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Dot to Dot Festival 2017 in Manchester city centre

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Dot to Dot Festival

Albert Hall, City Centre
26-27 May 2017

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From £12.00
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The UK’s premier festival for unearthing the best new talent, Dot To Dot Festival, returns to Manchester on Friday 26 May.

Winner of Best Festival at last year’s Live UK Awards, Dot To Dot takes over many of city centre venues, big and small, to present dozens of established performers and emerging artists from around the world.

The line-up in 2017 features Sundara Karma, Amber Run, The Growlers, Honeyblood, Pinegrove, The Big Moon, The Slow Readers Club and plenty more, performing in venues including Old Granada Studios, the Albert Hall, the Ruby Lounge, Soup Kitchen and the Castle Hotel.

Where to go near Dot to Dot Festival 2017 in Manchester city centre

NQ64 Manchester Peter St
Manchester
NQ64 Manchester Peter St

NQ64 Peter Street is the latest venue from the team behind the original (and excellent) NQ bar, offering up video games, high-quality drinks and a great, friendly atmosphere.

City Centre
Restaurant
Sakana

Right next to Manchester’s Albert Hall, Sakana is a casual Japanese restaurant downstairs, with a fancier Pan Asian on the first floor.

Rudy's Neapolitan Pizza
Manchester
Restaurant
Rudy’s Neapolitan Pizza

Rudy’s Neapolitan Pizza serve up pizza which has received worldwide acclaim and now have six branches across the UK including this on Peter Street.

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City Centre
Restaurant
Adam Reid
at The French

The French is one of Manchester’s most highly regarded restaurants. Head chef Adam Reid has a real grasp on what makes Manchester tick. A less fussy, more relaxed, and, at times, gloriously silly restaurant.

Manchester
Hotel
Forty-Seven

Forty-Seven is a luxury boutique hotel on Peter Street in Manchester city centre, above the high-end Indian restaurant Asha’s.

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Voka Gentle return to Manchester with a headline show in YES Basement, bringing new material that pushes their already elastic sound into darker, stranger territory.

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