Event type: Music

Midian – The darker side.

A blend of twisted party tracks covering goth, industrial, EBM, darkwave, new wave, electro, dark alternative 80s, and more. Established in 2002 under the guidance of Tags, the Gothfather, Midian began as a club night sanctuary for those that were drawn to the gothic and eager to dance. It initially rotated between venues in Liverpool and the Wirral, with organisation handed over to DJ sistercarrion and Jay in 2003, until 2007 when health and venue problems led to the sad closure of the event.

Fast forward to last year, when a revival occurred—a reunion and what was intended as a one-time party, celebrating what Midian stood for and the happiness it brought to the Merseyside goth community.

Due to the overwhelming response, Midian: A Reunion is scheduled to return once more to Future Yard this September with another one-off (two-off?) revival event. Featuring original Midian DJs Grimly Fiendish, Kix, and sistercarrion, we’re ready to shadow dance through the night again.

For the past 30 years, James Lavelle has been at the forefront of global club culture. Known as much for his eclectic DJ sets as for his production work with UNKLE, Lavelle has been lauded as a highly influential tastemaker and musical curator.

He began DJing in Oxford aged only 15, where he started his first night, ‘Mo’Wax Please’. Relocating to London to start the record label of the same name, Lavelle took up a residency at The Fridge for Gilles Peterson’s ‘Talkin’ Loud’. The pair went on to start their own night together, ‘That’s How It Is’, a legendary Monday night session at Bar Rumba on Shaftesbury Avenue that saw Lavelle become a major fixture of London’s burgeoning club scene.

Lavelle’s ability to craft genre-spanning mixes translated from to the club to the studio, where he created contributions to several iconic mix series. After releasing mixes for Tribal Gathering and Cream, he produced the inaugural FABRICLIVE CD, and has gone on to release four critically acclaimed mixes for Global Underground, the most recent of which went to the top of the Electronic charts on iTunes. Pete Tong lauded him as ‘one of the most gifted minds in music’ when introducing his ‘mind blowing’ Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1.

Lavelle continues to tour as a DJ, playing a major role in Fabric’s 20th anniversary celebrations, curating two nights at the club and playing alongside Laurent Garnier. He also reunited with Gilles Peterson for a ‘That’s How It Is’ reunion show at We Out Here festival. Away from the dancefloor, Lavelle has recently contributed DJ mixes for Keinemusik, Crosstown Rebels and Mary Anne Hobbs, as well as the soundtrack for Virgil Abloh’s final Off-White show at Paris Fashion Week. His monthly Living In My Headphones shows on Soho Radio serve as a showcase for the more eclectic reaches of his record collection.

He also produces albums under his UNKLE moniker, working with a myriad cast of musical collaborators including Thom Yorke, Michael Kiwanuka, Mark Lanegan, Massive Attack, Brian Eno and Josh Homme. Lavelle also curates multi-sensory art exhibitions, with his highly innovative and hugely successful series ‘Daydreaming With…’ and ‘Beyond the Road’ the latter of which NME described as an ‘album you can walk around’.

Since their inception, Gnod’s musical trajectory has been one of constant fluctuation borne out of an incessant need to discover new sonic worlds. Beginning life as a shamanic drone ensemble, at times fitting up to 15 members on stage, these early rituals informed the core ideals that have come to define the group in their years of activity; community and trance-inducing repetition.

Throughout a discography that has amassed dozens of CD-R’s, cassettes and vinyls for labels like Rocket Recordings, Trensmat, Krokodilo (Blackest Ever Black) and their own Tesla Tapes imprint, a restless yet organic need mutate their music into new realms has had critics clawing for comparative touch stones. Acts as far ranging as Hawkwind, Popul Vuh, Pan Sonic, Sunburned Hand of the Man and Pharaoh Sanders have all been referenced in attempt to pinpoint their output, one that has historically never aped any genre but with each record furthered their own unique place in truly independent music. It is the exact same dedication to the live arena that has seen Gnod become one of the most celebrated live bands in the UK and secured them multiple tours and festival appearances throughout Europe.

Gnod have taken their very namesake and charged it with bludgeoning new edge that is as euphoric as it is nihilistic. It is one that stridently attests to the group’s spiritual center, one of community that is inclusive and respectful of its audience yet will never placate to their expectations. Instead, Gnod offer a gateway to an aural black hole and along with firm guiding hand, the opportunity to dive head and body first into a powerfully new psychedelic maelstrom full of possibilities

Knats are a hard-hitting trio from Newcastle upon Tyne, channelling rock grit, fusion fire and floor-filling grooves into a bold new sound they call “Geordie Jazz”.

The band was formed by two lifelong best friends from Newcastle’s West End – bassist Stan Woodward and drummer King David Ike-Elechi – and completed by trumpet phenom Ferg Kilsby. Described by Jazzwise as “one of the most exciting new bands in the UK”, in the words of The Guardian they “gleefully rewire jazz with a hard-as-nails rhythm section, drum’n’bass energy and punk aggression.”

After moving to London in 2022 to hone their jazz chops at Trinity Laban conservatoire, Knats quickly built a reputation for their explosive live shows, selling out headline gigs at Jazz Refreshed and Rough Trade East, supporting Str4ta at a packed Jazz Cafe and Theon Cross at the BBC Proms. In March 2025 they released their self-titled debut album on Gearbox Records, reflecting their diverse influences – from jazz fusion to UK club beats. With its strong melodies, virtuosic solos and infectious grooves, the album won widespread acclaim and earned them a nomination for ‘Jazz Newcomer of the Year’ at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards.

Knats went on to back Eddie Chacon and tour with Geordie Greep, before signing to Fontana Records and releasing their second album, A Great Day In Newcastle, in May 2026. Produced by Greep, the album showcases a heavier side to the band’s sound, drawing on their roots playing rock and metal. Featuring an array of collaborators and powerful storytelling from Newcastle poet Cooper Robson, it’s an unflinching portrait of working-class life in their home city, full of humour, optimism and grit. They call it “Geordie Noir”.

AnotherVU bring their incredible multimedia tribute to The Velvet Underground + Nico – and their iconic shows with Andy Warhol – to Future Yard on Saturday 28th November 2026.

This project had long been an ambition for all of the band’s members, but when multi-instrumentalist Cam Forrester began producing Velvets–related content on YouTube in 2021 and subsequently built a strong following, real demand for a live show was evident, given the scarcity of footage of the original band.

After posting an online ad in 2022, multi-instrumentalist Kyle Hill joined on bass; guitarist Bobby Tamarali followed in December 2024, and drummer Ella Wallace-Manning in February 2025, completing the core lineup.

“We’re working on both accurately reproducing the Velvets’ seminal music, and recreating the groundbreaking multimedia shows they performed during their collaboration with Andy Warhol during 1966-1967.

Throughout 2025 we’ve self-funded rehearsals, investing in vintage instruments, amps and lighting equipment, and even hand-building discontinued items in order to faithfully recreate these culturally significant events for a modern audience – especially those who never experienced this pioneering moment in art and music history firsthand. Since rock and roll no longer dominates the cultural landscape as it did in the 1960s, we invite people of all ages and backgrounds – musicians, students, creatives, long-time fans and curious newcomers alike – to rediscover the excitement of an almost entirely analogue multimedia event.

Inspired by Andy Warhol’s multimedia vision and original EPI lighting designer Danny Williams’ electrical innovations – which were influential to the development of psychedelic light shows, and later disco, rave, and contemporary stage lighting – our light shows will consist of manually controlled strobes (operated in rhythm with the music), as well as coloured spot lamps, aimed at our custom-built reproduction of Warhol’s antique mirror ball, creating orbiting polka dot reflections all around.

Additionally, a liquid light show will produce psychedelic convection current visuals against the rear stage wall, alongside slide/moiré projections, and the sole digital element of the show, which is new Another VU film projections (replacing the original 16mm Warhol films of the Velvets).

The result will be a mesmerising explosion of electrifying sound and kaleidoscopic imagery – just like the original, and now legendary EPI.” – Cam Forrester

Rebel Folk trio MOBIUS LOOP are heading out on their most rambunctious tour yet, the RIGHT TO ROAM tour!! This Lancashire grassroots activist band are fast becoming one of the most viral and polarising independent bands in the UK, drawing both praise and criticism for their want to rise above political, religious and cultural divisions by welcoming all people to dance and sing together for unity and peace!

Mobius Loop’s message of compassion, love and empathy pulsates from their lyrics whilst tackling taboo subjects such as anti-monarchy, animal rights, female orgasms and calling out the billionaires!

Come join in the riotous, rebel energy of this northern band that raises the roof with their foot stomping, world-music-inspired peace-anthems of our times

Everything Yes is a North Carolina based jazz-fusion group that grew out of the creative chemistry between friends who first connected in university. What started as late-night jams and throwing wild ideas at each other quickly became a band defined by one simple rule: say “yes.” Every idea, every experiment, every spark of inspiration — if someone brought something to the table, the answer was yes. That spirit eventually became the band’s name.

Spearheaded by drummer / YouTuber, Zack Grooves, who has over 440k subscribers, the band features Cole Sipe on bass, Reggie McNeill on keys, Sean Reeser on tenor sax, and Nathan Graybeal on alto sax. Everything Yes is powered by genuine friendship. Their music blends jazz, funk, gospel, progressive rock, and improvisation into a sound that’s energetic, playful, and always evolving. Their live shows feel like a reunion of friends who trust each other enough to take risks and have fun doing it.

They’ll be offering a UK-exclusive masterclass before the gig for budding musicians who want to learn more about Everything Yes!

Since first emerging in 2013 with her critically acclaimed ‘All We Can’ EP, Brighton (UK) based musician and producer Yumi And The Weather has spent the past few years perfecting her unique blend of electrifying technicolour Psych-Pop and combining it with Garage Rock, Shoegaze, Indie and Electronic under currents.

‘Come one, come all to a beautiful show! See ‘The (Unofficial) Nightman Cometh!’ – The sell out tribute and adaptation of the cult musical from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia!

What more could an Always Sunny fan like you want? We’ve even got a discount for janitors! Here’s what we’re offering:

FULL EPISODE & EXTENDED MUSICAL! + Sing along to TROLL TOLL! BABY BOY! DAYMAN! & More!

THEMED COCKTAILS! + Fight Milk, Wolf Cola, Riot Juice & more at the bar!

Always Sunny DJ Set by Artemis! + Exclusive club bangers like Magnum Dong, Swedish Plumber, Man Cheetah, & more, mixed with iconic tracks from the show!

WAITRESS RAFFLE! + Buying an Adv ticket automatically enters you into our ‘Waitress Raffle’, the winner receives exclusive prizes, a front row spot, and serenades throughout the show!

More surprises…but you’ll have to see it to find out!