Jesca Hoop + Nadia Reid

Jesca Hoop‘s Long Wave Home spills with hope for a broken world. The seventh solo album from the California-born, Manchester-based songwriter took shape amidst a period of both personal and geopolitical upheaval: a web of schisms that seemed to reflect one another as they unfolded. It is the first album Hoop produced by herself, and it marks both a fresh start and a deepening of her extensive, multifaceted discography. Across the record’s rich and sumptuous tracks, Hoop deeply considers what it is that people owe to each other: in individual relationships, in community, and as witnesses to the broader world. These days run thick with terror. Long Wave Home sinks into it and surfaces anew with a nimble, inquisitive spirit.

At the end of 2024, Hoop began mapping out what would become Long Wave Home with a focus on her own independence as an artist and working musician. “I shed a lot of superfluous roles and structures wherever I was making too many compromises,” she says. “With that blank slate, I started to write.”

Special guest is Nadia Reid. Nadia Reid’s fourth studio album Enter Now Brightness (Chrysalis, 2025) was praised by the Guardian, and drew four stars from MOJO and 8/10 from Uncut. A distinctive voice in contemporary songwriting, she has steadily built an international reputation through acclaimed records and compelling live shows, including appearances at Glastonbury and Green Man.

Presented by Hey! Manchester.

This is a 14+ event. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult