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Massive music and beer festival takes over Manchester’s Depot Mayfield this weekend

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Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 15th July 2024

A massive festival full of live music and plenty of beer is taking over Manchester’s Depot Mayfield this weekend.

Fresh off the back of proving to be such a smash-hit success when it happened down in London earlier this summer, Beavertown Brewery is set to bring its massively-popular ‘Collaboration Sessions’ festival back up to our bustling city centre with a “cosmic bang” in a couple of days time.

Not only is the one-day festival promising a stellar lineup of live music events, but there’ll of course also be “plenty of beer” to go along with it.

Landing at Depot Mayfield this Saturday (20 July), the brewery says visitors can expect phenomenal collaborations between some of the city’s most exciting artists who’ll all be “cutting loose under a blazing summer sun”.

Expected to be just like 2023’s popular event, only “bigger and better” this time around, Beavertown’s Collaboration Sessions will bring together a diverse collection of artists from different genres of music to collaborate and perform some unique one-off sets.

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Mancs are apparently “in for a treat” for with this lineup.

Beavertown Brewery’s Collaboration Sessions will be back at Depot Mayfield this weekend / Credit: Supplied

There’ll first be a DJ set from Anish Kumar to kick things off from 2pm, all before you can catch a special b2b from Leon Vynehall and Moxie, and then local legends Ruf Dug and Tia Cousins take to the stage – with even more artists set to be announced soon too.

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And of course, it wouldn’t be a Beavertown party without loads of great beer on tap too, so you can expect an “interstellar selection” of Beavertown’s finest brews including Neck Oil IPA, Gamma Ray APA, and Lazer Crush AF IPA.

Beavertown Brewery’s Collaboration Sessions will be back at Depot Mayfield this Saturday 20 July, and there’s still time to get yourself some tickets from just £12 each, plus a booking fee.

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Grab your tickets here.

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Loyle Carner announces special headline show at The Warehouse Project 2024

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The Warehouse Project lineup just keeps getting better as Loyle Carner has just been announced as the latest addition to the 2024 calendar.

One of the biggest hip-hop artists in Britain, Loyle Carner is heading back to Manchester just a few months on from smashing his outdoor gig at Castlefield Bowl to play an even more iconic local venue.

Set to land at Depot Mayfield this autumn, the show has been specially curated by the London-born rapper himself, featuring some of his favourite up-and-coming artists and putting on a much later performance than you’d be treated to at one of his usual tour shows.

Loyle until late followed by more music, DJ sets and partying until the early hours. Need we say more?

The 29-year-old won’t be taking to the stage until around 11pm and, in many ways, most of the fun is still yet to come longer after he exits the stage.

As you can see, the poetic musician is set to be joined by Brighton-based and thisisnq-managed duo, Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn, but that is just the tip of the iceberg.

The Concourse stage will also hosted by Deviation with Benji B & Judah, Children of Zeus, and a number of other special guests – you’ll just have to wait and find out who they are like the rest of us.

But perhaps the biggest artist crashing the lineup is the legendary Yasiin Bey: real name Dante Terrell Smith, a.k.a. the iconic Brooklyn rapper, actor and hip-hop icon formerly known as Mos Def.

Yes, this night will see the old school collide with the genre’s next generation for an unforgettable night over in Mayfield and you do not want to miss it.

We also just can’t wait to see the Manc crowds giving off this energy again:

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Pre-sale for Loyle Carner at WHP goes live on Thursday, 5 September from 10am, with general admission available from the same time on the following Friday, 6 September.

Sign up for early access online and you can be ready to grab your tickets for what we’re sure will be another magical night of live music Manchester show HERE.

And if you want to know what we made of his last visit to 0161, you can read all about it below.

Loyle Carner at Castlefield Bowl, Manchester – rapper wows and proves ‘Ain’t Nothing Changed’
If Loyle Carner and co at Warehouse Project are anything like they were at the Bowl, this really will be special.

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Three legendary Manchester venues to be ‘resurrected’ for special Halloween club night at Victoria Baths

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Three of Manchester’s most legendary old nightclubs are to “resurrected” for one night only this Halloween.

Returning for a “fright night of thrills” after a sell-out debut in 2023, this is your chance to travel back to a time when South, Jilly’s Rockworld, and The Tiger Lounge were still standing, as the three iconic venues will unite for The Silence of the Baths: Back from the Dead.

Manchester icon Clint Boon will be joined by Mikee Diablo and Max Oblivion for the one-off event at Victoria Baths in October.

The stunning Grade II-listed building is set to “show its darker side”, as the pool halls, Turkish Baths, and labyrinth of spaces undergo an epic Halloween makeover – with 100 spine-tingling skeletons, nine-foot high unearthly ghosts, a cauldron of 1,500 bats, and 500 watchful eyes.

Three legendary Manchester venues are to be ‘resurrected’ for a special Halloween club night at Victoria Baths / Credit: Chris Payne (via Supplied)

In case you’re unfamiliar with the three venues, Jilly’s Rockworld was institution with a reputation that went way beyond the city before it closed in 2010, while The Tiger Lounge was described as more of a movement than a club night, and the nights at South were often deemed “unforgettable”… and now, they’re back for more.

The trio of DJs will “manifest the spirit of Manchester’s past club scene” in a silent disco from the balcony above the Sports Hall on the night, each with their own channel.

While you relive your youth and dance the night away, a selection of “terrifying elixirs” will be bubbling on the Victoria Baths’ bar to choose from, including beers, spirits, and creepy cocktails, and for those with the ‘monster munchies’, there’ll also be plenty of tuck-shop style snacks to tuck into.

Fancy dress is encouraged, and there’ll be ‘spooky swag bag prizes’ for those who impress.

Tickets are now on sale for the special one-off spooky event / Credit: Chris Payne (via Supplied)

The Silence of the Baths: Back from the Dead will take over Victoria Baths on Saturday 26 October, with doors creaking open from 7pm, and tickets are now on sale here and setting you back £16 each (plus a booking fee).

The event sold out last year, so early ticket purchase is recommended.

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All ticket purchases for Halloween events support the work of Victoria Baths Trust to preserve Victoria Baths, so that communities can continue to enjoy this inspiring building.

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