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Manchester’s In The City festival

In The City – the highlight of Manchester’s musical calendar – is back later this year: from Saturday October 28 until Tuesday October 31 to be precise.

It usually falls on a conventional weekend (Fri/Sat/Sun), but this year there’s a Labour Party Conference in town.

I’ve been involved with every ITC since coming to Manchester – from watching 30 bands in three days in 2003, to reporting on the conference itself last year. This year I hope to be promoting ITC events myself – more to follow on that.

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Time Out Manchester (and Liverpool)

Time Out ManchesterMancubist’s unofficial blog-twin, The Manchizzle, points to some big media news that emerged yesterday: the launch of Time Out magazines for Manchester and Liverpool in February 2007.

Here’s what The Independent says of the Time Out franchise founder, Tony Elliott:

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