14th July
ALL DAY - FREE MANCHESTERS MONSTERS
City Centre
Conjure up your own monsters using text messages and set them free on the streets of Manchester. Look for flyers around the city or click on the link to find out how.
ALL DAY - MEMORY
On the Interweb
The Spinneyhead blog team have been working on a video serial. The first episode will debut on 29th June and there will be a new episode every friday for the next four weeks.
11AM - 11PM - MARK KING EXHIBITION
COST : £0
Taurus
1 Canal St, M1 3HE
Mark King displays his art on the walls of one of our hub venues.
11AM - 11PM - SALFORD ART STUDENTS EXHIBITION
COST : £0
The Castle
66 Oldham St, Northern Quarter, M4 1LE
A pro-active group of Salford art students get their art up at another of our hub venues.
11AM - 6PM - IAN TILTON AT STROON
COST : £0
40 Thomas St, Northern Quarter, M4 1ER
From his world famous photo of Kurt Cobain's tearful release of energy backstage in 1990, Iggy Pop well near booting the camera out of Tilton's hands, to images of Manchester's pop and rock glitterati, Tilton's pictures ooze warmth, beauty and the visceral power of great Rock 'n' Roll. Now at Stroon Gallery in Manchester's Northern Quarter, Tilton is opening his vast archive of Stone Roses photos to public view, alongside Nirvana and never-before-seen photos of a youthful Oasis. It's an archive that chronicles an amazing period in music's history; 'Madchester', Grunge, Brit-Pop and all those bits in-between when genres nibbled at each other. Professional yet maverick, Tilton is widely recognised as one of the best on the scene.
11AM - 5PM - EMEK RETROSPECTIVE
COST : £0
59 Thomas St, Northern Quarter, M4 1NA
Winner of the prestigious Pollstar poster of the year award 3 years running, the music industries award for all rock and concert posters. Emeks politically charged intricate posters have made him the leader of the new generation of rock poster artist. The Emek art show will provide a rare opportunity to see old long sold out and unavailable posters and original drawings, along with variants from emeks own personal collection. There will also be a number of Emek original paintings available. He has designed posters for everyone from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flaming Lips, Radiohead, The Verve, Tool, Nick Cave and many more. In Emeks posters, psychedelic 60s imagery collides with 90s post-industrial iconography. To this collision of the organic vs. the mechanical worlds he adds humour, social commentary and fantasy. Even in the smallest details there are messages.
MIDDAY - 6PM - BLANK CANVAS - Guerilla Gallery
COST : £0
23 Edge St, Northern Quarter, M4 1HW
An exhibition involving both students and practicing artists, named due to its lack of restrictions placed upon the artists involved. The only restriction being the limits of their imaginations! Each artist has chosen and created their own pieces and the result is an exciting and eclectic collection of works. The exhibition includes a broad range of painting styles, photography and installation. Each participating artist has also donated money to the ‘Rainbow Family Trust’ for the privilege of exhibiting, a charity dedicated to helping terminally ill children and their families, a cause close to the organisers’ heart. To sum up, ‘Blank Canvas’ has anything but blank canvases; it’s an exciting and diverse collection of works from an equally exciting and diverse group of artists.
7PM - LADY BOYS OF BANGKOK
COST : £19(plus fee's) Quay Tickets
Sabai Pavilion
M.U.F.C, Car Park N2, Old Trafford M16 0RA
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are in champagne-sparkling form with more than 200 specially designed lavish costumes – everything from fabulous feathers to barely-there from funky to frontier…. you won’t believe your eyes! More songs and production numbers than ever before.
It’s more than just a show – it is a total experience. It is a party night like no other! From the moment the audience enters the luxuriously appointed and carpeted foyer of the Sabai Pavilion, the everyday humdrum world is left behind. They can enjoy a drink - alcoholic or not - sample authentic Thai cuisine, or browse the delights of the Boudoir retail outlet.
7.30PM - BARREL OF LAUGHS
COST : £12
96-102 Oldham St, M4 1LJ
MC Karen Bayley presents Alex Boardman, Ava Vidal and John Warburton. Show starts 8.30pm. Plus disco with DJ Sam the Man till 2am.
8.30PM - I'M SO INDIE (MY BAND WOULDN'T PLAY MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IF THEY ASKED, WHICH THEY HAVEN'T)
COST : £tbc
Dry Bar
28 Oldham St, M1 1JN
One night only resurrection of fondly remembered club night I'm So Indie (i've got this on vinyl) Live Bands featuring;
Air Cav - "Grandious indie soundscapes that will fill you with joy"
Onions - Glastonbury unsigned finalists
Band(ism) - White masked audio art project
Generalissimos - Armoured pop command
9.15PM - LADY BOYS OF BANGKOK
COST : £19(plus fee's) Quay Tickets
Sabai Pavilion
M.U.F.C, Car Park N2, Old Trafford M16 0RA
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are in champagne-sparkling form with more than 200 specially designed lavish costumes – everything from fabulous feathers to barely-there from funky to frontier…. you won’t believe your eyes! More songs and production numbers than ever before.
It’s more than just a show – it is a total experience. It is a party night like no other! From the moment the audience enters the luxuriously appointed and carpeted foyer of the Sabai Pavilion, the everyday humdrum world is left behind. They can enjoy a drink - alcoholic or not - sample authentic Thai cuisine, or browse the delights of the Boudoir retail outlet.
***Please note all events are subject to change***
