Alive Festival is back for its bigger, better-than-ever second edition – here’s all that you need to know

Hak Baker brought a combination of laughter, impromptu dance-floors, and rum to the O2 Ritz on his Worlds End FM tour

Fruit put on a deafening, memorable performance at the iconic Manchester venue Band On The Wall

The Mancunion sits down to chat with Blondes, Liverpool’s youthful indie upstarts, at their headline Manchester show

Indie veteran Lloyd Cole is set to headline Manchester’s Albert Hall with a brand new, critically-acclaimed LP

The Mancunion sits down with Liverpool’s STONE to talk about their new album, Manchester, and their rise to being one of the most promising prospects in the UK

Ahead of a European tour to support the release of their sophomore album O’Monolith, Anton Pearson of Squid sat down to chat all things music, literature, and the climate with The Mancunion

The Mancunion sits down with Kyle Falconer to talk about The View, their new album, and his venture into songwriting camps in Spain

CATE sits down with The Mancunion to talk songwriting, living and touring with Maisie Peters, and Manchester

The Redroom sit down with The Mancunion to talk about their upcoming headline show at the Deaf Insitute, moving cities, and Sam Fender

The Mancunion sits down with Anna Erhard to chat about musical arguments, writing, and a left-field dream dinner party

Hard-Fi’s Steve Kemp and Kai Stephens sit down with The Mancunion to talk reunions, their new UK tour, and their love of Manchester

Los Bitchos took to the stage at the Pink Room, melding together an unlikely combination of genres, and the result was electric

The Warehouse Project’s annual official opening show Repercussion returned to the Depot, bringing with it a feast of electronic music

Sigrid sits down with The Mancunion to talk touring, being a student, and the parallels between Bergen and Manchester

Felix White and Jamie Morrison from 86TVs sit down with The Mancunion to talk about new beginnings, growing the project, and Manchester

The Brooklyn band attempt a hat trick of electro-pop masterclasses with their third LP; have they succeeded?

Fast becoming a Manchester institution, the breadth in the lineup was the most psychedelic part of Saturday’s antics at Manchester Psych Fest.

Roll up, roll up: The Mancunion heads to Rock n Roll Circus, Sheffield’s one-of-a-kind circus/music festival hybrid, for a weekend of triumphant headlines and dizzying carnival spectacle.

Southsea Common’s bank holiday bash returned for 2023, and hosted some of the most exciting talent in the UK. Find out the lowdown on the weekend here.