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The Warehouse Project announces full 2023 lineup – including huge Boiler Room show and Antwerp debut

Highlights include a special Manchester Boiler Room party, plus huge sets from Camelphat, Fisher, Gorgon City, Black Coffee and more.

Georgina Pellant Georgina Pellant - 25th July 2023

Iconic Manchester party series The Warehouse Project (WHP) has released its full 2023 lineup, getting us more than excited for an autumn and winter of sweaty warehouse raves stretching into the early hours.

This new season sees the team bring some huge parties to the city centre, ranging from Boiler Room’s biggest-ever Manchester event to Camelphat’s only northern headline show of the year.

DJ Mag hosts a TRICK label showcase headed up by Patrick Topping, Grammy-nominated producer, Fisher returns from his second Hï Ibiza residency to play a huge headline show, and Worried About Henry, Crucast and Garage People al join forces to present a unique DnB and garage showcase.

As ever, Annie Mac will be hosting her annual Halloween party, whilst London label FUSE will also bring a huge showcase to the city in honour of the spooky season, and – very excitingly – this new season also sees WHP head to Antwerp for its Belgian debut at the end of October.

2023 season WHP line-up highlights

whp 2023 lineup
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Since its inception in 2006, the series has built its name on huge, diverse line-ups and unique locations, from its early days at Boddingtons Brewery to today’s industrial home at former Post Office Depot and train station, Depot Mayfield.

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Following huge success in Rotterdam earlier this year, as well as bringing some heavy hitters to Manchester the 2023 season will also see WHP head to pastures new with a debut one-night-only event in Antwerp, Belgium.

Clubbers and music lovers from all over can expect nothing less than another unforgettable season ahead, with the return of big-name favourites alongside some up-and-coming talent from Manchester and further afield.

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Black Coffee, Friday 22 September

Debuting his first appearance at The Warehouse Project, Grammy-award-winning producer Black Coffee takes over the stage in Concourse on Friday 22 September for a special and intimate evening, fresh off his Hï Ibiza residency. Established as one of the most prominent global names in electronic music, Black Coffee breaks down musical boundaries and brings his South African roots to the dancefloor.

Gorgon City, Friday 6 October

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Taking over Depot Mayfield, Gorgon City is set to present a special showcase on Friday 6 October as part of their Salvation tour.

Fisher, Friday 13 October

Continuing the run in Autumn, the Grammy-nominated producer, Fisher, returns to The Warehouse Project for a headline show on Friday 13 October. No stranger to big rooms following his second Hï Ibiza residency this summer, the surfer-turned-DJ star brings his infamously high energy to the Depot Mayfield. 

Boiler Room, Saturday 14 October

Boiler Room is set to take over on Saturday 14 October which marks its biggest Manchester show with a unique line-up including Overmono who will be broadcasted live, plus Moodymann, Joy Orbison, VTSS, Barry Can’t Swim, and more.

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Campelphat, Saturday 21 October

The following week, Camelphat return on Saturday 21 October for their only Northern headline show for 2023 with a specially curated line-up including Ben Böhmer (live), Rebūke and Layla Benitez.

whp 2023 lineup
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FUSE showcase, Friday 27 October

London label FUSE heads north on Friday 27 October with Enzo Siragusa, Apollonia, RPR Soundsystem (Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu, Raresh), Chris Stussy and Sonja Moonear. This marks their biggest ever showcase in the UK and their annual Halloween special.

Halloween, Saturday 28 October

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Returning for another year, Halloween at The Warehouse Project takes place on Saturday 28 October with Annie Mac, Chaos In The CBD, Dan Shake, Sarah Story and more.

Worried About Henry, Crucast and Garage People showcase, Friday 10 November

Worried About Henry, Crucast and Garage People joined forces to present a unique DnB and garage showcase on Friday 10 November featuring Andy C, Sub Focus, Crucast, Skepsis + AD, Flava D and more.

DJ Mag’s TRICK label showcase with Patrick Topping, Saturday 11 November

On Saturday 11 November, DJ Mag’s Best British DJ of the year Patrick Topping returns to Depot Mayfield to curate its TRICK label showcase with Green Velvet, Alan Fitzpatrick, Hannah Laing, Schak, and more joining.

The Haçienda returns, Saturday 2 December

Set to be another huge homecoming show, The Haçienda returns to Depot Mayfield on Saturday 2 December with some legendary live headliners including Ian Brown, Leftfield, Soul II Soul, Inner City, A Certain Ratio and DJ sets including David Morales, Roger Sanchez, Dimitri From Paris and more.

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Further shows announced include Music On’s only UK show on Friday 17 November, and Charlotte De Witte’s label KNTXT is set to take over on Friday 24 November.

The Warehouse Project goes to Belgium

Over in Belgium and new for the 2023 season, The Warehouse Project expands its in-season run with an international debut show in Antwerp, Belgium.

Following the success of its first international edition in Rotterdam earlier this year, the much-anticipated club series returns to Europe for a special one-off show as part of its in-season run for the very first time.

The Antwerp show takes over the riverside industrial complex, Waagnatie, on Saturday 28 October and welcomes heavyweight headliners, including Bicep, TSHA, KI/KI and more.

Pre-sale tickets go live at 10am on Thursday 27th July, and general tickets go live at 10am on Friday 28th July.

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Read more: Hit & Run – the seminal Manchester bass night that defined underground clubbing for a generation

See the full WHP 2023 line-up announcement below:

Friday 22 September

Black Coffee

Black Coffee

Plus more to be announced

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Friday 6 October

Gorgon City

Gorgon City

Plus more to be announced

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Friday 13 October

Fisher

Fisher

Plus more to be announced

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Saturday 14 October

Boiler Room

Depot

Overmono (Recording Live From The Depot)

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DJ EZ | Joy Orbison + SP:MC | VTSS

CASisDEAD | Tia Cousins | Fold

Concourse

Moodymann | Barry Can’t Swim

DJ Python | Bitter Babe

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NIKS | Tarzsa | Gallegos

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Saturday 21 October

Camelphat

Camelphat

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Ben Böhmer (live)

Fideles

Rebūke

Layla Benitez

Kas:st

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Miss Monique

Azzecca

James Organ

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Friday 27 October

FUSE

(A-Z)

Apollonia (Dan Ghenacia, Dyed Soundorom, Shonky)

Chris Stussy

Enzo Siragusa

Gene On Earth

Josh Baker

Laidlaw

Lauren Lo Sung

PACH

Reeshy

Rich NxT

Rossi.

RPR Soundsystem (Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu, Raresh)
Rossko

Sonja Moonear

The Ghost

tINI

Traumer

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Saturday 28 October

Halloween at The Warehouse

Depot

Annie Mac

Denis Sulta

Skream

Hannah Laing

Meg Ward

Jordan Villa

Concourse

Chaos In The CBD

Dan Shake

Dusky

Sarah Story

CC:DISCO!

Junior Simba

Archive

Mark Blair

Effy

Luxe

Storm Mollison

Joe Motion

Jimmy Turnbull

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Saturday 28 October

Antwerp, Belgium

(A-Z)

Bicep present Chroma (AV DJ Set)

Eclair Fifi | KI/KI

Lola Haro | TSHA

Krysko & Greg Lord

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Friday 10 November

Worried About Henry x Crucast x Garage People

Depot: Worried About Henry

Andy C | Sub Focus presents Evolve + MC ID

Dimension

Kannie

K Motionz

Lenzman b2b LSB + Fox

Harriet Jaxxon

Stature

Concourse: Crucast

Crucast

Skepsis + P Money

Darkzy

Window Kid

Lazcru + Harry Shotta

MC AD

Plus Special Guests:

Bou & BLive 247

Serum b2b Mozey + Trigga

Flava D + Texas

Sota

Charlie Tee + Savvy B

Northbase

Archive: Garage People

Sammy Virji b2b Conducta

Bklava b2b Ghoulish

Gemi b2b Soulecta

Main Phase

MPH

Oppidan
Paige Eliza

Prozak

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Saturday 11 November

TRICK

(A-Z)

Alan Fitzpatrick 

Big Miz

Dense & Pika

Green Velvet

Hannah Laing 

Loods

Mark Blair 

Melle Brown 

Meg Ward 

Morgan Seatree 

Patrick Topping

Schak 

Will Clarke

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Friday 17 November

Music On

Marco Carola

Plus more to be announced 

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Friday 24 November

KNTXT

Charlotte De Witte

Plus more to be announced 

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Saturday 2 December 

The Haçienda

Live 

Ian Brown | Leftfield

Soul II Soul | Inner City

A Certain Ratio

DJ

David Morales | Roger Sanchez | Dimitri From Paris

Todd Terry | Mike Pickering | Graeme Park | Kevin Saunderson

Greg Wilson | Norman Jay MBE | DJ Paulette | Peter Hook | 808 State

K-Klass | Justin Robertson | Jon DaSilva | Hewan Clarke

Tom Wainwright | Kath McDermott | Chad Jackson

Russ | Buckley | Guy Williams | Jason Boardman

James Holroyd | Herbie Saccani | Mark XTC

Featured image – WHP

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This Manchester suburb has just been named one of the UK’s ‘happiest’ places to live in 2024

Thomas Melia Thomas Melia Didsbury named one of the best places to live in the UK

An annual poll has named the Manchester suburb of Didsbury spot among 70 locations said to be the ‘happiest’ places to live in the UK.

Greater Manchester has got lots to say for itself, especially with its diverse and unique cultural landscapes, as well as various vibrant communities, so it comes as no surprise that one of our beautiful suburbs has been voted in a list of the UK’s happiest places to live for this year.

The survey included submissions from 5,000 people and there’s a lot of love being shown to the neighbouring areas of Yorkshire like Doncaster, Bingley, and Harrogate – the lattermost placed in second in the entire country.

But, ranking 62nd out of a possible 70 places, the distinct and vibrant area of Didsbury has been noticed by Furniturebox as one of the ‘happiest’ places to live in the UK.

Credit: The Manc Group

The results took into consideration good state schools, affordable housing, as well as accessibility to pubs, bars, restaurants, independent shops, retailers and more.

With multiple parks, walking destinations, and top-notch travel links with Bee Network trams and buses easily taking you back into the city centre and out to other boroughs, East, West and Didsbury Village all remain some of the most sought-after areas in the region.

There’s a whole host of indie retailers to enjoy, especially on the likes of the main high street and Burton Road, which effectively serves as its own cultural district, home to vintage clothing shops like Steranko, tailored styling opticians Fox Brothers and much more.

Burton Rd also boasts countless fantastic food and drink spots like The Great Kathmandu, SANTÉ, Volta and Proove Pizza, just to name a few; we’ve spent plenty of time just on this stretch of Didsbury alone.

If you’ve spent even a little time in Dids, you’ll know there’s plenty going on and it’s certainly one our happiest places in all of Greater Manchester and therefore the UK.

You can also enjoy the famous ‘Didsbury Dozen’ right on your doorstep.

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Elsewhere, and somewhat unsurprisingly, Shakespeare’s ever-romanticised hometown of Stratford-Upon-Avon once again reigned supreme at the top of this list.

That being said, it’s refreshing to see that these locations weren’t entirely related to wealth and similar factors, the survey took affordability into careful consideration.

Cheshire was destined for success with its cracking views and grand properties, as the North West county made waves for the region managing to place in fifth position, holding up against Falmouth in Cornwall which placed in sixth.

Although not nabbing that all-important top spot, Didsbury is carrying the flag for 0161 and showing what all know to be true: Northerners do it best.

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A Greater Manchester town could be set to get a train station for the first time in 60 years

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

It’s been a whopping six decades, but the residents of one local town could soon be able to hop on a train out of there.

That’s because a planning application for a brand-new £32 million station in Golborne – which would connect the Greater Manchester town, in the Wigan borough, to the rail network for the first time in more than 60 years – has been submitted to Wigan Council, meaning connectivity is finally one step closer to becoming reality.

In case you didn’t know, Golborne currently has no direct bus, train, or tram services to Manchester, and Leigh is the biggest town in England without a rail station, while the wider area is the largest and most-populous area in Greater Manchester not connected to the rail network.

The milestone aims to boost access to jobs and opportunities for people in the town and the wider Wigan borough.

According to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), the Golborne station scheme forms part of a wider ambition to bring eight commuter lines into the Bee Network by 2028 – of which “significant investment” has been put into.

The application includes plans for a new accessible two-platform rail station, including step-free access throughout with a footbridge across the tracks and lifts to both platforms, a new hourly service between Wigan and Manchester Victoria, and onwards to Stalybridge, an improved town centre car park, and also new walking and cycling links to the town centre.

The submitting of the proposals comes after nearly 3,000 people had their say on the station earlier this year, with more than 90% of respondents supporting the plans.

A CGI of what the proposed new Golborne station could look like, if plans are approved / Credit: TfGM

If the plans are approved by Wigan Council, work on the site should begin in 2026, according to TfGM, with the new station scheduled to open in 2027.

Mayor Andy Burnham called the submitting of the proposals a “transformative step” for the region.

“It has taken a huge effort to get us to this point,” he explained. “But we have finally reached a major milestone on the journey to reconnect Golborne to the rail network for the first time in over 60 years.

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“The proposal is based on extremely sound evidence and huge progress has been made with a planning application being submitted and overwhelming support from local residents.”

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