Here is The Soup Kitchen in Northern Quarter, Manchester at a glance. It books indie, rock and electronic acts. There is a full backline on stage.

Everything about The Soup Kitchen that matters before you book is set out below. It books indie, rock and electronic acts. Members can vote to bring this venue onto GigXchange.

You will find The Soup Kitchen at 31-33 Spear Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M1 1DF. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 164 rooms in our Manchester venue directory.

The nearest station is Market Street (tram stop), about 5 minutes' walk away.

The Soup Kitchen publishes its opening times for 7 of the 7 days. These are the venue's own opening hours, not the gig start times.

The Soup Kitchen has a full backline on stage for visiting acts. The list below shows the PA, drums, amps and mics we know about.

Here is the story of The Soup Kitchen in Northern Quarter, Manchester so far. It books indie, rock and electronic acts. The notes below sum up what the venue and its listings say.

The Soup Kitchen is a grassroots music venue in Northern Quarter, Manchester with a standing capacity of about 200. It books Indie, Rock, Electronic, Dance.

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.

There are 3 upcoming gigs listed at The Soup Kitchen. Venues often post their next nights on their own website first. The Manchester gig directory lists what is on across the area tonight.

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