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Moovin Festival announces summer barn party in Stockport

The event will take place at Whitebottom Farm in Etherow Country Park.

The Manc The Manc - 7th April 2021

Moovin Festival has confirmed it will be hosting a huge barn party at a Stockport farm this summer.

Organisers have confirmed they will be bringing together acts who’ve previously played at Moovin – a popular local festival – for a one-off event in July.

The 12-hour barn party has been launched to “whet the appetite” for the big festival later in the year and will take place at Whitebottom Farm in Etherow Country Park.

The Main Stage will be set up in a sizeable outbuilding – with a second stage showcasing additional music and performances.

A wide selection of caterers will also be serving food throughout as parties burst into life around campfires.

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Congo Natty, Mr Scruff, Norman Jay MBE, General Levy, DJ Woody, Graeme Park, DJ Paulette, and Krafty Kuts have all been confirmed among the lineup.

An official statement from Moovin Festival reads: “We simply couldn’t wait until the festival in August so we are throwing a very special all day “Barn Party” down at the Farm on Saturday July 10th featuring many of the acts that have graced our gatherings over the years.

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“As well as the Barn we will have an additional stage, performers, caterers, campfires & all round Moovin Vibes.

“We can’t wait to see, dance and & laugh you all again its been way too long”.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (April 9) at 10am.

More info is available online.

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Kahiki Soundhouse – the new Mint Lounge site is living up to the old name and its live music legacy

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If you went out in town back in the day (pretty much any time from the late 90s to the 2010s), or indeed have sampled a Funkdemia over the past couple of decades, chances are you tried or at least heard of Mint Lounge – but did you know it’s been replaced by a new kid on the block, Kahiki?

Kahiki Soundhouse, to give it its full name, is the new live music venue bar that has opened up the old basement space on Oldham Street in the Northern Quarter.

In truth, it’s now more of a classic lounge than ever before.

The large open-plan floor, which used to be filled with people standing/two-stepping inside a fairly barebones club room with no air conditioning, has now been traded up for a stylish space lined with plush padded seats, classy low-lit tables perfect to share a glass or two over, and lots of new features.

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Perhaps the biggest change is that the old soundbooth/stage area that used to be way at the back has now been swapped for a central 360° podium that changes up each night.

It really is the star of the all-week-round Kahiki show, if you ask us.

This also means that no matter where you are in the main venue (there are other rooms, but we’ll get to that), be it tucked in a booth to the side, at the bar, or even ‘behind’ whoever’s playing, you’ll have a virtually unobstructed view of what’s happening from noon until night.

Seriously, thanks to their already jam-packed schedule, the reviews aren’t just off to a great start only a few days in, but people have been turning up in the early evening and staying well into the early hours of the next day.

They’ve got duelling pianos, live bandaoke, acoustic nights and straightforward DJ sets for those who still fancy a taste of the previous vibe.

Kahiki’s maiden Manchester city centre venue definitely harks back to the good times had in the Mint Lounge days, but the team, who possess decades of experience between them, have combined a retro feel almost more akin to 1960s speakeasies, cocktails and evening venues.

It’s no secret that clubbing and the UK nightlife scene have changed quite a bit since the pandemic, but these guys look to have found that perfect blend of more relaxed seating, along with plenty of room to get up and boogie; there’s even a raised mini-stage/dance cage for your main character moments.

Better still, if you do want something a little bit away from the crowds of punters that are continuing to make this one of the liveliest new additions to NQ, they also have adjustable karaoke rooms where bi-folding doors can make room for up to 50 of you and your lot to party in privacy.

Let’s just say the spirit of the Lounge is alive and well in the Soundhouse.

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Just one corner of Kahiki
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Your podium awaits
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One of the smaller karaoke rooms

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Release date set for Oasis reunion tour documentary by Peaky Blinders creator

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If you had any doubt that the upcoming Oasis reunion shows weren’t going to be heavily documented, you’re an absolute fool. However, we’ll admit we weren’t expecting to hear the creator of Peaky Blinders‘ name connected to the tour that’s soon set to be relived in theatres.

Yeah, as in the Brummies with the flat caps on the telly – them ones.

That’s right, the same man who brought Tommy Shelby and Birmingham’s most infamous gang to our screens has been overseeing the major documentary project, which will chronicle the return of the Gallagher brothers and put the best bits on film.

Better still, now we have a full release date and know where it will be shown, including information about its cinematic and streaming rollout.

That’s right, while there still isn’t a set title for the doc (we’re pretty sure it’s a very Ronseal kind of deal), we do know it’ll be coming not just to cinemas but even IMAX theatres.

Landing on 11 September 2026, just over a year on from when the boys got back on the road and gave us one of the greatest summers ever, it will launch on Hulu and Disney+ internationally.

With additional direction from Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the Steven Knight-produced project is arguably set to be just as big a cultural event as the Live 25′ themselves.

Knight, who was confirmed as the co-creator, writer and producer of the Oasis ‘Live ’25’ world tour documentary movie back in March, recently teased that the initial rough edit was around four hours long.

While we doubt it’ll remain so significant in length, who knows how it will compare to the likes of Supersonic or the Knebworth documentaries?

The brain behind Peaky Blinders is creating the second Oasis doc after 2016’s Supersonic. (Credit: Taylor Rooke/BBC/IMDb)

It’s worth noting to begin with that, besides the BBC’s blockbuster gangster series, which is soon to be followed up with the franchise’s first feature film on Netflix, Knight does have some background in music-related media.

The 65-year-old created the six-part BBC drama, This Town, which revolves around the rise of ska and the ‘two-tone’ revival movement in the Midlands during the 1970s; he also wrote the script for the 2024 opera biopic, Maria, starring Angelina Jolie.

Southern and Lovelace are also two of the names behind the LCD Soundsystem film, Shut Up And Play The Hits, which covers frontman James Murphy’s final gig as part of the band at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Roll on (and ‘With It’), September.

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