Foxtails, Sara Lowes, Ivarr-James, Cult Party, Jonnie Common

The small label Red Deer Club began its initial humble incarnation as a live music night in a popular vegetarian cafe in South Manchester. The night’s founder Duncan James Sime built the night and later the label on an ethos solely based on a love of music. Embracing the popular culture known at the time as ‘new folk’, he quickly developed the monthly night into a flagship for the current scene in Manchester.

Having documented the first few years of this massively celebrated emerging scene through a series of live recordings, a collection of compilations was released, all constructed on a non-profit basis under the moniker Red Deer Club.

The Red Deer Club soon blossomed into a fully-fledged record label, flying the flag for Manchester and beyond with artists far transgressing the night’s latter genre ties and returning to Duncan’s initial proviso – loving music. 2015 and beyond sees the label celebrate with it’s fiftieth release, they will also open up the archive and will be streaming all Red Deer Club volumes (previously sold out) plus three special shows in three very different cities.

Ten years on and Red Deer Club returns to their spiritual home (Fuel Cafe) THIS Saturday for a one-off show to celebrate the live night with a line up of friends, old, new and borrowed.