Stoke-on-Trent is gearing up for a week of diverse music, immense talent and much-needed support as it joins the nationwide festivities of Independent Venue Week. Now in its eleventh year, IVW, running from Monday, January 29 to Sunday, February 4,…
Stoke-on-Trent’s Better World Festival is back for its third year, and promises to be bigger and better than ever. The free, family-friendly event will take place in Hanley city centre at the end of July, bringing together mindfulness, community engagement…
The late May bank Holiday weekend saw hundreds of music lovers flock to Hanley for two jam-packed days of emerging artists and home grown talent. Your City Festival, now in its sixth year, took over four city centre grassroots venues…
This late May Bank Holiday weekend, more than 60 acts are set to perform across four city centre grassroots music venues for Your City Festival 2023. From Saturday, May 27 to Sunday, May 28, a whole host of emerging local…
With just eight weeks to go until the musical bonanza, Your City Festival has revealed the full lineup of acts set to play across at least six venues during the late May Bank holiday weekend. From Saturday, May 27 to…
“All of my favourite bands have played in HMV at one time or another,so this feels really cool,” Olly Murphy-Tinsley, the vocal half of Bentilee-based duo Bathtub, tells the Saturday shoppers that have gathered inside The Potteries Centre store. He…
Stoke-based alternative rock band Souza have released their 10th standalone single ‘Backroads’ this week – and to celebrate they set up at Hanley’s HMV store for a 45 minute stripped-back set as part of the retailer’s Live and Local project.…
Following an eight-year hiatus, a rambunctious and explosive live performance at Stoke-on-Trent’s The Sugarmill has proven that noughties rockers The Subways are still alive, kicking and crowd surfing more than 20 years since their inception. Warming up what would become…