I’m a bit late writing about this, mainly because I only found out about it yesterday, but this weekend sees the launch of one of the city’s most interesting and underground festivals.

Put together by the Loiterers Resistance Movement and based at the Basement on Lever Street, this ‘psychogeography extravaganza’ began yesterday with the Manchester Radical History Tour.

Bill Jefferies guided the tour, which ended at the UHC collective, and introduced the OpenCity project. Later that night, the UHC-organised Garden City Social took place back at the Basement.

Then today, there was a noon-time meeting at the tiled map in Victoria Station for ‘A Pan-Pacific International Experiment’ with some Australians.

The main event, however, is the Mapping Manchester DIY Day currently in progress. It promises ‘films, talks, walks, scissors, paper and glue’ and includes tools and techniques (from crayons to GPS) and an urban exploration.

Later in the month, the festival features the intriguingly-titled Lunar Water Walk Under The Glare Of CCTV (December 5, meet 7pm at the Crown and Anchor) and the Manchester Music Trail with Phil Gatenby, author of Morrissey’s Manchester (December 8, 1.30pm at the Basement).

The festival’s finale is at Britons Protection on December 21: the Shaping presents Dyschronia. ‘Discover the mysterious forces harnessed by the monstrous Beetham Tower and the power lurking beneath.’

You can find out more about the events by emailing morangopop@gmail.com or calling 07974 929 589. Blogger Twangorama is posting updates.