James Kirkland Photography

22/07/2024

https://jameskirkland.photography/2024/06/against-the-current-slam-dunk-2024/

With an awesome line up for 2024 and with my favourite band attending I decided to take the trip to my first ever Slam Dunk. Traveling down to Temple Newsham in Leeds on the very wet and muddy 26th May I got to enjoy a day of awesome live music. To my surprise and delight the my festival experience....

17/04/2024

https://jameskirkland.photography/2024/03/holly-humberstone-show-2024/

On 13th March I headed to Hammersmith in London to capture the Holly Humberston Show at the Eventim Apollo. The sold out show brought fans to enjoy music from herself and support Medium Build.

15/03/2024

Playing her biggest headline show to date, ‘The Holly Humberstone Show’ is a triumphant celebration of all that has been achieved so far, and all that is surely to come.

29/12/2023

https://jameskirkland.photography/2023/12/nightmares-daydreams-tour/

In 2018 I attended my first concert Against the Current at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, Deciding on that day to pursue getting into music photography. Years later on the 1st December 2023 I proudly returned to the venue that inspired my journey when the Nightmares & Daydreams World Tour brou...

21/10/2023

Always fun to attend and photography the annual Party In The Ark, Here are some of my highlights from the event last August!

https://jameskirkland.photography/2023/08/party-in-the-ark-2023/

Featuring Cuttin' Loose, 11th Hour, Tiny Forehead, Still Crazy, The Amazing Armadillos, Geoff Garbow Band, Molly's Chamber, Reverent Son, Cool Water, Robert Hokum, Side2SideSka and ChekhovsGun

Augusts always mean one thing and thats Party in the Ark this year was no different. On Friday 4th – Sunday 6th 2023 I spent my time providing marketing and photography the the established local music event raising funds for Lincs Ark animal welfare.

03/09/2023

https://jameskirkland.photography/2023/08/godless-goddess-tour-2023/

During my trip to LA I attended Poppy’s Godless/Goddess tour on the 24th August at the famous and stunning Wiltern. I was delighted to have had the opportunity to bring along my camera to capture some shots of both support acts Tommy Genesis and PVRIS.

21/08/2023

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07/08/2023

We’re back in the studio tonight to refresh some sets!
If you have a pub near you that wants a cracking live band pass on our details 🎶🎤🎸

07/08/2023

Busy weekend working at Party in the Ark! Can't wait to finish editing and share full photos soon!

30/07/2023

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11/07/2023

Woodhall Spa 1940's Festival https://jameskirkland.photography/2023/07/1940s-festival-2023/

Featuring: Stuart Lowther, Jeep Johnson, The Vintage Vocalist, Miss Charlotte Porter & Many more!

09/07/2023

Outfields Music Festival featuring Town Of Cats, Blondied, Manipulators, The Dave Simpson Trio, Elliott Morris, The Coggle Sisters, Edith & the Kingpin (SIREN - Songs of the Siren), Abbie Johnson Music and Zeph.

On Saturday 17th June I took a trip to Louth the attend the 3rd ever Outfields Music Festival event, having been invited along by participants Edith and the Kingpin to grab some photographs of their set. Luckily and with thanks to the organisers of the event I was able to shoot a song of each of the...

27/06/2023

10/05/2023

02/05/2023

Special thanks to Boston’s 107 Endeavour FM for recently inviting me along to capture the epic Dogfest 2023 at The Gliderdrome Boston

Photos featuring Ferocious Dog, The Skints, 3 Daft Monkeys, Black Water County, Dreadzone, Mad Dog Mcrea, Senser, Tony Wright, The Leylines, Millie Manders and The Shutup, Henshaw Music, Abdoujaparov, The Outlines and many festival goers!

On Saturday 22nd April Ferocious Dog hosted their famous “Dogfest” event at the historic Gliderdome in Boston Lincolnshire. With 14 awesome bands Ferocious Dog, Dreadzone, The Skints, Senser, Mad Dog Mcrea, abdoujaparov, Daft Monkeys, Tony Wright, Millie Manders & The Shutup, The Leylines, Black...

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28/03/2023

https://jameskirkland.photography/2023/03/self-esteem-tour/

I had the pleasure of attending the sold out “I Tour This All The Time” tour for the second sold out Sheffield show on the 21st March 2023. The high energy show headlined by Self Esteem herself contained support acts Arctic Numpties, Tom Aspaul and Tom Rasmussen providing a range of awesome phot...

28/01/2023

https://jameskirkland.photography/2023/01/pvris-uk-eu-tour/

Having booked tickets to attend the PVRIS tour early 2022 and after a few postponments I was excited that the time had come to be finally attend a concert of another one of my favourite bands. What became even more exciting and was unexpected was to have had the chance secure a photo pass for their....

20/12/2022

My Music Photography gallery has now been updated to showcase my recent concert photography, You can browse it at https://jameskirkland.photography/galleries/music/

16/12/2022

https://jameskirkland.photography/2022/12/pierce-the-veil-uk-tour/

Being a big fan of a band called Against The Current I discovered that they would be supporting the well known American rock band Pierce the Veil during their UK tour. Attending their show at the 2600 capacity Manchester Academy I had the oppertunity to enter the photo pit to grab some photos of Pie...

15/12/2022

https://jameskirkland.photography/2022/12/halocene-europe-tour/

Halocene are an American band known for their Twitch live stream and YouTube covers. During their Europe 2022 Tour I had the pleasure of joining their intimate show at The Bread Shed in Manchester.

14/11/2022

Thousands of people have turned out around the borough to pay their respects to the fallen heroes of conflict for Remembrance Sunday.

13/11/2022

We will remember them

27/09/2022

https://jameskirkland.photography/2022/08/scotland/