Shaking Hand Concert History

Somewhere close to Manchester’s ever changing city centre, as the sun fades and peeks through the newest glass facade, you’ll find Shaking Hand. One part in shadow, the other basking in prisms of light as they sketch out their own sonic landscapes in the dusty redbrick mill they call home. One that is just about clinging on from the encroaching developments that surround them.

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Past Shaking Hand Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
May 30, 2026
Dana Margolin / Shaking Hand / 1000 Rabbits / Evelyn Gray

Cantilever Launch Party

The Social London, England, United Kingdom
May 16, 2026
Shaking Hand

Great Escape

Prince Albert Brighton, England, United Kingdom
May 13, 2026 –
May 16, 2026
The Great Escape 2026
Kingfishr / Marlon Funaki / Meltt / Lily Moore / Ngaiire / Carpetman / Mustbejohn / Elsa / Gareth / Ain't / Teenage Joans / Yndling / Bed / Westside Cowboy / Sistra / The OBGMs / Fool Nelson / Truman Sinclair / Girl Tones / DC3 / Becky Sikasa / Ashaine White / Girl Group / Cowboy Hunters / Min Taka / Clothesline from Hell / Ava Joe / Bean Magazine / Madra Salach / Kellan Christopher Cragg / Annie-Dog / Saint Clair / Isak Benjamin / Really Good Time / Sophia Thakur / Max Baby / Dermot Henry / Tommy WÁ / Ladylike / Ringlets / Slag / James Emmanuel / Status/Non-Status / Persia Holder / Wah Wah Wah / Morn / Jack Devlin / Big Long Sun / the itch (UK) / Sean Trelford / 1000 Rabbits / 8bite / Abbie Piper / Adjua / Adult DVD / Afternoon Bike Ride / Aifric / Aimée Fatale / AK Patterson / AKA / Aki Oke / Alfie Castley / Alfreda / Alice Costelloe / Alice Faye / ALICE SK / Ally Nicholas / AMANZI / amy palmer / Ana De Llor / Anabel Rose / Angine de Poitrine / Annie-Claude Deschênes / any young mechanic / Archie / Argyle / Arima Ederra / Arson / Arxx / Atomic Lobster / Babyrat / Bathing Suits / Bella Barbe / Bella Kay / Ben Ellis / Benchwarmer / Bert / betina quest / Big Truck / BIG WETT / Bimini / Bitterfly / Black Nylon. / Blair Davie / Bleech 9:3 / Blue Bendy / Bnnyhunna / BombayMami / Bonnie Trash / Boudicca / Boutique Feelings / Brodie Barclay / Brodie Milner / Brooki / Brother Wallace / Bug Teeth / Bukky / Bureau de change / Call Me Franco / Casual Smart / Ceebo / Chanpan / Chantelle Marquez / Charli Lucas / Charlie Houston / Charlie Jeer / Charlotte Plank / Chase Icon / Chinese American Bear / Chris Acker / Ciao Lucifer / Cobra the Impaler / Comastatic / congratulations (UK) / Cordelia Gartside / Cowboyy / CUSP (UK) / Cyn Cwsg / Darcie Haven / Dea Matrona / Dead Dads Club / Dééfait / Demi Riquísimo / Dirty Blond / DizLyric / Do Nothing / Dolder / East Exchange / Eaves Wilder / Ebi Soda / Eileen Alister / Elín Hall / Eliza McLamb / Elle Coves / Elysia Biro / Em Beihold / EMNW / Essy Sparrow / eurotripp / Everyday Saints / Family Stereo / Fellatio / Fez / fliss / Flooding / flora hibberd / Frenzee / Fright Years / Frozemode / Funeralcare / Gans / Garage Flower / Gently Tender / GILSKA / Girl Apocrypha / Girl In The Year Above / Girl Scout / Glasshouse Red Spider Mite / Glazyhaze / Goodbye / Greenwing / Greta Svabo Bech / Half Happy / Hamish / Hank / Haute & Freddy / Heartworms / Heathers / Heave Blood & Die / Heidi Curtis / Hemi Hemingway / Henry Coke / Hetta / Hetta Falzon / Hologramme / holybones / Hope Winter / HOT FACE / Hutch / HYPHEN / IBSXJAUR / Imani Ruiz / In Color / Internet Cafe / Iona Luke / Isabelle Mettle / Issac Frank / Izzy Withers / Jack Van Cleaf / Jackson Roy / Jamaica Moana / Jamie McIntyre / Jawdropped / Jazz Cuti / Jessie Mac / JNR Williams / Joan & The Giants / Joe Bradwell / John from Dawson / Joker Starr / Jos Rivers / Josephine Illingworth / Jude Kelly / Julia Cumming / KatzPascale / Keo / Kerr Mercer / KEYAH/BLU / Kids Return / Kiimi / Kilu / Kimmortal / Krumpets / La Sécurité / Lady Of Mars / Lauren Auder / Lauren Duffus / Leao / Legss / Leila / Lemonsuckr / Len blake / Levitation Orchestra / LFay / Lime Garden / Lina-Mariah / Lisl / Little Grandad / Long Island / Lonnie Gunn / Lord Apex / The Lottery Winners / Luca George / Lucia & The Best Boys / Lukas Oscar / Lumï / luvis / LuxJury / Lynnie Snow / Maddie Ashman / MADMADMAD / Mae Hill / Marius DC / Marsy / Martial Arts / Matt Hennessy / Matthew Ifield / Max Winter / Maximilian / Meduulla / Mel Blue / Mên an Tol / Mia Langridge / Micah Sage / Milly Pye / Mira Taylor / Mitch Santiago / Modern guilt / Money Badoo / Monks (DE) / Mother Soki / Mudrat / Muroki / My Precious Bunny / Natalie Wildgoose / Native James / NCY Milky Band / Necry Talkie / Nectar Woode / NENDA / Ninush / Noonzy / Nori / Office Dog / Opal Mag / Orchards (UK) / Oskar Haag / Oslo Twins / Overgrown / Oversize / Pacifica / Pamela. / Papaya Noon / Pat Hamilton / Patche / Peaches / Pigeon / Piss / Pixie McCann / Pollyfromthedirt / Power Plush / Pozzy / Problem Patterns / Psychonaut / PVA / Quiet Houses / Quiet Man / Raghd / Ratbag / Raynor / Reece Bibby / Revenge of Calculon / Ribbon Skirt / Rocket / Room Service / Roomer / Salarymen / Samira Hills / SASSY 009 / SAVARA / SELL EVERYTHING / SexyTadhg / Shaking Hand / Shay O’Dowd / Shii / Shtëpi / Silverwingkiller / Skinny Dyck / sleepazoid / Slow Leaves / Spacestation / SpikeMyHeart / Spiral Drive / steel. / Steinza / Storefront Church / Sugaboo / Sunday Mourners / Sundayclub / Sunnbrella / Supermarket / Suzan Köcher’s Suprafon / Swim Deep / Sword II / Sylvie’s Head / Taiga / TAMIW / Tanzana / Tessa Rose Jackson / Tessi Nandi / The Baby Seals / The Bracknall / the cabs / The Cases / The Gnomes / The Haunted Youth / The Healing Power Of Horses / The Kitchen Sink Band / The Kooks / The North / The Orchestra (For Now) / The Orielles / The Rooks / The Skinner Brothers / The Slates / The Slow Country / The Tullamarines / The Wrong Trousers / Theatre / TheBoyShadow / Tim Baker / Tom A Smith / Tom Rasmussen / Tommy Barlow / Tony Bontana / Tooth / Trampolene / Truthpaste / Tsatsamis / Tukki / Tummyache / Twat Union / tygermylk / ugly ozo / Unsafe Space Garden / Vera Daisies / Vera Ellen / Vicky Sometani / Villanelle / Viren Neel / Way Dynamic / Wesley Joseph / weston loney / WHO SHOT SCOTT / Why Horses? / Winnie Ama / Winter Gardens / World News / Wu Tiao Ren / Xalia DJ / Xanadu / y / Yakkie / Yumi and The Weather / Mandy, Indiana / Working Men’s Club / Nectar Woode / Proderics / Reggie / Gabriella Cilmi / holybones / Life / Dave Lofts / La Plata / Labyrinthine Oceans / The 113 / Walt Disco / Parade / VVV [Trippin'you] / Just For Fun / Jael Marianna Winter / Tian Qiyi / Miles Temp / Arno Sacco / Breeze / Cardamo / Champ / Chiara / Creeping Jean / Etherwood / FEET / Featurette / Footshooter / FloodHounds / Flynn Gurry / Hana Amaya / Hoax / J Appiah / Jonique / Kyla Kilzar and Max Noir / Kenzo Jae / Las Dianas / Lizzie Esau / Lulu Melons / Loose Content / Marina Josephina / Milly on Air / My First Time / Prido / Orchard / Paige Kennedy / Panam / Part Time Delivery Boy / Risco / Rhys Baker / Rosa Walton / Rafferty / Showmore / Spaceacre / Skinship / Stay-C / Savasta / Solah / Tobithefreak / The Froot / Yaz / Au/Ra / Alex Amor / Banshimoku / Die Twice / Grace Bridie / Atticomatic / Harry Lyon / Nadia Loren / Sorvina / Shame / Yoo Doo Right Show all bands
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Various Venues Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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Apr 19, 2026
Strangeforms 2026 (Day 2 of 2)
Darkher / Kowloon Walled City / Sugar Horse / Shaking Hand / TAYNE / Cowboyy / Peach / The Sound of Modesty
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Brudenell Social Club Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Apr 18, 2026 –
Apr 19, 2026
Strangeforms 2026
Meryl Streek / Darkher / Kowloon Walled City / Knives / Sugar Horse / Colossal Squid / God Alone / Shaking Hand / TAYNE / Forlorn / Cowboyy / As Living Arrows / Peach / Birdwitch / L.O.E. / The Sound of Modesty
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Brudenell Social Club Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Apr 11, 2026
Total Luck / Shaking Hand / Magnatas Court
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Hare and Hounds Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Mar 28, 2026
Shaking Hand The Hope and Ruin Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Mar 27, 2026
Shaking Hand Third Man Records London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 26, 2026
Shaking Hand The Library Pub Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Feb 14, 2026
Shaking Hand The Louisiana Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Nov 01, 2025
Dark Arts
Silverwingkiller / The Orielles / Do Nothing / Pan Amsterdam / Tommy Barlow / Pollyfromthedirt / Sarah Meth / Shaking Hand / Truthpaste / Another; Country $$$$ / Fossick
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Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Oct 23, 2025
Shaking Hand

Left of the Dial Festival

Roodkapje Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Aug 19, 2025
Shaking Hand / The Scuttlers / Open Fly

No Band Is An Island

The Rat & Pigeon Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Jul 03, 2025
Cruush / Shaking Hand / Sean Trelford The Old Blue Last London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 09, 2025
Pale Blue Eyes / Shaking Hand
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Gorilla Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Aug 02, 2024
Shaking Hand / Martial arts Basement, YES Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Jul 06, 2024
W. H. Lung / Strawberry Guy / Shaking Hand / Minotaur Shock / Lili Holland-Fricke

Melodic Records' 25th Birthday

Golden Lion Todmorden, England, United Kingdom
May 12, 2024
In Colour
Do Nothing / The Psychotic Monks / Butch Kassidy / The Belair Lip Bombs / Ebbb / Rachael Lavelle / Bug Teeth / Plantoid / No Windows / Opheliah / Vanity Fairy / Prima Star Power / Shaking Hand
Brudenell Social Club Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Jan 12, 2024
Cruush / Umarells / Shaking Hand

Hot Take

Basement, YES Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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