Stomp
HEATON MOOR / STOCKPORT · SK4
Flat whites by day.First song at seven.
A neighbourhood coffee shop on Shaw Road, and every other Monday, a room with a microphone in it. Free in. Free drink if you play.
One room, two shifts
Same room. Same people. Different volume.
FROM EIGHT IN THE MORNING
From eight in the morning it's a coffee shop. Rotating beans from Northern roasters, a house blend with Swan Song over in Salford, cake on the counter, dogs on the pavement, the big window and a communal table you're welcome to take over for two hours with a laptop.
Every other Monday we move the tables, plug a microphone in, and somebody plays their first ever gig on a floor that had a pram on it at lunchtime.
THE DIARY
What's on
Three or four dates at a time. That's honest — we'd rather have a short list that's right than a long one that isn't.
Stomp Open Mic
Run with Lo-Tide Collective. Free in, free to play, free drink if you do.
Stomp Open Mic
Run with Lo-Tide Collective. Free in, free to play, free drink if you do.
Stomp Open Mic
Run with Lo-Tide Collective. Free in, free to play, free drink if you do.
FORTNIGHTLY MONDAYS · 7–11PM · FREE
FORTNIGHTLY MONDAYS · 7–11PM · FREE
Stomp Open Mic
Run with Lo-Tide Collective, who have been building open mic nights across Greater Manchester for years. It's free to come in and free to play, and if you play you get a drink on us.
Acoustic, blues, folk, country, reggae, poetry, storytelling. First-timers get the same room as everyone else, which is the point.
FROM 8AM
The coffee bit
House blend from Swan Song Coffee Roasters, roasted in Salford on a fully electric machine. Guest beans rotate. Loose-leaf tea, Bare Bones hot chocolate, alternative milks, and brewing kit on the shelf if you want to do it properly at home.
Cake, sandwiches, breakfast, lunch. A short menu done well rather than a long one done at speed.
SK4
Four and a half miles from Piccadilly. Nowhere near it.
Heaton Chapel station is four and a half miles down the line from Manchester Piccadilly, and Shaw Road feels like a different county. Victorian streets, a market on the first Sunday of the month, and a run of independents you could spend a whole evening on without getting in a taxi.
We're the one with the music.
WHO'S IN
The room is the point
We said years ago that good coffee and good food bring people together. The microphone was the obvious next step.
Whoever you are — regular, first-timer, someone who's been meaning to play in front of people for a decade — the door's the same width for everybody.
THE WALL
Most days look like this
SHAW ROAD · SK4
LATEST FROM THE ROOM
@stompmcr
Dates, guest beans, and what the room looked like on Monday.
FINDING US
15 Shaw Road
Heaton Moor, Stockport SK4 4AG. Four minutes' walk from Heaton Chapel station.
OPENING HOURS
- Monday to Friday
- 08:00–17:00
- Saturday
- 09:00–17:00
- Sunday
- 09:00–16:00
- Open mic, fortnightly Mondays
- 19:00–23:00
Come down.
15 Shaw Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport SK4 4AG. Open seven days. Music every other Monday.
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