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Vacuum wrapped and cutting edge. The AND Festival begins.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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