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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/06/2026 01:45:00

Band on the Wall is a celebrated live-music venue on Swan Street, on the edge of Manchester's Northern Quarter and Ancoats. The building began life as a pub, the George and Dragon, with the first licence on the site recorded in 1803, and it sits close to the former Smithfield Markets in what was a bustling, music-rich part of the industrial city. Its distinctive name dates from the 1930s, when landlord Ernie Tyson installed a small stage high on the far wall so that a resident band could play a...