punk hardcore street-punk

North West Calling 2026

Date

Saturday 6 June 2026

Start time

12:00

Venue

Manchester Academy

Oxford Road, Manchester

About this gig

One-day punk festival at Manchester Academy with a heavy UK punk bill. Multiple stages and a mix of classic and newer punk acts. Refreshments available and all-day re-entry permitted.

Line-up

The Exploited

Edinburgh punk with snarling bite

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Punk rock

UK SUBS

London punk veterans, terse and lethal

London, United Kingdom

Punk rock

GBH

Old-school Midlands street punk veterans

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Street punk hardcore

Peter and the Test Tube Babies

Veteran British punk since 1978

Peacehaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Punk rock

Subhumans

Influential UK anarcho-punk band

Watford, United Kingdom

Anarcho-punk

The Meffs

Raucous punk gang, quick and loud

United Kingdom

Punk

Gimp Fist

Raw UK hardcore with aggression

United Kingdom

Hardcore punk

DIRT BOX DISCO

We are Dirt Box, bastards

United Kingdom

Punk

Red London

Sunderland punk with working-class scars

Sunderland, United Kingdom

Punk rock

Riskee and the Ridicule

South East grime punk with edge

South East England, United Kingdom

Grime punk

Crapsons

Raw Liverpool punk with bite

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Punk

Promoters

JS Promotions

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Gig promoters active around the UK. Listed as organiser on the event with a history of local shows.