Wordsmithery 16.09 OPEN-MIC
SPOKEN WORD
AND POETRY
NIGHT
Connor Selby 17.09 BLUES +
FOLK
SINGER-SONGWRITER
Smoove & Turrell 18.09 WORKING-CLASS
HEROS WITH A
PASSION FOR
SOUL
Midian: A Revival 19.09 TWISTED PARTY
TRACKS FOR THOSE
DRAWN TO GOTHIC
+ EAGER TO DANCE
Trial Tapes + Little Furry Things 20.09 DIY SCUZZ,
FUZZ AND
ALT-FOLK
UNDERGROUND
MOSH TOTS 20.09 GIGS FOR
KIDS - THE HIPPEST
PARTY IN TOWN!
Rebel Dread Rockers 25.09 DON LETTS +
ANDY SMITH
(PORTISHEAD)
DJ SETS
The Bends 26.09 A TRIBUTE
TO RADIOHEAD
Katy Hurt + Two Ways Home 02.10 DOUBLE-HEADLINE
OF UPBEAT COUNTRY
AMERICANA
James Lavelle (UNKLE / MO’WAX) 03.10 INNOVATOR
+ TASTEMAKER
JAMES LAVELLE
COMES TO BIRKENHEAD
MOSH TOTS 04.10 GIGS FOR
KIDS - THE HIPPEST
PARTY IN TOWN!
10 YEARS OF RADIO WIGWAM: Sonic Whip + More 06.10 10 YEARS
OF RADIO
WIGWAM
Moolakii Club: Silent Film Soundtracks 08.10 SILENT FILMS
SOUNDTRACKED LIVE
BY ELECTRONIC
MUSICIANS
Lime Garden 09.10 "WONK POP"
RISING STARS
COME TO
ARGYLE STREET
Ibibio Sound Machine 10.10 GENRE-DEFYING
AFRO-FUTURIST
COLLECTIVE
Everything Yes 11.10 JAZZ-FUSION
GROUP HAILING
FROM NORTH
CAROLINA
MOSH TOTS 18.10 GIGS FOR
KIDS - THE HIPPEST
PARTY IN TOWN!
Iguana Death Cult 19.10 GARAGE AND
PUNK WITH A
MODERN FEEL
Yumi And The Weather 20.10 CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
'ALL WE CAN'
EP MUSICAN
TAKES ON BIRKO
Uche Yara 21.10 RAW + ELECTRIFYING
LEFT-FIELD POP
+ CLUB EXPERIENCE
Annie-Claude Deschênes with THE DSM IV 23.10 SYNTH-POP
ARTIST HAILING
FROM MONTREAL
The (Unofficial) Nightman Cometh! 24.10 ITS ALWAYS SUNNY
IN PHILADELPHIA
TRIBUTE
Grandmaster Flash: “4 Elements” Tour 24.10 NOW TAKING
PLACE AT
INVISIBLE WIND
FACTORY
Squid 25.10 WARP RECORDS'
ART-PUNK OUTFIT
MAKE BIRKENHEAD
RETURN
NYJO’S OCTOBER HOLIDAY PROJECT 27.10 - 28.10 NATIONAL YOUTH
JAZZ ORCHESTRA
FOR AGES 13-18
INTERESTED IN JAZZ
Saigon Soul Revival 29.10 ENCHANTING
ASIAN
SURF
Breakthrough Festival 31.10 HALLOWEEN
INDIE-ROCK
ALL DAYER
MAE STEPHENS 04.11 NEXT GEN
POP STAR TOURS
SUPPORTED BY
MVT
OH MY GOD! IT’S THE CHURCH 06.11 THE RETURN
OF THE
FILTHY ROCK'N'ROLL
SERVICE
African Head Charge 07.11 CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
PSYCHEDELIC DUB
OUTFIT
Twelve Bells #004: Audiojack + Jinjé 07.11 NOW TAKING
PLACE AT
JOY
GENN 10.11 BROODING
POST-PUNK FROM
ANGLO-MALTESE
OUTFIT
Mike Viola 13.11 ACCLAIMED
SINGER, SONGWRITER
& PRODUCER COMES
TO BIRKENHEAD
GNOD 14.11 MANCHESTER BASED
PSYCHEDELIC
NOISE-ROCK
COLLECTIVE
Carnal Rot (Gothfrog Fundraiser) 15.11 PUNK, HARDCORE,
METAL + ALTERNATIVE
CHAOS - IN AID OF
CHARITY
corto.alto 18.11 MERCURY PRIZE
NOMINEE TAKES
ON BIRKO FOR
A NIGHT OF JAZZ
Silent Film Soundtracks – POP4 Special 19.11 SILENT FILMS
SOUNDTRACKED LIVE
BY ELECTRONIC
MUSICIANS
POP4 – Climate Conference 19.11 A DAY OF CLIMATE
DEBATE + COLLECTIVE
ACTION, POWERED BY
ECOTRICITY
Cheekface x Playboy Manbaby x Emperor X  20.11 AMERICA'S LOCAL BAND
BRING THE PODIUM TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
PLAYBOY MANBABY + EMPEROR X
Knats 21.11 GEORDIE JAZZ TRIO
BRING NEW ALBUM
PRODUCED BY
GEORDIE GREEP
Birkenhead Day Of The Dead 21.11 THE DEAD DON'T
STOP ('TIL THEY
REACH THE TOP)
K2 / JAMS / KLF
Xzibit 22.11 ACCLAIMED
AMERICAN RAPPER
COMES TO BIRKO
Ruth Theodore 22.11 ORIGINAL FOLK
VOICE WITH A
PUNK ROCK
ATTITUDE
Dylan LeBlanc 26.11 10 YEARS OF
'CAUTIONARY TALE' -
AMERICANA FOLK
ARTIST
Omega Nebula 27.11 ELECTRONIC
FUTURE-DUB DUO
OMEGA NEBULA COME
TO BIRKENHEAD
BODEGA 27.11 BROOKLYN'S
POST-PUNK
OUTFIT
AnotherVU 28.11 A TRIBUTE TO
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
+ NICO AND THEIR ICONIC
MULTIMEDIA HAPPENINGS
COWBOYY 29.11 MATH-ROCK
WITH
POST-PUNK
GRIT
And So I Watch You From Afar 03.12 IRISH BORN
EXPERIMENTAL
POST-ROCK
BAND
Sheelanagig 04.12 FOOT STOMPING
ROOF RAISING
FOLK MUSIC
Conan 05.12 ENGLAND'S
DOOM METAL
MASTERS
Moolakii Club: Silent Film Soundtracks 10.12 SILENT FILMS
SOUNDTRACKED LIVE
BY ELECTRONIC
MUSICIANS
Q&A Sides: Irvine Welsh In Conversation 11.12 HOSTED BY
BBC RADIO 6'S
CHRIS HAWKINS
Jack Said What: Irvine Welsh, Carl Loben + Nickelle 11.12 OFFICIAL
IRVINE WELSH
IN CONVERSATION
AFTER PARTY
Mobius Loop: Right to Roam Tour 12.12 PHILOSOPHICAL
AND REBELLIOUS
FOLK + PUNK
The Cheap Thrills 12.12 RISING INDIE
STARS HAILING
FROM LIVERPOOL
Michael Head + the Red Elastic Band 18.12 LOCAL LEGENDS
COME TO
BIRKO
Nuggets Live 19.12 ARTYFACTS
FROM THE FIRST 1.5
VOLUMES OF THE ICONIC
COMPILATION
The Quarkness – The Spirit of Hawkwind 21.12 CLASSIC TRACKS
FROM HAWKWIND'S
GOLDEN AGE
Gig Panto – Alice in Wonderland 22.12 - 31.12 ALICE IN
WONDERLAND
GIG PANTO IN
THE LIVE ROOM
Horizon – Birkenheaven NYE 31.12 HUGE NEW
YEAR'S EVE
CLUB NIGHT FROM
HORIZON
Jim Pearson 15.01 WIRRAL BAND
CELEBRATES 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF
ICONIC ALBUM
Holly Humberstone 22.01 DUSKY ALT-POP
Blackbeard and Co 05.02 BIRKENHEAD
PSYCH-BLUES
LEGENDS
James Taylor Quartet 06.02 JAZZ-POP
CROSSOVER
Martial Arts 11.02 ELECTRIC
POST-PUNK BAND
HAILING FROM
MANCHESTER
Obie Trice 16.02 REAL NAME
NO GIMMICKS
Pygmy Twylyte 20.02 FRANK ZAPPA
TRIBUTE
The Bones of JR Jones 23.02 MOODY AND
HYPNOTIC
FOLK MUSIC
Rosalie Cunningham 18.03 IF KATE BUSH
AND THE BEATLES
HAD A BABY
Orchestra Baobab 25.03 A CORNERSTONE
OF AFRICAN
MUSIC
Dinosaur Pile Up 27.03 BRITISH
ALT-ROCK
SUPREMOS
Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan 15.04 WONDERFUL
PROPULUSIVE
CINEMATIC
ELECTRONICA
Jim White 13.05 ALT-POP
INDIE
EXPERIMENTAL