Manchester Canal Festival 2013

A FREE, outdoor mini music festival will take place at Brownsfield Mill on Port Street in Piccadilly Basin in Manchester city centre on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September.

Line-up

The line-up includes DJ sets from XFM DJs Clint Boon and Gareth Brooks and performances from some of the city's most talented new bands. As well as Manchester's most popular DJs hitting the decks including Pasta Paul, Phil Beckett, Leggit, Disco Mums and Dance Lady Dance there will be a hand-picked programme of live music, showcasing exciting local talent. Manchester bands taking the stage will include Thugs on Wolves, Black Lights, Songs for Walter, Horses on the Move and Literature Thieves.

The music line-up is part of the 2013 Canal Festival and organised by the Piccadilly Partnership in conjunction with CityCo, Manchester's city centre management company, and sponsored by Skiddle. The event will include a range of free entertainment from 12pm - 10pm each day.

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Pop-up food stalls from Kosmonaut, Ning, Las Paellaras, Stretza and Takk will serve gourmet hot dogs, burgers, paella, noodles, woodfired pizzas, cakes and coffee and 2022NQ will be hosting a licensed bar with indoor seating.

Twelve local illustrators and street artists, including Barney Ibbotson, Arisu, Stephanie Morris, Chris Howker, Emma Reynolds, Rose Whittingham and Generic Greeting will be working all weekend designing one-off pieces of artwork that will be displayed in the 2022NQ bar then auctioned off for the Forever Manchester charity.

On Saturday night there will be free entry at an after party at 2022NQ from 10pm - 3am with Dance Lady Dance and Disco Mums going head to head on the decks.

More information will be here when available.

For more information see the Manchester Canal Festival website.

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last updated: Thu 29th Aug 2013