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WILL WALTON

Songs by a happy sad boy about the inside of his head.

KATIE O’MALLEY

A Rochdale girl who’s raw emotion to her voice fills a venue. After becoming a regular favourite on the Manchester open mic scene she has played beside Aziz Ibrahim, worked with award winning producer Simon Dine and released her debut e.p Dawn Chorus.

THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM

Following his time as singer, songwriter and guitarist of the critically acclaimed indie folk trio Peter and the Wolf (first ever openers of The Park stage at Glastonbury), Marc Sunderland began writing songs with new flatmate and piano virtuoso Richard Jones.



After being joined by Allan Falcon on drums and Dave Drury on bass, The Drifting Classroom released their critically acclaimed debut full length LP Oubliette on Guy Garvey’s Skinny Dog Records in 2016, followed by 2017’s single Rise.

JACK OLIVER MONTY

Jack Oliver Monty is a songwriter/ solo artist. Raised in Doncaster and now living in Manchester Jack writes in a quaint and wistful style that is at the same time dark and brooding.

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From “Two sausage and chips please, mushy peas with one of those, ta”, to “Meg! Meg! Don’t hit her too hard”. It’s been a thoroughly unconventional trip. Once Meg White had donned those boxing gloves Night & Day Café’s most unique upbringing felt complete.

An initial chip shop - stage - piano combo quickly gave rise to a traditional Amsterdam style ‘brown bar’ and artistic hub; the venue’s journey mirroring, and in no small part contributed to, Manchester’s move away from its baggy era heritage cum baggage.

Like a younger brother who could play guitar much better than you, but had no mates to play to, Night & Day grew out of a barren musical spell in Manchester back in 1991. When the city offered little else except a chrome mating hell, or a look back nostalgiafest. The homely feel and startling quality of the acts brought into the city by the venue made Night & Day the focus of the areas more discerning crowds of the area thereafter.

So much so that the last 20 years have read like a who’s who of Manchester’s continuing creative legacy…

Guy Garvey practically used it as an office, Johnny from I A Kloot worked there, Johnny Marr, Delphic and The Courteeners rehearsed there, Badly Drawn Boy wrote songs there and Mark E Smith’s been known to behave very strangely indeed there.

The walls have withstood the barrage from over 26,000 bands from all over the world. Some of the many, many stand outs have to be a naked Damo Suzuki, The Dirtbombs having to stop and towel down after one song, Meg White vs The Bar Staff, Keanu Reaves popping in to watch some bands, buy a t-shirt and get mobbed, and The Kaiser Chiefs first incarnation getting chucked offstage early.
But, let us not look back to deeply.

Certainly, preaching to the converted has never been the venue’s style or raison d’etre and currently, there are signs of another resurgence in the city’s musical fortunes. Young upstarts such Money can be found regularly hanging around causing botheration and a certain singular Liam Frey can be oft found planning his next lyrical barrage in the labyrinth of corridors downstairs.

Here’s to another 20 years!

26 Oldham Street,

Manchester,

Greater Manchester,

England,

M1 1JN.

0161 236 1822