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.
