Take a trip downstairs to the Ruby Lounge, situated on High Street in the Northern Quarter.
Now that evening activities have become strictly limited to heated, indoor venues as the winter months creep in, if you haven’t already, take a trip downstairs to the Ruby Lounge, situated on High Street on the corner of the Northern Quarter.
Also boasting a host of different clubnights such as newly-launched ‘Damaged Goods’ and the long-established ‘Guilty Pleasures’, The Ruby Lounge is one of Manchester’s most important New Music venues. The coming months boast an eclectic mix of genre-spanning programming. With beautiful country music from the hotly tipped Kathleen Edwards, a sprinkling of hip-hop from uber-cool Das Rascist, and hard-to-define-jingly-jangly-beautiful-electro-y sounds a la Little Dragon.
The full Winter line-up looks like this:
OCT 28: BBC MANCHESTER INTRODUCING LIVE featuring SILVERCLUB + CLOCKWORK RADION + SANTIAGO STREET MACHINE + DRESDEN
FREE ENTRY / 7.30PM
OCT 29: CAGED ASYLUM SOUNDS OF SEATTLE GRUNGE HALLOWEEN PARTY featuring DIRT / PEARL SCAM – Manchester’s leading Rock & Metal club
£10 ADV / 7.30PM / LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
OCT 30: HALLOWEEN DAY OF THE DEAD PARTY featuring REVOLVER + JUICY + UP THE RACKET + POGO + GARETH BROOKS (XFM / FUNKADEMIA) + BEAT BOUTIQUE + DANCE LADY DANCE + STRANGERWAYS + DON’T THINK TWICE + SMASH HITS
£5 adv / 9pm
OCT 31: TRIBES + WHALES IN CUBICLES + DIRTBLONDE
£8 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 1: BAXTER DURY + RUBY ANN PATTERSON
£7 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 4: LANA DEL REY
£10 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 5: EMPIRE SIGNAL
£5 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 6: SOUL ALL-DAYER featuring WIGANELLI / FENNY / JACKIE HARRIS / SAMMY DEE / JIMMY COWBURN / ALEX SIMMS / JIMMY RANDALL / KEV MURPHY / PETE EVERETT / DAVE STOKES & guests JOHN GREEN (TWISTED WHEEL)
£7 OTD / 2PM
NOV 7: ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O
£10 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 8: AMY LAVERE + LITERATURE THIEVES
£6 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 9: AGNES OBEL + MARTIN JOHN HENRY £7.50 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 11: STRANGEDAZE 100 / 8TH BIRTHDAY PARTY featuring THE NIBBLE EFFECT + NANOOK + CUBAN PETE + SEYE + TOMMMY + NIMBUS + ANGRY HIPPIES + FOWLER + IDOL MONKEY vs GOATBOY + E: DRIVE + CHEEKY BEATS
£6 OTD / 10.30PM
NOV 13: NEW VILLAGER + FETCH THE WITCHES
£6 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 16: THE SECRET SISTERS
£12.50 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 17: THE MOONS + THE CAPTIVE HEARTS + THE MINX
£7 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 18: STOP THE BLACKOUT DEBUT SINGLE LAUNCH PARTY
£6 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 19: LOST & FOUND BIRTHDAY 4TH PARTY featuring CULTS
£8.50 ADV / 8PM
NOV 20: THE WEBB SISTERS
£11 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 22: JESSE MALIN & THE ST MARK’S SOCIAL PLAYING ‘THE FINE ART OF SELF-DESTRUCTION’ + SPECIAL NEEDS + DIANE GENTILE
£11.50 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 24: CURTIS ELLER’S AMERICAN CIRCUS + THE HURTFUL TAUNTS + RESCUE THE ESKIMO
£6.50 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 25: BBC MANCHESTER INTRODUCING LIVE featuring REN HARVIEU
FREE ENTRY / 7.30PM
NOV 27: LITTLE DRAGON
£13.50 ADV / 7.30PM
NOV 28: MORNING PARADE
£7 adv / 7.40pm
NOV 30: DAS RACIST
£8.50 ADV / 7.30PM
DEC 1: PROUD MARY
£10 ADV / 7.30PM
DEC 3: SOUL ALL-NIGHTER featuring DJ SETS c/o DJ PETE ROBERTS (TWISTED WHEEL) alongside your residents WIGANELLI / FENNY / JACKIE HARRIS / SAMMY DEE / JIMMY COWBURN / ALEX SIMMS / JIMMY RANDALL / KEV MURPHY / PETE EVERETT / DAVE STOKES
£10 OTD / 9PM
DEC 4: DAVID R BLACK + JUPITAR SANDS + BLACK SWAN RISING + INORA
£5 ADV / 7.30PM
DEC 5: STEVE CONTE & THE CRAZY TRUTH (NEW YORK DOLLS)
£8 ADV / 7.30PM
DEC 6: SPANK ROCK
£10 ADV / 7.30PM
DEC 8: THE ELECTRIC FEATURING DJ VADIM + DJ VADIM DJ SET + FROM THE KITES OF SAN QUENTIN
£6.50 ADV / 7.30PM
DEC 11: JON WINDLE + THE QUANGOS
£8 ADV / 7.30PM
DEC 16: ULTIMATE POWER CHRISTMAS PARTY
£6 ADV / 10PM
DEC 18: SOUL ALL-DAYER
£7 OTD / 2PM-10PM
DEC 19: KONG + WARM WIDOW
£6 ADV / 7.30PM
DEC 22: CHAMELEONS VOX playing ‘SCRIPT OF THE BRIDGE’
£12 ADV / 7.30
DEC 30: OLD SKOOL SOUL NIGHT featuring BIZZY B
£ TBC / 11PM
2012
JAN 31: ALEJANDRO TOLEDO & THE MAGIC TOMBOLINOS
£8 ADV / 7.30PM
FEB 16: NUCLEUS ROOTS featuring OSSIE GAD
£9 ADV / 7.30PM
FEB 26: KATHLEEN EDWARDS
£12.50 ADV / 7.30PM
MARCH 3: THE SILVER SEAS
£11 ADV / 7.30PM
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Tickets can be purchased via:
TICKETLINE: 0161 832 1111
SEE TICKETS: 0870 264 3333
SKIDDLE: 0844 884 2920
Over the counter at Piccadilly Records, Oldham St, and occasionally in person on the night, but will cost more in most cases. Plus, with a bill like this it’s safest to bag your ticket in advance – I’m still getting over the fact that my girl crush Lana Del Rey is sadly sold out.