Red Cardinal Music are hosting their annual Alternative Freshers Fair in Manchester

Alternative Freshers Fair 2022 - Manchester - Red Cardinal Music

Freshers Week is one of the most exciting weeks of the academic calendar, especially for brand new students moving to the city! Red Cardinal Music will be hosting this year’s Manchester Alternative Freshers Fair at The Bread Shed on Tuesday 20th September.

The event will help freshers, and those who want to learn more about the rock and metal scene, to find out about Manchester’s best alternative clothing brands, tattoo artists, clubnights, artists and more.

Exhibitors will be announced nearer the time.

Red Cardinal Music DJs will be playing a mix of rock, alternative, metal and emo throughout both events while people browse stalls and chat all things alternative.

The events will be free entry and will both run from 12pm until 5pm.

Keep up to date with the latest news about exhibitors on the Facebook event.

The Alternative Freshers Fairs will take place at The Bread Shed at 126 Grosvenor St, Manchester M1 7HL.

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Zero Club: February 2022

Zero Club - Feb 22 - Retro Bar Manchester - Red Cardinal Music

Zero Club is back at Retro on Friday 25th February.

There is no official theme for this event, just a mix of the best grunge, riot grrrl, geek rock and 90s alternative anthems.

To make song requests for the night head over to the Facebook event.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See TicketsTicketwebTicketlineSkiddle, Fatsoma and our website. Entry on the door will be £4 before midnight and £5 after midnight. Students can show their ID on the doors for reduced £3 entry. Zero Club is an 18+ event and ID will be required.

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Zero Club to DJ Retro’s NYE Party

Retro x Zero Club NYE 2021 Party - Red Cardinal Music

Zero Club will be taking Retro straight back to the 90s at the stroke of midnight this new year’s eve with their NYE Party. 

Zero Club DJs will be spinning the very best in Grunge, Geek Rock, Riot Grrrl and Generation X anthems in the bar from 10pm and following the sold out Nirvana Special back in September, enough time has passed to make this another special night at Retro. 

“We all know the current era is pretty depressing, so why not use new year’s eve as a vehicle back to simpler times? Zero Club legitimately feels like a 90s time warp anyway so why not celebrate the end of 2021 with us?” said Zero Club founder and DJ Liam Connolly. 

To make song requests for the night head over to the Facebook event.

Tickets for this event are available for £4 from retromanchester.com. Retro x Zero Club NYE 2021 Party - Poster - Web

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Red Cardinal Music are hosting two Manchester Alternative Freshers Fairs at The Footage

Red Cardinal Music Freshers Fairs 2021 - Footage Manchester - Red Cardinal Music

Freshers Week is one of the most exciting weeks of the academic calendar, especially for brand new students moving to the city! Red Cardinal Music will be hosting two Manchester Alternative Freshers Fairs at The Footage on Wednesday 15th September and Wednesday 22nd September.

The event will help freshers, and those who want to learn more about the rock and metal scene, to find out about Manchester’s best alternative clothing brands, tattoo artists, clubnights, artists and more.

Exhibitors on September 15th :
Deadbolt / Top Rope Brewing / Catch Pro Wrestling / Polefire / Sophie Lancaster Foundation / Good Omens Tattoo /  Turing Tap / Lou’s Hot Sauce / Unusual Horror / Hotchpotchpanda / Zero Club / Fireball UK / Main Events / The Bit Squad / Haunt Manchester/ Sidhe / Siren Asylum / Jump The Shark / Dungeons & Flagons Games Night / Projekts Skate Park

Red Cardinal Music DJs will be playing a mix of rock, alternative, metal and emo throughout both events while people browse stalls and chat all things alternative.

During the events people will be able to buy raffle tickets for £1 to win items stallholders from both events and raise money for the Sophie Lancaster Foundation.

The events will be free entry and will both run from 12pm until 5pm.

Keep up to date with the latest news about exhibitors on the Facebook event.

The Alternative Freshers Fairs will take place at The Footage at Grosvenor St, Manchester M1 7DZ.

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Zero Club are celebrating 30 years of Ten with a Pearl Jam Special

Zero Club - Aug 21 - Pearl Jam Special - Retro Bar - Red Cardinal Music

For the first time since December 2019, Zero Club returns to the club scene with a Pearl Jam special on Friday August 20th at their new home – Retro. The special is to mark 30 years since the release of the classic debut album, Ten. The album gave us such anthems as Alive, Jeremy and Even Flow and its influence is still being felt 3 decades after its release. 

“It’s been way too long since we got to throw a Zero Club party, so I’m so excited to be able to pay homage to one of the most important bands of the 90s and all time with this special. What the new guys at Retro have done with the place is nothing short of amazing, it’s going to be special to be down there with our crowd.” Liam Connolly, Zero Club founder and DJ said when asked about the return. 

Every track from Ten will be played throughout the night, along with classic Pearl Jam tracks, beloved album tracks and forgotten gems. Of course this will be as well as the usual Zero Club mix of Grunge, Riot Grrrl, Geek Rock and Generation X anthems.

To make song requests for the night head over to the facebook event.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See TicketsTicketwebTicketlineSkiddle, Fatsoma and our website. Entry on the door will be £4 before midnight and £5 after midnight. Zero Club Pearl Jam Special is an 18+ event and ID will be required.

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Zero Club are celebrating 30 years of Nevermind with a Nirvana Special

Zero Club - Nirvana Special - September 2021 - Retro -Red Cardinal Music

Since the inception of Zero Club in 2016, the night has paid homage to the biggest and most important band of the decade once a year and this year will be no exception. To celebrate 30 years of Nirvana’s incendiary second album Nevermind, Zero Club will be hosting a Nirvana special at Retro on Saturday September 25th. 

Every single track from Nevermind will be played throughout the night, amongst other hit tracks, hidden gems and fan favourites amongst the usual mix of Grunge, Geek Rock, Riot Grrrl and Generation X anthems. 

“Nobody can doubt the influence Nirvana had on the 90s music scene and beyond, so our annual homage just feels right. These are songs that resonate with fans from that time and even younger people who are discovering this scene via modern means such as Spotify. This music means so much to so many, so it’s always a nice atmosphere at our specials.” said Zero Club DJ Liam Connolly about the event. 

To make song requests for the night head over to the facebook event.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See TicketsTicketwebTicketlineSkiddle, Fatsoma and our website. Entry on the door will be £4 before midnight and £5 after midnight. Zero Club Nirvana Special is an 18+ event and ID will be required.

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Zero Club have launched a 90s Alternative Playlist

Zero Club Smashing Pumpkins Special 2018 - 90s alternative - Red Cardinal Music
Zero Club, like many other clubnights across the UK, is currently on hiatus during the ongoing health crisis so the team behind the night have curated a collection of the very best in 90s Alternative. This Spotify Playlist can be enjoyed at home and, despite not being as good as being out at the night, it’s a close second.
 
The playlist features bands such as Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Alice In Chains, Quicksand, Hole and Weezer amongst many others across the genres of Grunge, Geek Rock, Riot Grrrl and any other 90s Generation X Anthems you may have forgotten about.

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Zero Club is throwing a Nirvana Tribute Afterparty at Jimmy’s in Liverpool

Zero Club Jimmy's Liverpool Red Cardinal Music Nirvana Tribute

Nirvana Tribute are performing MTV Unplugged New York Live at Jimmy’s in Liverpool on Saturday 11th July and Zero Club will be helping them to throw an afterparty.

Nirvana Tribute have toured the world, featured in several magazines and appeared on TV and Radio globally. They have been names of the the world’s best tribute bands by Loudwire.

During the afterparty Zero Club DJs will be playing the best in grunge, geek rock, riot grrrl and 90s generation x anthems.

The Zero Club afterparty is free entry. Gig attendees will be able to stay in the venue following the gig and free entry tickets are available for those without a gig ticket on the Jimmy’s website. Head over to the Facebook event to make requests. Zero Club is an 18+ event. ID may be required.

Tickets for the Nirvana Tribute gig are available for £15 from Gigantic.

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Zero Club is returning to The Shipping Forecast for a Liverpool 90s Takeover

Zero Club - February 2020 - The Shipping Forecast Liverpool 90s Takeover - Red Cardinal Music

On Friday 7th February Zero Club will be heading over to The Shipping Forecast for a Liverpool 90s takeover from 9pm until 2am.

Zero Club is a showcase of everything 90’s Alternative, from music to visuals and the warm fuzzy feeling of the era of plaid shirts, Seattle’s finest and when rock music was just…better. Expect to hear all things grunge, geek rock, riot grrrl and 90s generation X anthems.

Join the Facebook event to make song requests and keep up with any news on the event.

The Zero Club Liverpool 90s Takeover is free entry, it is an 18+ event and ID will be required to enter.

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Zero Club celebrates 3rd birthday with Zeropalooza

Zero Club - Dec 19 - Zeropalooza - Red Cardinal Music

Zero Club turns 3 in December to celebrate there will be a Zeropalooza event at Night & Day Cafe on 20th December.

The Cat & Drum Social Club will be joining Zeropalooza for a guest DJ set on the night with their mix of indiepop and post-punk. Since it’s Zero Club’s third birthday, there will also be free cake on the night.

Join the Facebook event to be up to date with all information leading up to the event.

Advance tickets for Zero Club Sounds of 1991 Special are available from FatsomaSkiddleSeeTicketsTicketlineTicketweb and our own site.

Tickets will be available on the door for £4 before midnight, and £5 afterwards.

Zero Club - Dec 19 - Zeropalooza - Red Cardinal Music - Night & Day - Manchester

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