Picnic Club: Live Americana Music

The evening kicks off at 7.30pm with a set from our hosts Picnic Area. The Stockport-based band combine influences of country music, 60s pop and punk attitude to produce a unique sound of their own.

Kev Shutt (Kevin Shufflebottom) was a former member of one of Manchester’s most melodic bands, Corporal Jones, and contributed greatly to their repertoire. Since the Covid lockdown he has been a prolific in his songwriting; album releases have included the Wilcoesque “Spinning yarns” and the more new-wave influenced “Mysterious fishhook” which brings back memories of The Vapors and XTC. Kev can also turn his hand to low-key reflective acoustic songs and this gig will showcase his eclectic songwriting.

Andrew Butler and John McKay are basically two thirds of Dr Butler’s Hatstand Medicine Band, a very well established and entertaining live act. They have an eclectic approach to Americana, so their set could potentially include blues, ragtime, western swing, folk and country material.

Woski are mystics from the hills of Mossley who combine Sparklehorse-style Americana with out-and-out psychedelia. Sadly the band’s percussionist/ father figure Jon aka Wiz Mossley passed away 3 years ago, but the band have defiantly continued to perform, with a wonderfully epic live sound.