The Vale

In Our Backyard 3
2026-06-20 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | The Vale, Unit 2 Vale Mill, Micklehurst Road, Mossley, OL59JL, United Kingdom
In Our Backyard is BACK with a night of punk-fuelled attitude, iconic rock, musical bangers and finely spun rhythms. Join us for this eclectic celebration of your local music scene!
Line up:
Loose Articles
Specialising in discordant, hypnotic repetition, tales of nights out, and radical politics, Loose Articles are a punk quartet with plenty to say. Their music speaks to all those determined to get through the age of austerity with tongue in cheek, and two feet firmly on the dancefloor.
Plying repetition (repetition, repetition…) with ragged edges and a sardonic, sarcastic drawl delivered with fierce, in your face, punk-fuelled attitude, both feminine & threatening, Loose Articles are here to make a point.
Sugar Crease
Sugar Crease are a selection box of musical bangers and have been compared to bands such as Talking Heads and Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. For folks of rum nature. Originally solely intended as a shed-based experimental 3 piece, 2023 saw the line-up expanded to 6 members to prepare for live performances, culminating in sold out shows around their local Oldham and Tameside area.
Shelf
Shelf are a band you can love for life, a hypnotic mixture of guitar based dream pop set, warm layers of ethereal vocals, set against a pulsing wall of sound. Beautiful shimmering melodies, refined, finely spun rhythms, golden intertwining harmonies, a fuzzy glow. Kick back and let Shelf take you into an endless summer, a timeless place.
Plus44Kaligula
Raised between the rock and hard place of British icons David Bowie and Annie Lennox, and on screen legends such as Daniel Day Lewis, plus44Kaligulas creation is a deadpan, surrealist landscape where ego and identity collapse evoking scenes of Rene Magritte and Yorgos Lanthimos – crafting a modern myth for fractured times.
Gaol Bird
Scuzz Beat and Surf Kraut, Post-Punk or Punk in the Post. Cabbage frontman Lee Wilson Rabello bring’s Gaol Bird. The Bird offer a vitriolic array of human emotions for cathartic release. Mossley Über Alles.
Stepford Wives
Stepford Wives are a Mancunian alternative band whose sound sits between post-punk tension, grunge grit and melodic indie restraint. Their songs deal in pressure, endurance and emotional honesty, favouring atmosphere and dynamics over excess. There’s a lived-in quality to the writing — patient, human and quietly intense. Known for immersive live performances, Stepford Wives make music that trusts the listener and rewards repeat listens.
PLUS: DJ sets from Jason Rushton to keep the party banging until midnight.
Please note this event has an age restriction of 14+
Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
This is a standing show. If you require a seat for accessibility please get in touch before the show via hello@the-vale.co.uk
Doors 6:00pm
Tickets £15.00*
*A limited number of donate what you can tickets are available on a first come first served basis. We respect our audience’s privacy to choose the right ticket for their financial circumstances, no evidence required.
