Friends of Manchester festival
Later this month, two of the city’s most established live music nights – Blowout and Friends of Mine – are coming together for Friends of Manchester, a one-day event (inevitably deemed a ‘festival’ – this is Manchester after all).
This ‘12-hour music marathon’ takes place on Saturday 24 January at Jabez Clegg, just off Oxford Road, and – due to strong demand – Kro Bar next door, which is hosting a winter barbecue. I count about 50 bands confirmed so far – including personal recommendations the Longcut, its a buffalo, Ten Bears, Gideon Conn, Jo D of the Travelling Band and Islands Lost at Sea.
Tickets are £9 in advance from www.ticketline.co.uk, Piccadilly Box Office in Zavvi and on 0161 832 1111 – or, until Sunday evening, you can get a £7 early bird ticket here. There’ll also be some available from both venues, plus the Thirsty Scholar and Joshua Brooks.
Friends of Manchester is sponsored by Ben Sherman – but don’t let that put you off.
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This was pretty much a who’s-who of the worst bands in Manchester. Only The Longcut, Wu Lf Wu Lf and Frazer King are worth anybody’s time.
This all-dayer was such a mess – people working the event either drunk or on drugs, some truly abysmal laddish bands playing no-brain muzak to people who only enjoy music when there’s a catchy slogan chanted at them during a football match.
The Longcut ploughed through their set despite truly terrible sound, yet were easily the best band of the day.
There’s more to Manchester’s music scene than that sorry excuse of a festival.
By I Know What I Like on 01.26.09 4:04 pm
bit of a silly thing to say i think. i do agree that the organisation was a shambles but i wouldnt say it was a whos who of crap bands plus to be fair the longcut are nothing more than flash in the pans that have been dropped and are no longer relevant to the manchester music scene
By John Velvet on 02.03.09 8:16 am
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