Rainy Heart at Kampus

Daisy Miles
Daisy Miles

Greatness isn’t meant for longevity. Sometimes the best things, the best memories, are those shooting stars with a best-before date. Makes us appreciate it a little more. Rainy Heart’s residency at the Kampus bungalow will end Sunday, 8th June. But let us not mourn yet. This is one of the most exciting ways to spend the month of May. 

NTS DJ Ruf Dug and Dan Hope kickstarted Rainy Heart last year. It’s a kind of rave project, with a heavy focus on hi-fi speakers and this ‘listening’ culture that has been cropping up in the industry recently. They’ve popped up everywhere – from a six-capacity bar to a former Boots store in Stretford Mall.

Now popping up: the Kampus bungalow.

Their world-class audiophile sound system has found it’s temporary home underneath the legs of the bungalow. Alongside their day parties, the residency is platforming some really exciting pop-up dining experiences from the likes of Good Burger and Will Shaw. Rich Carver and Beth Hammond’s ‘Little Window’ is promised to make an appearance – a particularly exciting seasonal project that has been long missed since their departure from Altrincham Market. 

And we don’t stop there. Rainy Heart is bringing the above, the beyond, and the unexpected to the bungalow. Their programme is super varied: hybrid live/electronic sound healing sessions, film screenings, interactive art, dance classes and more. It’s one of the most exciting things happening in Manchester right now, and it feels inexhaustible.

We’re fueled up by Cloudwater brews (lovely), and Nell’s is just next door, so we partake in a bit of pizza too. It’s a dream set up. 

Fay Carlos Brown, their artist in residence, will be kicking about too. Rainy Heart said, ‘She will be looking after the space, making sure everybody is warm and welcome, and creating an ongoing interactive art work that will reflect our time in the bungalow and the experiences of all who’ve spent time with us’.

Catch it while you can. Because when it’s gone, it’s gone.

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