Venue: Night and Day Café
Town: Manchester, GB

The Night and Day Café is a café bar and live music venue on Oldham Street in the Northern Quarter area of Manchester city centre, England. Opened in 1991 in a former chip shop, it became known for supporting emerging bands and has hosted early performances by several artists who later achieved national and international success. The venue has faced periodic threats of closure due to noise complaints, most recently culminating in a 2024 court ruling that upheld but amended a noise abatement notice to allow it to continue operating under new conditions. It is located in the city's Northern Quarter on Oldham Street, opposite Piccadilly Records. It is near the Afflecks Palace shopping arcade and a few minutes' walk from the Market Street/Arndale Centre shopping areas. The Night and Day opened in 1991 in a former chip shop in what was then a run-down part of the city centre. First owned by Jan Oldenburg, it developed into a music venue and became known for supporting alternative and emerging bands. When the venue faced the threat of closure, Elbow's Guy Garvey told radio station XFM that it had been important to his band's early career and that it deserved protected status and a blue plaque. As of 2018, the venue is managed by Oldenburg's daughter and her husband. The café has been noted for its role in Manchester's music scene, with a number of artists playing early gigs there. Elbow performed at the venue before it had a permanent stage, and lead singer Garvey claims has said he used to give out Night and Day's phone number as a contact number because members of the band spent so much time there. Other artists who have appeared at the venue include Lizzo, Kasabian, Jessie J, Paulo Nutini, the Arctic Monkeys and the Manic Street Preachers. The venue was also used as the filming location for the music video for Johnny Marr's single "Dynamo". In January 2014, the Night and Day was at risk of permanent closure after a resident in the neighbouring flats complained about no