manchester weekender
Vacuum wrapped and cutting edge. The AND Festival begins.
Matt Hull is nearly deafened by the buzz of anticipation as the Abandon Normal Devices festival arrives in Manchester
Ones to Watch: Naomi Kashiwagi
The Manchester-based performance artist kicks off our new series on up-and-coming cultural folk – and performs with Warehouse Project DJ Matthew Krysko as part of Saturday’s Manchester Weekender
An unconventional music festival. Un-convention gets underway.
Bill Drummond, Jah Wobble, Jarvis Cocker and an engine room: Un-convention’s Jeff Thomas gives us his must-see list for this year’s most eclectic music festival
Jonathan Schofield & Dave Haslam on literary genius – & Jonathan Franzen
In the final installment of our pre-Manchester Weekender Audioboos, Jonathan Schofield talks to Dave Haslam about his upcoming event at the Whitworth with ‘literary genius’ Jonathan Franzen
Performance & people worship: Peaches Christ’s new brand of cinema hits the city
The drag queen makes her UK debut in Manchester
Blog: incoming event radar
Just another week in Manchester: a free arts festival, a Welsh enclave, prepared piano at the Lowry (the hotel, not the arts centre), Captain America and a new map of the art underground
Contemporary Cartography. Mapping Manchester.
Dan Russell of Manchester Municipal Design Corporation (DesignLab alumnus and editor of Things Happen magazine) wants your help in mapping the creative underground in Manchester. He gives us the heads up on a nifty new map of the city

























