Manchester-based country rock / alt country band. Picnic Area are a great live act, who mix their catchy originals with a wide range of covers played in their own style.

Wayne McDonald and Andy Callen met on the Manchester acoustic scene in the early noughties. They started working together following the splits of their former bands and in 2006 they became “Picnic Area” (on the basis that they were a British band playing country music, and picnic areas are what you find in the British countryside).

Picnic Area play frequently in the Manchester area, including their own monthly “Picnic Club” Americana and acoustic showcase at Fuel Bar in Withington. The new album “No country for young men” was released on the Limefield label in early 2018.