Our IVW 2026 All Dayer arrives on Saturday 31st January 2026 and we’re thrilled to announce this year’s headliner is Insecure Men!
We’re also inviting along Langkamer for the party, as well as local favs Workstuff, with plenty more TBA in due course…
Fresh from the release of their latest record, ‘A Man For All Seasons’, this long-awaited return comes off the back of a period that Saul Adamczewski spent fixing fractured relationships with the mother of his infant daughter, his family, friends, and Fat White Family (the band he co-founded in 2011).
Insecure Men began in 2015, a repository for Adamczewski’s more reflective and melodic material that was naturally completely unsuitable for Fat White Family, and to make use of an in-joke that FWF should really be called “Insecure Men Who Look At Their Phones Too Much.”
Their self-titled debut album was released in 2018. Adamczewski was out of Fat White Family, out of rehab, and turned in a melodically rich and sonically inventive album that surprised critics with its confident and focused songwriting (even if that songwriting was about Operation Yewtree, Cliff Richard and the death of Whitney Houston.)
Praised by The Guardian as a redemptive breakthrough, it was a Top 5 Album of the Year for The Quietus. But where that album used a woozy stew of lounge, exotica and off-kilter pop music as a base from which to examine the true-life horrors of fame, substance abuse and imperialism, ‘A Man For All Seasons’ fixes its gaze on something no less shocking or ugly: the end of a relationship.
Tickets on sale now.
Youth Sector play live as part of Independent Venue Week at Future Yard on Wednesday 28th January 2026!
Hailing from Brighton, Youth Sector’s music is a coiled spring of urgency and unpredictable energy; while lyrically offering a sense of catharsis for the confusion of modern adult life.
Taking influence from art school greats DEVO and Talking Heads, the Brighton 5 piece never revel in bleakness, managing to twist everyday narratives into music that is quite the opposite being upbeat, full of energy and with irresistible choruses you can’t help but sing along with.
Tickets on sale now.
In a world still shaken by online misogyny and narrow ideas of femininity, The Pill are the defiant, irreverent voice Gen Z punk has been waiting for. Formed by Lily Hutchings (vocals/guitar) and Lottie Massey (vocals/bass), the Isle of Wight duo have spent the past few years honing their riotous blend of satire, sarcasm, and spitfire punk into something entirely their own.
Now, they’re ready to unleash it with the release of their self-titled debut EP, a sold-out UK headline tour, and a run of shows with Green Day, The Hives, Panic Shack, HotWax, plus appearances at over 30 UK and European festivals throughout 2025 – and now, a show at Future Yard for Independent Venue Week 2026 on Tuesday 27th January.
Tickets on sale Friday 24th October.
Twelve Bells #001: Jinjé with support from Benj Aitch and Lee Reed
Twelve Bells presents an electronic music party with seven hours of beautifully crafted beats to escape with.
Step away from the noise and into a groove. Lose yourself in the music, body moving, heart syncing. No phones, no distractions. Doors open early, we finish by midnight and the 12th bell. The journey is short but the memories will linger.
Limited Early Bird Tickets available.
On sale now.
After over a decade shaking up the North West music scene, indie maverick Jim Pearson takes a final bow before heading to London — and he’s not going quietly.
This one-off retrospective at Future Yard on 17.01.2026 reunites his cult band Scaredycats for their first show in two years, bringing their sharp wit and scrappy brilliance back to the stage. Expect chaos, charm, and a few curveballs.
Also joining are ethereal art-pop duo Igloo Hearts — long-time collaborators and kindred spirits. Rare performances, real emotion, and a night full of surprises.
Come say goodbye the only way Jim knows how: loud, weird, and wonderful.
Tickets on sale now.
Mersey Dub Club lands on 27th December 2025!
EQUITY HIFI MEETS SUGAR SHACK SOUNDSYSTEM “IN A UNITY STYLE”.
2 SOUNDSYSTEMS / 4 SCOOPS EACH / ONE VENUE
Mersey Dub Club in association with Future Yard brings you a night of soundsystem culture with two sound systems in one room selecting nothing but good, good vibes.
The Visitors: Equity Hi-Fi is a traditional, hand-built soundsystem from the fells of North Wales. Born from a shared love of music, dancing, and soundsystem culture. Organising gatherings across North Wales and Merseyside for the past two years. Their sessions celebrate diverse musical culture through selections, live elements and collaborations, whilst always staying true to the roots and drawing from their extensive vinyl collections. The message is clear in every tune and dubplate: progression, peace, love, unity and above all, Equity.
The Home Grown: Sugar Shack Sound System, established in 1993 from the Riddim Boat Productions Youth Collective on Wirral Merseyside, built its roots and foundations in the Blues/House party scene of the nineties. With the rise of their sound this transformed into there regular monthly nights at such venues as Bourbon Street/JAKs/ Zanzibar, HeeBieJeeBees, BaaBar, theLomax as well as home grown sessions at the Victoria Ballroom and the Sailing Club in New Brighton. 1999 saw the sound reduce and store as life got more 9-to-5 for its members, but fast forward to the present day and the sound is once again fully functional with our original Larry dub scoops, traditional hand-built pre-amp and effects. We play a selection from early rocksteady to roots rock reggae to heavy dub and steppa’s via our collective of selectas via digital and vinyl formats.
Mersey Dub Club est. June 2025 is our new gathering which will hopefully grow as we follow the river energy and collaborate with the reggae foundations and new youth sound we find on its banks within our community.
RESPECT THE SOUND LOVE THE PEOPLE RESPECT THE VENUE
Tickets on sale now.
We are thrilled to host Omar Perry + ERM at Future Yard on Friday 13th February 2026. The son of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and his former band team up on ‘Channelling Lee Scratch Perry’, their new album paying homage to the godfather of Reggae Dub himself. It’s a sonic tribute to LSP where Omar is able to keeps his identity as a solo artist, whilst still exploring the mind and soul barrier to re-create the embodiment of his father.
Tickets on sale now.
Manchester Collective Presents Sky with the Four Suns live at Future Yard on Saturday 7th February 2026.
Enter a realm flooded with light and sound.
The Alaskan wilderness and the Arctic sky is where night and day steadily unfold with a special kind of magic. These horizons stretch far and wide across the nature-infused music of John Luther Adams. His ‘Canticles of the Sky’ for string quartet is stark, bright and expansive. It takes inspiration from sunbeams that hit ice crystals and refract, forming vivid halos and sundogs. To hear it live is to feel the steady, creeping warmth of a frosty day…
On our way to these distant soundscapes, we bask in the radiant purity of Arvo Pärt’s ‘Summa’ and briefly leave Earth behind for alien terrains. Experimental British musician and composer Mica Levi is best known for their scores for films like Under the Skin and The Zone of Interest.
In a new commission for the Collective, Jasmine Morris manipulates time with her slow-crawling textures and otherworldly sounds.
Join us and ascend to the highest heights.
Tickets on sale now.
Future Yard are excited to welcome African Head Charge for their 45th Anniversary. Known for their transcendent live performances and studio work, African Head Charge combines African traditions with modern dub and experimental electronic elements, creating a hypnotic sound that defies genres. Their live shows pulse with tribal drum beats, soulful chanting, and deep, thrumming basslines, all elevated by heavy electronic sampling. This evolving, powerful live sound continues to inspire both their loyal fanbase and a new generation of listeners worldwide.
Tickets on sale now.
Utah Saints have been making music, DJ’ing and playing gigs around the globe since the birth of House Music.
The world renowned duo have released 9 Top 40 UK hits, 4 of which hit the Top 10 and sold over 2 million records worldwide (equivalent to 800m+ streams).
Precariously walking the tightrope between genres and the underground and mainstream, Utah Saints roots are firmly in electronic dance music.
Having met in a club in Leeds at the beginning of the rave movement in the UK they’ve subsequently established themselves as pioneers of sampling in dance music.
They return to Birkenhead on Friday 29.05.2026 for a special show that we’re incredibly excited for.
Tickets on sale now.
