Kaluki, Bicep, Hannah Wants and The Hacienda headline this New Year

One Erasmus student reflects on her time here in Manchester, and realises that it’s not as bad as the reviews make out, despite the rain

When it comes to clubbing and drug culture in post-Fabric Britain, many questions have been left without reply. Miranda Bunnis searches for answers

Manchester Metropolitan University lecturer, Dr Beate Peter, has created an exhibition inspired by her previous clubbing days in Manchester’s iconic Haçienda

Zakk Brown chats to Manchester’s own hot new starlings FLESH about their new-found fame, a scattershot of influences, and their own self-defined ‘Snotpop’ sound

The cavernous space of Club Academy dampens the expertise of Greg Wilson

Its creation gave the house movement a home in Manchester, and its legacy remains to this day.

For the newbies you may not have seen Manchester in the daylight hours yet: it’s grey drizzly with a splash of colour graffittied to the walls every few metres. Manchester is famously nicknamed the Rainy City, and when you first arrive it’s hard to see anything but the concrete blandness, especially if you’ve moved here […]