SOAPBOX! at All Saints Park

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Manchester Histories Festival 2018: SOAPBOX!

Grosvenor Square, Manchester
8-10 June 2018

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Manchester Histories Festival 2018
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The Soapbox project is a trailblazer for the Peterloo 2019 commemorations happening across Greater Manchester in 2019, and forms part of Manchester Histories Festival 2018. The park will be transformed by students and local artists, with a hustings, new visual identity and food and drink stalls.

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