Tim Burgess‘ forthcoming Manchester Merch Market occasion – the place bands can promote their merchandise without cost and hold 100 per cent of the earnings – is going down this Sunday (Might 25).
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The occasion, which was introduced by the The Charlatans frontman earlier this 12 months, will begin at 11am. Entry to the market is free and can see various artists run their very own stalls and promote their very own merchandise to followers.
Collaborating venues holding stalls, stay performances and on-stage interviews embody O2 Ritz Manchester, Gorilla, Canine Bowl and extra.
It was beforehand introduced that New Order, A Sure Ratio, BMX Bandits, Inspiral Carpets had been amongst a number of the bands anticipated to be current at Manchester Merch Market. Additionally showing are Milltown Brothers, Geneva Jacuzzi, Jane Weaver, Mark Gardener, Mich Dulce & Her Midnight Callers, Finn Forster, Ruby J, James Walsh, PINS, EEVAH, Andy Votel and Lissy Taylor.
Now, the stage and website breakdowns and map of the Manchester Merch Market have been revealed. Verify them out beneath.
Full listing of venues, bands and other people anticipated at Manchester Merch Market
02 Ritz Manchester
Tim Burgess
New Order
Sea Fever
BMX Bandits
Inspiral Carpets
Boon Military / Dantzic
Bis / Wee Badgers
A Sure Ratio
Mark Gardener / Ox 4 Sound / Journey
Doves
Press On Vinyl / Swift Mastering / FairSound / Needle Mythology / Valuable Recordings Of London / Wiaiwya Information
James Walsh
Ben The Illustrator
Nik Void
Mich Dulce & Her Midnight Callers
Nell Smith’s household
Tom A. Smith
Kendal Calling
Chris Bridgett
Strap Originals
Penfriend
Bands F.C.
Merch For Life
Upstairs: Print Manchester’s on the spot print store
13:00 Mark Gardener (on stage interview)
14:00 Sea Fever (stay)
15:00 Stephen Morris & Gillian Gilbert with Dave Haslam (on stage interview)
17:00 Might Payne (stay)
18:00 Tim Burgess (stay)
20:00 Dave Haslam (DJ set)
Gorilla
Milltown Brothers
Deja Vega
Natalie McCool
HOUSE Of ALL
PINS
Jane Weaver
Andy Votel
Stealing Sheep
Using The Low
Unfastened Articles
Cabbage
Gail Myerscough
Every little thing Every little thing
Higher Pleasure
Nev Cottee
The Mazzanine: Serenity Booksellers / Route
Publishing / Dave Haslam
Interviews with Dave Haslam and Amelia Fearon
12:00 Tim Burgess
12:30 Jane Weaver
14:00 Lucy Roth
16:00 Mar Gunnarsson
17:30 Natalie McCool
plus heaps extra
Stay:
18:45 Natalie McCool
19:30 Using The Low
20:15 Milltown Brothers
BrickHouse Social
Hannah Ashcroft
Circumstances
Ventrelles
Finn Forster
Sonic Growth Competition
Analogue Trash
The People Drama
The Froobz
Lifeless Stilettos
42s Information: The Institutes, Small Black Arrows and Ventrelles
Canine Bowl
The Cavs
The Maddocks
Spangled
2 Headed Horse
Lissy Taylor
EEVAH
Soiled Laces
Bradford
The Rosadocs
Timbola
Star Formed
The Zangwills
Mom Marys
11.00 The Rosadocs
13.00 Cloudburst
14.00 The Froobz
15.00 Mich Dulce and Her Midnight Callers
16.00 Goo
19.00 Deja Vega
20.00 Two Headed Horse
The Tunnel of Love
Pleasure and surprises all day
11:30 Tom A. Smith
12:15 James Walsh
13:00 Ruby J
14:30 The People Drama
16:00 Chris Bridgett
17:30 Mar Gunnarsson
Barney Williams and particular visitors will likely be enjoying Terry Corridor’s piano all through the afternoon & night
5 Rise Report Store
Tonic Music Merch Stand & Lounge
plus stalls hosted by Goo, James Walsh & extra
Burgess may have his personal stall through the day, promoting merch and rarities that he’s collected through the years. He’ll have 5 Charlatans ‘Sproston Inexperienced’ sports activities baggage on sale too, earlier than they’re accessible to order.
A number of bands who can’t make it’s going to even be sending merchandise that followers might have missed out on, together with Doves, Pulp, The Vaccines and Stiff Little Fingers.
Talking concerning the forthcoming occasion, Burgess stated: “We’re all equipped for a giant day – it’s been good watching every thing come collectively and I’ve my eye on just a few rarities on the opposite stalls.”
Manchester Merch Market builds on the success of Tim Burgess’ Vinyl Adventures file honest within the metropolis again in 2021, and extra artists taking part within the occasion are set to be shared at a later date.
In 2021, Burgess spoke out about venues that took an unfair reduce of merch gross sales, saying: “The entire system wants addressing.”
He defined on the time: “This isn’t about The Charlatans. It’s about these bands who want merch earnings to outlive. Some locations take 25 per cent. 1 / 4 of the complete promoting value. Vinyl doesn’t even have that markup to start with.”
Later, it was confirmed that 400 venues had agreed to not take a reduce of artists’ merch proceeds by becoming a member of the ‘100% Venues’ database. Nevertheless, many venues are nonetheless not signed as much as the scheme.
Chatting with NME in 2022, Burgess stated the problem was “about equity” moderately than “cash”. “Usually at Charlatans gigs, our followers smash the file for the bar take at a venue,” he commented.
“Once I first tweeted about merch fee, Warren Ellis from The Unhealthy Seeds replied [saying] that we may perhaps ask the venues for a proportion of the bar take. It’s no extra unreasonable than them taxing the merch.”
