm there is a curator tour with Sam Skinner at 7pm, which will be followed at 8pm by Sam introducing a screening of Nostalgia for the Light, the outstanding documentary from Chilean director Patricio Guzmán.
Thursday 3rd
King Ayisoba- traditional Kologo music from the upper east region of Ghana mixedwith the energy and flavour of the modern Ghanaian dance scene.
Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 19:30, £7
Friday 4th
The Cubical, Matt Barton Band, Yellowbelly Stragglers,
Sound Food and Drink, Duke St.
Saturday 5th
Skeleton Coast Festival with Cabbage, Jane Weaver, Marvin Powell, Cut Glass Kings
1pm, Hoylake Parade, Wirral, £20
Liverpool Loves Festival with music from Pixey, . Edgar Jones, Natalie McCool and more
Derby Square.
Midnight Daisies
Victoria, Waterloo
Sunday 6th
Looking Ahead
11 Aug – Lambchop @ Gorilla, Manchester

Monday 24th Curse Words 2 @ Maguire’s Pizza Bar, 7pm 
https://www.facebook.com/events/2011896239038796/?ref=br_rs

Thursday 27th – Free Rock n Roll @ Sound Food and Drink 8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/552118944912385/

Friday 28th – The Lighthouse Invites the Storm (electric) @ Bluecoat 8.30pm
http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/
http://www.thelighthouseinvitesthestorm.com/

Saturday 29th  – Mamadou and the Lekette @ Kazimier Garden 8pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/1891135867770626

Saturday 29th  – Howl at the Moon presents… @ Drop the Dumbulls Gallery 6pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/781501205360104/

Saturday 29th  –  Pale Master presents… @ Well Space 8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/440119613040271
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Looking Ahead
18th August Big Youth @ District 7.30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/1821520938111743/

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Monday 17th – Operation Lightfoot @ Festival of Firsts, West Kirby United Reformed Church, 7.30pm
https://www.festivaloffirsts.com/product/operation-lightfoot/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1952983644938453

Thursday 20th Saul Williams @ Islington Mill 7.30pm 
http://www.islingtonmill.com/

Friday 21st - Tarang at Captsone, 7.30pm.  Classical Indian music fused with other styles. Large ensemble with a varied line up – vocals, Carnatic percussion, veena, sitar, violin, Jews Harp, lap steel.
http://www.milapfest.com/

Friday 21st Q + Aggressive Perfector + Short Fuse  @ Drop the Dumbells 8pm (hardcore punk from Missouri)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1361345000567961

Saturday 22nd – God Colony + Flohio, Farhood, Gribs @ Rat Alley
https://www.facebook.com/events/328909314196519/

Sunday 23rd – Shepheards of Cats, Benjamin D Duval, Germanager, ATATAT, JC @ Rat Alley
Free Jazz, improv, drone, cassette manipulation, electroacoustic ipad,
https://www.facebook.com/events/840365616132908

LIMF 2017 http://www.limfestival.com/ 20th – 23rd Sefton Park
LUNA –Anwar Ali & Dave Owen –DJ Marc Jones amongst local rock acts, club/electronica/garage acts.

3rd August - King Ayisoba @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester 7.30pm Ghanaian musician with raw voice and uplifting sounds. 
https://www.skiddle.com 

​Tuesday 11th July
Liverpool Songwriting Workshops and Courses present the 1st in a five part songwriting course over the summer. Hone your lyric writing and learn the basics about composition and structure in an open environment. Previous experience an advantage but not necessary.
More details at https://www.facebook.com/CreativeSongwriting/
Thursday 13th July
RongoRongo, God On My Right, Double Echo, Venusian
Drop The Dumbulls, 8pm, £5
Those Naughty Lumps,  Raw Bones and Barbarusa (Free Rock n Roll)
Sound, Free. 8pm.
Friday 14th July
Colin Stetson
Gorilla 8pm, £20
Western Promise, The Floormen, Beatnik Hurricane, The Probes, Arcadian Driftwood
FREE ENTRY SHOW, fundraiser for food banks.
Studio 2. 7pm
OH- an exhibition of drawings, paintings and objects by Chiz Turnross, Tina Connelly, Jason Thompson and Penny Davenport
Bridewell  Studios, 101 Prescott Road. 6.30. (exhibit open til 26th July 11am-4pm)
Saturday 15th July
Pale Rider, Oh Well Goodbye, Man Doll
Sound Food And Drink, 8pm,
Merseyside Improvisers Orchestra play John Zorn’s ‘Cobra’
MDI 24 Hope St. 8pm, £5/3
Sunday 16th
Ceremony- a multimedia closing ceremony for Manchester international festival by artist Phil Collins. A statue of Frederik Engels was driven across Europe and installed in central Manchester to mark the 20 years which the incredibly influential Engels spent in Manchester.
FREE Bridgewater Hall Car Park. Book on MIF Website (mif.co.uk)
 
LOOKING FORWARD
August 26th
Emotion Wave Presents…
DJ Food, Melodien, Lo Five
£5 on the door. 8pm, 81 Renshaw St
 

Gig Guide- 03/07/17
 
Monday 3rd
Billy Bragg – Bridges Not Walls
Philharmonic Hall. 7.30pm  Entry from £7
Wednesday 5th
Donkey Hokey- play a mix of Americana, Gu'achi Mexican folk and Irish trad. A mix of 2-step, Reels, polkas and waltz.

The Kentucky Cow Tippers -  one of the top contemporary bluegrass bands in the UK.
Kazimier Gardens- Donation Entry, 7pm
Thursday 6th
Deep Cuts feat. Black Pulp, TV ME, Uncle Janes, Mamatung
Buyers Club, 7.30pm £4
Splintered Ukes- ukulele covers band
Pen Factory, 8pm. Free.
Friday 7th
DJ Jacques’ Avant Garden- UpItUp Label boss’s usual Friday cosmic session.
Kaz Gardens, FREE.
Liverpool Noise Presents…
Deliah + The Debt Stars + Salt the Snail + Weekend Wars + Colour
24 Kitchen St. 7pm, £3
The Haxan Cloak
Gorilla, Manchester, £20
 
Saturday 8th
Shaark Records Presents
Cowtown, Ohmns, Hamer, Uncle Jane
Drop The Dumbulls, 8pm, £6
Silicon Dreams Festival
Parralox
Avec Sans
Future Perfect
Berlyn Trilogy
Caroline McLavy
Voi Vang
Philharmonic Hall £21.50 6pm
Sunday 9th
SHY LOWEN HORSE SANCTUARY FUNDRAISER
The Kappa Band, Cambell L. Sangster, Dave Owen, Lunacorona, The River Trio, Dave Jackson, Chinaberry, Road Hog.
Plus stalls, refreshments, pony rides (bring carrots!)
Buckley Hill Lane, Opposite Fire Station,
Wetherton L29 1TB
1pm til 8pm, Donation Entry.
Looking Ahead
27th July
Gary Numan and Gang Of Four
Exhibition Centre, £33
28th July
Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds
Exhibition Centre, £60