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What's on Stage
Equipment and backline available at this venue. We verify and update this section regularly.
PA system
Drum kit
Guitar amp
Bass amp
Keys / keyboard
3 vocal mics
In-house engineer
About The Soup Kitchen
The Soup Kitchen is a grassroots music venue in Northern Quarter, Manchester with a standing capacity of approximately 200. Full backline is on stage including drum kit, guitar amp, bass amp, PA and vocal mics, plus an in-house sound engineer — so you can travel light.
The Soup Kitchen books Indie, Rock, Electronic, Dance acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Manchester venue directory.
The Soup Kitchen — now trading simply as SOUP since a light 2020 rebrand under the same ownership — has been a fixture of Manchester's Northern Quarter since 2010, sitting at 31-33 Spear Street (M1 1DF). It's a 200-capacity, two-floor independent built around a stripped-back basement room of decaying brick that's become one of the city's most-loved DIY music and club spaces. The downstairs stage programmes forward-thinking, up-and-coming indie and rock bands, electronica and dance acts, plus regular club nights and DJ sets. Open Wednesday through Saturday (late, with Friday running to 4am), it pairs a ground-floor café-bar with a gig and club basement, and is a genuine grassroots launchpad for emerging Manchester talent.
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Full backline: drum kit, guitar amp, bass amp, PA and vocal mics. In-house sound engineer included. Bring your own instrument and pedals. Looking for other venues with full backline? Browse Manchester venues and filter by backline.
The Soup Kitchen books Indie, Rock, Electronic, Dance. Both original music and covers are welcome. Browse artist profiles by genre on GigXchange.
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The Soup Kitchen has a standing capacity of approximately 200, classed as a medium venue. See all Manchester venues for size comparisons.
Yes — The Soup Kitchen hosts open mic nights. Check the listing for day, time, and signup details on the Manchester Open Mic Finder.
31-33 Spear Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M1 1DF. See the map below for directions. Browse more Manchester venues nearby.
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