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Masked DJ to headline free bank holiday run of gigs at Exhibition this long weekend
Get 'Into The Party' at Exhibition this bank holiday weekend.
The Early May Bank Holiday is nearly upon us, so we’re planning to pack out the long weekend with as much stuff as we possibly can and we’ve already got a free gig headlined by a popular masked DJ over at Exhibition sorted for the Friday.
Better yet, the folks over at Exhibition are kicking off the long weekend early, with live music every night from Wednesday right up until Sunday and the early hours of Monday morning. Did we mention it’s completely free to enter? Mint.
As well as the popular Peter Street venue’s resident DJ Jenna G and Bucky from Manc nightlife institution Funkademia taking part in the five-night run of parties, another cult-favourite club night artist will be taking the stage on Friday night — though no one really knows who he is…
World-renowned DJ Jaguar Skills is a BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra regular, enjoying a serial 10-minute spot on The Trevor Nelson Show every week and has worked with the likes of Prodigy, Lupe Fiasco and many more for over two decades now. Lucky for us lot, he’s now set to headline the big gig on Friday.
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Exhibition may have only been open for around six months but it’s quickly become one of the best places for a night out in Manchester, be it after work, on the weekend or come a nice long bank holiday this one. It’s so close we can smell it.
Promising lots music and other live entertainment every night, not to mention a gorgeous food hall and two beautiful bars, this place is popping most weekdays, let alone when it’s a free gig and a pure party atmosphere for multiple nights on the trot.
With MCR Union Lager on draught — Manchester’s first and only dedicated craft lager brewery — serving free samples from 5-7pm, and new addition Onda Pasta Kitchen now making up one of the three incredible kitchens, you’ll have everything you need to have an absolutely ace time this weekend.
Exhibition’s ‘Into The Party’ series of gigs this bank holiday officially start on Wednesday, 26 April, and there’s a whole host of talent on show right up until late on Sunday night. Don’t worry, you can sleep on Monday.
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Inspiring new 360° immersive David Bowie experience to open in Manchester
Emily Sergeant
Music lovers will get a glimpse inside the mind of a creative genius when a new immersive experience opens later this year.
Factory International has this week announced its programme of events for the upcoming autumn-winter season, and by far one of the stand-outs on the list has to be the return of Lightroom for a new 360° experience called David Bowie: You’re Not Alone – which is set to immerse audiences in the iconic performances and creative mind of one of the world’s most visionary and influential artists.
Bringing together a wealth of visual material from a wide range of sources, the experience combines rare performance footage, photography, drawings, lyrics, personal notes, and audio recordings from the late Bowie himself.
You’re Not Alone will showcase some of Bowie’s landmark performances that redefined popular culture, using a mix of iconic, rarely seen, and even never-before-exhibited material.
Selected from thousands of hours of film in the vaults of the David Bowie Archive in New York, you can expect to see everything from Space Oddity and Diamond Dogs, through to Heroes, Black Star, and more.
Each track has been newly reconfigured by multiple Olivier and Tony award-winning sound designer, Gareth Fry, to utilise Lightroom’s specialised spatial audio system.
The 360° experience is set to be both a multimedia spectacle and an intimate self-portrait in one, giving audiences a unique insight into Bowie’s perspective on the subjects that were most important to him, like theatricality, spirituality, songwriting, and the transformative power of creativity.
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David Bowie: You’re Not Alone is being made in close collaboration with, and has been authorised by, the David Bowie Estate.
It’ll run at Aviva Studios from 8 December 2026 through to 10 January 2027.
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Parklife has quietly added a major DJ set from Happy Mondays’ Bez
Daisy Jackson
Parklife has quietly added a DJ set from Bez this afternoon, joining an already stacked festival line-up.
Eagle-eyed users of the Parklife app (aka, us) have spotted that as the big weekend nears, a few new stages have popped up on the plans.
And that’s included a new Beatbox Stage, which on Saturday will host a mega set from the icon that is Bez, from Happy Mondays.
Bez isn’t the only nostalgic name who’s been added to the line-up for Saturday – the Beatbox Stage will also host a set from Artful Dodger.
The 2000s garage icons will be taking to the stage at 3pm for a set that will hopefully include their massive hits like Moving Too Fast, Re-Rewind (with Craig David), and Woman Trouble.
On Sunday, the newly-added Beatbox Stage will be hosting DJ Fat Tony, who you might know for getting stuck into the middle of the Beckham family feud – but he’s also one of the most in-demand A-list DJs, having spun for icons like Madonna, Prince, and Elton John.
Parklife has also quietly added a few secret sets to the bill, which we’ll be keeping a close eye on.
They join existing Parklife headliners including Calvin Harris, Zara Larsson, Chris Stussy, Sammy Virji, Skepta, and East End Dubs.
On Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June, thousands of music-lovers will be flocking to the fields of Heaton Park ready for this year’s instalment of Parklife.
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26th April 2023 
