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Courtney Barnett

DateSaturday, 17 October 2026
Starts19:00
VenueManchester International Festival
TicketsSee venue

oin Courtney Barnett in the Hall celebrating Creature of Habit – a bold and generous new album that finds her embracing change. Recorded in Joshua Tree and Los Angeles, the record captures Barnett at her most open, channelling restless energy and hard-won optimism. Across sharp, driving songs and reflective moments alike, she explores transformation, uncertainty and the small revelations that emerge through patience and observation. This album proves why Barnett is not only one of the most innovative songwriters of her time but undeniably one of the most impressive rock guitarists of her generation. Barnett first earned critical acclaim with 2013’s The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, breaking into the mainstream with her 2015 debut Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, which garnered a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist and remains a generational touchstone. She followe

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Nearest tram stop: Mosley Street Metrolink York Street Entrance, 204 m away. Full travel detail · rail status ↗


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