Summer is here. After a really difficult winter, and a very mild spring, we've made it.
Naturally, the highlight of Manchester's music scene this month will be Parklife. The festival in Heaton Park will draw in thousands to the city to see huge acts like The 1975, Fred Again, and Aitch, but it's worth remembering where they started.
That's why, for this month's grassroots gig preview, we've picked out some festival favourites playing away from a field - see Kurt Vile, for example - and some new acts (like Sir Chloe) who we think will be playing to various bits of British countryside soon. They're all playing in Manchester this month, so it's the perfect chance to support a venue and an act.
