WAX + GEARS FT. STEALING SHEEP
+ PEDAL-POWERED MUSIC CARNIVAL + HEADLINED BY STEALING SHEEPA PEDAL-POWERED, OFF-GRID MUSIC CARNIVAL
WAX + GEARS RETURNS! Our pedal-powered, off-grid Music Carnival is back for 2025, and this time we’re welcoming along Stealing Sheep to headline!
WAX + GEARS, a one-day festival of emerging music, sustainable practice and climate activism, takes place in an off-grid, pedal-powered arena within our large outdoor garden space at Future Yard. Drawing together the ideas of music discovery, vinyl culture, cycling, DIY, analogue and with an eco-conscious aesthetic, Wax + Gears will be a platform based around community, collective enrichment and celebration.
The event will be completely off-grid, with all power generated by a bank of dynamo bikes adjacent to the stage. The audience will be encouraged to ‘keep the pedals turning so the records keep on spinning!’ throughout the day.
This year we’ll be joined by headliners Stealing Sheep, with Ruby Duff, Disco in Sochi, TIERNY, Clockwork Gibbons, Emily Baron + Dance 4 Plants DJs.
Tickets on sale now.
STEALING SHEEP
Get ready, world! Stealing Sheep are back with their audacious new album, G.L.O, and it’s about to turn everything you thought you knew about music on its head. This isn’t just an album; it’s a vibrant declaration of independence and the launch of their fresh label, G-IRL (Girl in Real Life) a creative movement that’s set to shake the foundations of artistic expression and redefine the landscape of British pop music.
Stealing Sheep are the Sugababes of our time, but with a unique twist — they play their own instruments, produce their own beats, and direct their own music videos. They are a power trio like no other, blending obscure musical innovation with visual art inspired by Jeremy Deller, Tracey Emin and the KLF.
WAX + GEARS is an opportunity for us to open our doors to the local community and help us celebrate our commitment to sustainability.
The event is hosted as part of our Sustainability Roadmap, launched in March 2022 and produced in partnership with LJMU’s Low Carbon Eco Innovatory. At the heart of the plan is a move to encouraging our audiences to move away from cars and towards active travel through dynamic and creative conversations.
You can find out more about Future Yard’s Sustainability Roadmap with this short video here, created in partnership with Ecotricity in 2022.
PIZZA KITCHEN
NAPOLI MEETS BIRKENHEAD
Made hot and fresh in-house each day, our pizzas use the best ingredients sourced from independent suppliers in Merseyside and beyond. The result is a classic Italian pizza handcrafted in Birkenhead, with a tasty new twist.
- All our pizzas are vegetarian and vegan friendly, available by the slice or a full 16″ pizza
- Kitchen open 3pm-9pm for this event. Usual opening hours are 5-9pm on Fridays + Saturdays, plus all show days
- Slice + A Pint deal available before 7pm on all show days
- View the full menu here
Get down early to take advantage of our amazing offers on pizza and drinks, and make sure you’re there to support the supports!
VENUE INFO
Future Yard is open every day from 10am – so you can stop by for a coffee or a pre-show drink in our bar area whenever you like. Our pizza kitchen is open on weekends and before every gig, 5-9pm.
The live room doors open at 7pm (this is separate from our bar area), and music starts at 7:30pm. The bar is open after the show.
Future Yard presents
WAX + GEARS
Headlined by Stealing Sheep
+ Ruby Duff
+ Disco in Sochi
+ TIERNY
+ Clockwork Gibbons
+ Emily Baron
+ Dance4Plants DJs
Saturday 31st May 2025
Tickets on sale now – £15
75 Argyle Street
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Future Yard is a cashless venue – all payments are taken by contactless or chip and pin. Live curfew 9pm.
If you have any specific access requests, please read all of the details about accessibility at Future Yard here.