TONIGHT (Saturday, February 12th)

Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: DIESEL BUG, £4, free before 11pm, runs till 3am

Brierfield Liberal Club: GONE BEGGIN', Irish folk

Burnley Mechanics: THE HACKNEY RAMBLERS, £6/£7.50, 8pm

Queen's Hotel, Accrington: REFORM, rock, 9pm

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 10pm to 3am

Band On The Wall, Manchester: GRUPO X, Latin jazz, £5/£6, 8pm

Manchester Roadhouse: LOAFER, plus support, £3/£4, 8pm

Hawthorn's Nightclub, Bolton: UNKNOWN PLEASURES, indie pop rock, £1 to £3, 9.30pm

SUNDAY

Oliver's Bar, Burnley Mechanics: YARROW RIVER BAND, jazz, free, 12.30pm

Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre: THE IMPOSTERS, '60s tribute, £8/£9, 7.30pm

MONDAY

Blakey's Cafe Bar, Blackburn: SMOKY CITY JAZZ, 8.15pm

WEDNESDAY

The Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne: OZRIC TENTACLES, £9/£10, 8pm

Cafe De Ream, Blackburn: PRE-WASH, '70s sounds

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: BUS STOP, '70s sounds, 10pm to 2am

Manchester Roadhouse: CLIFFORD FISH, SPADE 55, plus support, £2/£3, 8pm

Band On The Wall, Manchester: FAB JANSON, plus support, £3, 8pm

THURSDAY

Castle, Oldham: EARL

The Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne: HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT, £6/£7, 9pm

Manchester Roadhouse: MONKEY STEALS THE DRUM, plus support, £2/£3

Band On The Wall, Manchester: RARE BIRDS, contemporary jazz, £4/£5, 8pm

FRIDAY

Blakey's Cafe Bar, Blackburn: Battle of bands with FLUX, DRIFTWOOD SHELL, SLIM, RAEL, 8pm

Midas Club, Earby: NECESSARY ELVIS, UNCOWBOY, 8pm

Cellar Bar, Blackburn: THE BASSMENT, with Hoodlum Tribe DJs playing soul, funk, breakbeat and more, free, 9pm to 1am

Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: OUTASIGHT, funky DJ sounds till 3am

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: LUST, 10pm to 3am

Manchester Roadhouse: CRASH, plus support, £3/£4, 9pm

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