Take a look at who’ll be the place at this weekend’s Manchester Merch Market

Tim Burgess‘ forthcoming Manchester Merch Market occasion – the place bands can promote their merchandise at no cost and preserve 100 per cent of the earnings – is happening this Sunday (Could 25).

• READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Tim Burgess

The occasion, which was introduced by the The Charlatans frontman earlier this yr, will begin at 11am. Entry to the market is free and can see a lot of artists run their very own stalls and promote their very own merchandise to followers.

Taking part venues holding stalls, reside performances and on-stage interviews embrace O2 Ritz Manchester, Gorilla, Canine Bowl and extra.

It was beforehand introduced that New Order, A Sure Ratio, BMX Bandits, Inspiral Carpets have been amongst a few 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. Test 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 / Trip
Doves
Press On Vinyl / Swift Mastering / FairSound / Needle Mythology / Treasured Recordings Of London / Wiaiwya Data
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 (reside)
15:00 Stephen Morris & Gillian Gilbert with Dave Haslam (on stage interview)
17:00 Could Payne (reside)
18:00 Tim Burgess (reside)
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
Free Articles
Cabbage
Gail Myerscough
Every thing Every 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
Dwell:
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 Folks Drama
The Froobz
Useless Stilettos
42s Data: 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 Folks Drama
16:00 Chris Bridgett
17:30 Mar Gunnarsson
Barney Williams and particular company will likely be taking part in Terry Corridor’s piano all through the afternoon & night
5 Rise Document Store
Tonic Music Merch Stand & Lounge
plus stalls hosted by Goo, James Walsh & extra

Burgess could have his personal stall in the course of the day, promoting merch and rarities that he’s collected over time. He’ll have 5 Charlatans ‘Sproston Inexperienced’ sports activities luggage on sale too, earlier than they're out there 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 in regards to the forthcoming occasion, Burgess mentioned: “We’re all equipped for a giant day – it’s been good watching all the pieces 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 report truthful 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 total promoting worth. 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. Nonetheless, many venues are nonetheless not signed as much as the scheme.

Chatting with NME in 2022, Burgess mentioned the difficulty was “about equity” quite than “cash”. “Usually at Charlatans gigs, our followers smash the report for the bar take at a venue,” he commented.

“Once I first tweeted about merch fee, Warren Ellis from The Dangerous Seeds replied [saying] that we might perhaps ask the venues for a proportion of the bar take. It’s no extra unreasonable than them taxing the merch.”