Event type: Music

We are thrilled to bring Ríoghnach Connolly and Honeyfeet to Future Yard on Wednesday 12th November as part of The Heads, Hearts and Hooves Tour, a bold and celebratory chapter in the journey of one of the most electrifying and genre-defying live acts performing today, carrying their signature blend of protest soul, twisted folk, deep groove and joyful abandon.

Mad Professor comes to Birkenhead!

A disciple of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’, Mad Professor stands as one of the leading producers in dub reggae’s second generation.

One of the most respected figures in the genre’s transition into the digital age, Mad Professor soon found himself in demand as a remixer for rock, R&B, and electronica acts. Over the course of the ’90s and into the new millennium, he would remix tracks by Sade, The Orb, The KLF, The Beastie Boys, and Depeche Mode, among others. His best-known project, however — and the one that truly established his credentials — was 1995’s No Protection, a completely reimagined version of trip-hop collective Massive Attack’s second album, Protection.

Support comes from The Oliphant Man B2B Sista Irie.

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Pygmy Twylyte return to Birkenhead!

After a storming show with us in February 2025, Pygmy Twylyte return once again to show us why they’re the ultimate Zappa Tribute band.

Navigating the vast Zappa oeuvre then is no mean feat, but Scotland’s Pygmy Twylyte have embraced the challenge with gusto. Since their inception in 2018, the band have selected a core body of classic material, complemented with a rotating offering of more obscure cuts, and blasted this to delighted audiences across the UK.

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Iration Steppas, the Leeds-based sound system, dub production duo, and live act are celebrating their 35th anniversary!

Founded by Mark Iration and Dennis Rootical, they’ve been a pioneering force in dub music, known for their futuristic, heavyweight sound and influence on the UK’s underground bass scene. They are marking this milestone with a tour, including a stop at Future Yard.

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XTC’s legendary drummer, Terry Chambers, is back on the road with his band eXTC (named and approved by XTC frontman, Andy Partridge).

XTC fans could only dream of witnessing the sensational XTC songbook played live.

That dream has now become a reality with Terry Chambers eXTC.

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After a rip-roaring set at Download this year, Oxford-based post-hardcore outfit Lastelle make their way to Birkenhead as part of a tour in support of new EP Exist – vol ii.
Speaking about the tour, bassist/vocalist/brassist Freddie Whatore shares, “this September we’re inviting fans to Exist with us across the UK, in celebration of the release of vol. ii. These songs mean the world to us, and by bringing them to the stage, we’re thrilled to be able to share the emotion and energy with everyone in those rooms with us.”
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We team up with Dave O’Grady and friends to celebrate 45 years of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s seminal album ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ on Saturday 20th December.
Full line-up revealed in good time!

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We are thrilled to present Westside Cowboy at Future Yard on Tuesday 25th November.

Westside Cowboy sound new but seem to come from an old place. Surrounded by 1978 Fender Twin Reverbs, well-thumbed Wem catalogues, a four-track recorder and spools of cassette tape. With a sound raw as a carpet burn, they ride a thrilling lo-fi boxcar tuned to the melodic precision of Teenage Fanclub and held together with the slacker cool of Pavement.

For most bands this would be enough, but not for Westside Cowboy. Just when you think you have them pinned, they career the entire thing into a brick wall of country, trad and early harmony coated, major-key rock’n’roll. They call this process ‘Britainicana’. A portmanteau of the band’s own making to describe American culture digested by English people in small towns with almost nothing in the way of cosmopolitan sheen. “Think kids in double denim and Converse eating Greggs vegan sausage rolls.”

It’s alarming and exhilarating in equal measures and marks them out as a band perpetually on the verge of losing control but having too good a time to notice the smoke screaming out from under the wheels.

After winning Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition and with a tour schedule set to take in a host of the finest festivals around, we can’t wait to welcome them to Birkenhead later this year.

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We’re having a do for our Birthday Party!

Our first ever show in the building on Argyle Street was on 19th September 2020, so we’re celebrating turning FIVE by putting on a gig full of our favourite sounds and people – and we’re inviting you to come and join us for it.

Brown Horse are one of the most exciting homegrown Americana acts on the circuit right now. Melding slacker folk and the grungier end of alt. country, the group’s new album All The Right Weaknesses follows on from last year’s breakout LP Reservoir, both of which been on constant rotation here at FY HQ. FFO Jason Molina, Wednesday, Divorce, Greg Freeman

a Lesser Version are probably the best act around in Liverpool today. They have honed their unique style of dreampop-indebted emotive rock across a number of albums and singles, and this consistently high output has garnered them a spot to play at this year’s Green Man festival through the Green Man Rising pathway. We love aLV here, and we think you will too. FFO good music.

In total there will be five acts playing this fifth birthday show, with the rest of the line-up rounded off with solo sets from Trout and Astles, plus a performance from Maddie Lara. We’re also inviting a group of DJs from the wider FY family to join in creating a mega sound across the whole day, which kicks off at 5pm. There will be birthday cake for those who get down early and want to help us blow out the candles. If we get carried away, we might even get the karaoke out later on.

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Kantos Chamber Choir are back at Future Yard on Sunday 16th November with The Witch Trials.

A mirror to our callous hearts.

The infamous stories of the trials, torture and execution of witches are surely just abominable tales of a bygone era? Yet, with each and every unspeakable act we witness in the modern world, perhaps the Witch Trials tell us just as much about human nature today.

Music and spoken word sit alongside one another, offering an immersive reflection on the Lancashire Witch Trials of 1612. The programme gives us all a chance to grieve the senseless loss of life and confront some heavy truths while hearing some of the actual texts from the trials of 1612.

Featuring Camden Reeves’ haunting ‘Spells, Remedies & Potions’ – “think Black Sabbath and Metallica but for sopranos” – alongside music by Allegri, Byrd, Hildegard, Wainwright Johnston, and an arrangement of a 17th-Century Barbara Strozzi song by Ellie Slorach, this performance takes you on a captivating journey to a dark past and back again.

Doors open 4:30pm. Performance starts 5pm.

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