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Parklife is an annual two-day music festival in Manchester, England and takes place in June each year.The festival predominantly features dance and electronic music, as well as pop and hip-hop artists.
Manchester International Festival returned in 2015 and ran from 2 to 19 July. [32] On 19 November 2014 Manchester International Festival announced the first three new commissions for MIF15. Tree of Codes is a new contemporary ballet directed and choreographed by Wayne McGregor with music composed by Jamie xx and visual concept by Olafur Eliasson.
Glastonbury Festival, England, 2016 There are many notable music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres, which are usually run from late May to early September. Some are world-renowned and have been held for many years, including the world's largest greenfield festival, Glastonbury, which has been held since the 1970s. History This section needs expansion. You can ...
The Manchester Jazz Festival was created in 1996 as a one-day showcase and has grown into a 9-day event, with 60 gigs and 300 musicians planned for July 2009. Key dates and figures for the festival: 1996: 1st Manchester Jazz Festival – 1 day, 1 venue, 10 bands; 2000: 1st new jazz work commissioned by the festival
The festival is staged across Greater Manchester – from theatres, galleries and concert halls to railway depots, churches and car parks. Plans to build a new cultural building in Manchester were announced in December 2014 [ 3 ] by then Chancellor, George Osborne , who pledged a £78 million [ 4 ] investment as part of the Northern Powerhouse ...
Koko (previously known as Camden Palace and The Music Machine), London – 1,500; Electric Brixton (formerly known as the Fridge), London – 1,500; O2 Institute, Birmingham – O2 Institute 1 - 1,500, O2 Institute 2 - 600, O2 Institute 3 - 250; The O2 Ritz, Manchester – 1,500; Great Hall, Exeter – 1,500 (standing); 650 (seated)
The first festival took place on 2 May 2005 at Alexandra Palace, North London. In 2006, Give it a Name became a paired, two-day festival, taking place at the MEN Arena, Manchester, and Earl's Court, London. 2007 saw the festival extend to three days [1] and six different locations, including events for the first time in Scotland, France and ...
Damnation Festival is an annual one-day heavy metal music festival currently held at Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester. It was held at Jilly's Rockworld in Manchester from 2005 to 2006 and then at the University of Leeds from 2007 until 2021. It is organized by Gavin McInally and Paul Farrington. [1]