It’s been almost five years since Danny and Neil from Manchester band Optional Wallace (myspace.com/optionalwallace) were approached about starting their own acoustic night at “pre-5th Ave drinking hole” The Garratt. Busk offers something its rivals don’t – a night of quality live acts with completely free entry.
So how has it managed to cement itself so thoroughly into the Manchester music scene? “We’ll be five years old in April so we must be doing something right,” Busk co-founder Neil tells us. “I’ve seen loads of acoustic nights come and go in that time so I’m quite proud we’re still going strong.”
Any tips for burgeoning scenesters looking to start their own night? “We try to get everyone involved, remove the gap between performer and audience. You also get the odd cover, which gets everyone singing along. But it’s more like a community really.” Neil’s right about the community vibe, with Busk managing to perfect a familiar-without-being-too-cliquey kind of feel. The top quality line-ups help too: “There’s barely a decent act from Manchester that hasn’t played it,” Neil declares.
This week’s headliner is Kev Fox, who first played Busk in a very tight time slot last year. “He did a gig in the corner whilst we were packing the PA away,” says Neil. “So we invited him back to play Busk In The City and he was truly outstanding.” Neil’s reluctant to pigeonhole Kev’s music, saying: “I don’t want to do a disservice by trying to describe his sound, it’s all on the MySpace (myspace.com/kevfox), but late-era Radiohead is a good starting point.”
Busk busks on the last Wednesday of every month from 9pm-1am. Entry is free.
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