About me: Manchester International Festival is the world’s first festival of new work and it takes place biennially, in Manchester, UK. For full details of the 2009 programme go to www.mif.co.uk
Drawing on the City’s history, present and future, the Festival addresses urgent issues and stories of our time, whilst also reaffirming Manchester’s status as the ‘24-hour party city’.
Launched in June 2007, the unprecedented scope and ambition of the Festival’s inaugural commissions was rewarded with enthusiastic audiences and international critical acclaim..
World premieres in the 2007 Festival included: Monkey: Journey to the West, a new opera directed by Chen Shi Zheng with music by Damon Albarn and design by Jamie Hewlett, Il Tempo del Postino, a group show by 15 of the world’s leading contemporary artists including Matthew Barney, Tacita Dean, Douglas Gordon and Pierre Huyghe, new theatre productions including a site-specific work by Stewart Lee and Johnny Vegas, debates, food by Heston Blumenthal and an international music series that featured Lou Reed, Kanye West, PJ Harvey, Gossip and The Whip.
‘Manchester is the beating cultural heart of Britain’
The Observer July 2007
‘Manchester is drawing on a rich cultural tradition, from the Hallé to Oasis’
The Daily Telegraph Jan 2007
A number of the productions created for the 2007 Festival are now touring internationally, while the festival team focus on the 2009 Festival (programme to be announced), which takes place in Manchester, Thursday 2 – Sunday 19 July 2009.
If you don’t know or haven’t noticed we have changed our name from ‘The Perrys’ to ‘Moscow Square’ and with that we have just put up 3 new tracks on our page. Please check them out and tell us what you think it would mean a lot to us. Much love.
Hello! Our LAST gig of 2008!!!....is at NIGHT AND DAY CAFE in manchester. It is on friday 12th December. Let us know if you fancy some festive fun and frolics next friday! Loads of great bands and djs. Friday 12th Dec Surbia Records presents... HAYLEY FAYE / INTERNATIONAL ONE / KING KAYAK / NATALIE FINDLAY / COPY CATS with SURBIA DJs till 2am. , open 8PM-2AM
Hope to see you there (free cds and badges for all!) so please comment back and lets us know if you are up for it (even if you cant make it jus drop us a message) Haydes :0)
Following Sun Ra's death, the group has performed under the direction of alto saxophonist Marshall Allen, who celebrated his 80th birthday on stage during Arkestra performances at the Vox Populi gallery in Philadelphia and the Vision Festival in New York City. In the summer of 2004 the Arkestra became the first American jazz band to perform in Tuva, playing five sets at the Ustuu-Huree Festival.
We welcome the Arkestra back to Manchester for the first time since 1991. We are honoured to host what is, to us and many of you, we're sure, one of the most exciting shows to hit town in recent memory.
Hi how are you? We are playing Mrs Boon's Tea party this saturday at TV21 on Thomas Street in the Northern Quarter in manchester. We are doing an exclusive acoustic set (a first for King Kayak!) Also Clint Boon will be djing and home made cakes by Mrs Boon herself and all the free tea you can drink! Hope you can make it! It starts at 3pm till 5pm AND ITS FREE ENTRY! Cheers, Haydes
Hello! We are playing at The Castle in Oldham tomorow night! Its Fancy Dress Halloween Party and for all who come in fancy dress its FREE ENTRY! We're on about 11pm. Nice cheap drinks too so hope to see you there! Haydes=]
what? the folk! & Solid Earth present: Freaks, Ghouls and Graves, a Balkan (ish) flavoured Halloween (ish) knees up at the delightful St Margaret’s church in Whalley Range.
Yessum we’re back. after the monstrous success of Jackson’s Boat, we thought it only right and proper to offer you another helping of profoundly good music in a great venue. We’ve got a rosette for best zombie in show, beer and food from the nice folks at Jam Street and noise from Stumblefunk.
Another co-promo with the brains and muscle that brought Beats, Roots & Leaves back in May - this time tho we de-camp indoors to make the most of the Halloween theme inside a church, with face painters, ghost hunters, a bar provided by Jam Street and a fabulous line-up of musical tricker treats:
Na Zdrove Na Zdrove is Sheffield's finest Balkan Beats, Gypsy Brass, Russian Ska, Gypsy Dub, Klezmer and Gypsy Punk night. blimey. We’ll ave some of that. We’ll be welcoming their house band and resident DJs - yes indeedy! http://www. myspace. com/nazdrove
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DOORS 9PM ::: £8 donation (all proceeds go to MSF in Darfur) ::: BAR PROVIDED BY JAM STREET CAFE SERVING CASK ALES AND VINTAGE CIDER, BOTTLED BEER, SPIRITS AND HALLOWEEN SNACKS - 2AM LICENCE. Limited Adv tickets @ Jam St Cafe, Upper Chorlton Rd.
Manchester International Festival, the world’s first festival of original, new work, today announces the first three shows for its 2009 event. • J S BACH/ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS – Zaha Hadid Architects create a unique environment within Manchester Art Gallery for Bach’s solo works for piano, violin and cello; sublime music in a sublime space. Soloists are Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Jean-Guihem Queyras (cello) and Alina Ibragimova (violin). • EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER – A new theatrical experience created by acclaimed director Neil Bartlett with Simon Deacon and Struan Leslie. The Royal Exchange theatre becomes a Bingo hall, immediately familiar and strange. With added music, dancing and quite possibly a chance to win some cash… • PRIMA DONNA – Rufus Wainwright’s debut opera. A portrait of a fading opera singer; set in Paris and sung in French. Directed by Daniel Kramer, conducted by Pierre-André Valade and designed by Antony McDonald. Soprano Janis Kelly takes the lead role, Madame.
Tickets will go on sale 10am Fri 10 October 2008 - see www. mif. co. uk
