The March Violets
Plus Twisted Nerve
SATURDAY 4TH JULY 2026
Doors 7:30pm - 11.00 pm
Once Upon A Leeds, 1981. The March Violets strum their first riff and scrawl their first set list. Their impressive post-punk legacy stretches from 1980s BBC John Peel sessions, indie chart successes *Radiant Boys* EP, *Grooving in Green,* *Snake* *Dance *and* Turn to the Sky *(featured in the John Hughes movie,* Some Kind of Wonderful*), all the way to the 21st century
reunion, headlining festivals across Europe & the USA and storming Record Store Day 2021 and 2022 with sell-out double albums *Big Soul Kiss *and* Made Glorious.*
Founder-members Rosie Garland (performer, poet and author) and Tom Ashton
(guitarist, producer) are joined by Mat Thorpe (bassist and vocalist). The
band has enjoyed rapturous receptions on UK / EU / USA tours, incl headline
shows at legendary Wave Gotik Treffen (Germany), Levitation (Austin TX), A
Murder of Crows (NYC), Southern Gothic (Athens GA), DarkMad (Madrid), Dark
Malta, Deadinburgh & Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival (Whitby Goth Weekend, UK).
Over 18s only