- Showcasing the wonderful and creative talents of the people of Manchester...
- Enjoying the treats on offer in the Northern Quarter's lovely venues:
DRY BAR
THE ROADHOUSE
MOHO LIVE
MINT LOUNGE
NIGHT & DAY
THE RUBY LOUNGE
TV 21s
JOE’S BAR
THE BAY HORSE
URBIS
CUP
ODD BAR
THE UNICORN
MOD POP CAFÉ
THE KOFFEE POT
THE CASTLE
CENTRO
RAGS TO BITCHES
POP CAFE
- Having a great Spring Bank Holiday festival!
- Discovering new and exciting music!
Music
Bands we're supporting are:
A Foreign Town,
All The Kings Men,
Amongst The Russians,
Aristocrash,
Armrug,
Bauer,
Becca Williams,
Bells For Rene,
Ben Garvey,
Ben Glover,
Billy Rufian,
Bleached Wail,
Blood Virgil,
Blue Gary,
Bluebird Kid Clark,
Box Kid,
By The Dorcia Deceived,
Cardinal Saviour,
Carlis Star (acoustic),
Catherine Taylor Dawson,
Cerca Trova,
Chris Thom,
Ciné,
Clipshow,
Common,
Dan Haywood’s New Hawks,
Dan Melrose,
Daniel Land & The Modern Painters,
Danny Mahon,
Daywalkers,
Dieter & The Gadabouts,
Dile,
Dirty Blond,
Dirty North,
Dovestone,
Downtown Rag,
Dr Butlers Hatstand Medicine Band,
Drop Science,
El Condorez,
El Policia,
Elavi,
Elgazelle,
Enertia,
Entropic Reveversal & Theanon Wonder from m.f.t.b.s,
Epiphany,
Ernie's Rhythm Section,
Eskimo Smile,
Exile Parade,
Exit Calm,
Fake Kings,
Feral Man,
Fiction Non Fiction DJs,
F.I.G.M.O.,
Firelines,
Floone,
Fox Force Five,
Frazer King,
Gabriel Minnikin,
Gasperilla,
George Agan,
George Borowski & The Fabulous Wonderfuls,
Gideon Conn,
Gillan Edgar,
God's Gift,
Gone Til Winter,
Got Got Need,
Grand Volume,
Hard Luck Child,
Harrison Drive,
Hey Bulldog,
Hijak Oscar,
Hows My Pop,
Ill Memba,
Incassum,
Ivan Campo,
James Lucas,
Jay Ellis,
Jay Jay Pistolet,
Jealous,
Jesus In India,
Juno Ashes,
Kamal Arafa & The Moonshines,
Karma,
Kev Fox,
Kid 4077,
Kid British & The Action Manky,
Kristyna Miles,
Last Chance,
Lazy Fader,
Light Syndicate,
Little Engine,
Little Tremors,
Live Wires,
Lucky Star,
Maladies of Bellafontaine,
Mantric Hatters,
Maria Jordan,
Me Versus,
Metromax,
Mike Dignam,
Milo Cho,
Mistys Big Adventure,
Modern Bullies (DFD),
Moore Marriott,
Mudflaps,
Natalie Findlay,
Neil McSweeney,
Neville Skelly,
No Life,
Nomad Jones,
Norman Jay,
Northern Uproar,
Operahouse,
Optional Wallace,
Orchids,
Orphan Boy,
Our Fold,
Paddy O'Hare,
Penny Blacks,
Petty Thief,
Phre the Eon,
Pistola Kicks,
Port Erin,
Purlin,
Rainbow Trout,
Raini,
Red Sea,
Reel People,
Reemer,
Risa Hall,
Rook And The Ravens,
Rory McKee,
Sandbox,
Scam,
Shanty Town,
Shmoo,
Si Connor,
Six10Repeater,
Sloganeer,
Stop The Blackout,
Stupid Little Cars,
Syd Bozko,
Sylence,
Teamnoir,
Ten Bears,
The 100 Club,
The 64,
The 66,
The Arcadian Kicks,
The Black Velvet Band,
The Bollocks,
The Broadcast,
The Brute Chorus,
The Chase,
The Chimps,
The Circus Electric,
The City Joy Cons,
The Cordels,
The Displacements,
The Deadly Brotherhood of The Gun,
The Domino State,
The Dykeenies,
The Ending Of,
The Fayre,
The Filthy Souls,
The Glorious Yang,
The Great Fury,
The Green Half,
The Hems,
The Honeymoon Suite,
The Imogen Styles,
The Jade Assembly,
The Last Loft,
The Lizzies,
The Mekkits,
The Miracle Cure,
The Nouvelles,
The Phonophobics,
The Reverend Coyote
The Rise and Fall of the Rockets,
The Romes,
The Ronnies,
The Rools,
The Satellite Towns,
The Score,
The See See,
The Slow Readers Club,
The Stations,
The Steals,
The Times,
The Titus Stacks,
The Valentines,
The Vortex,
The White Light Parade,
The Windfall,
The Would Be Emperors,
The Yellhounds,
Thingumabob & The Thingumajigs (Rock Opera),
This Morning Call,
Thomas Truax,
Thriller Killer Vs Bollox,
Triptronic,
Tramps & Horses,
Troy de Trop,
Twem,
Twilight Robin,
Up At The Red Bricks (Stan Chow),
Urban Circus,
Vaudeville,
Walton Hesse,
We Are The End,
White Sunday,
Without A Reason,
Yellow Dog...
Books
Books we like are:
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
John Steinbeck - The Pearl
Jack Kerouac - Big Sur
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Hunter S. Thompson - Kingdom of Fear
Yevtushenko - Poetry
Miguel De Cervantes - Don Quixote
Edward Barton - Bad Leg
Cormac McCarthy - No Country For Old Men
About me: MAPS weekend THANK-YOU's from the people involved...
"Thanks so much for organising it all. I really enjoyed it..." - Steven Oakes, Universal Music Group
"There is surely no better way to kickstart a music festival than with a rock opera from a ukulele quartet... You did youself proud!" - Megan Vaughan, High Voltage
"Your festival was awesome!" - Jo Lowes, photographer
"this creative showcase has all the potential to gain a reputation as a hub for the best of Manchester talent" - Katie Storey, M.E.N
"Heard some good things. Congrats on getting through it and making it a success!" - Peggy @ Fistral PR
"Great weekend! It was a real success! - We ended up campaigning at For Folk's Sake at Cup on Monday... it was a successful event for us! Thanks again for having us at MAPS" - James @ Oxfam Soundcheck
"Everyone who came to see us said they had a great afternoon at the Bay Horse on the Monday! Looking forward to the next one already." - Ivan Campo
"Really enjoyed playing the MAPS festival on Monday. Good little venue and a good vibe all round. A few of the lads checked out a couple of venues and said there was a real good atmosphere. Anyways cheers for putting us on!" - Sean, The Yellhounds
"I've spoken to the bar and they were very happy with everything!" - Greg Holland, Music and Events @ Odd Bar
"We really enjoyed our gig, thanks for sorting that out. Cheers, Bristol x x" - The Mekkits
Music, art, poetry and stuff – that’s what MAPS is all about. Stuff, artistic stuff, musical stuff, creative and happy stuff.
The festival’s aim is to support and promote music, art and creativity in the Northern Quarter, and in Manchester as a city, through promotion, enjoyment and involvement of the public in the wide variety of activities encountered in the area.
Alongside some of Manchester BEST musical maestros, a variety of clubs, bars and eateries are involved, happily joining forces with the MAPS team to promote the arts in the area, whilst local shops like Rags to Bitches and Mr Scruff’s Cup cafe are contributing to the effort too, with discounts and OFFERS available throughout the Festival.
Local artist Stan Chow (http://www.chinkyafro.com) created the brand and promotional material for the Festival.
As well as fantastic musical delights that Manchester is so well known for, MAPS branches out onto the streets for the weekend and creating a carnival atmosphere with circus acts, fire-spinning and street busking.
MAPS has also joined forces with NOISE - a Europe-wide media showcase for young people which offers credible media coverage and the exposure to kick start careers in the creative industries http://www.noisefestival.com
Incorporating every piece of the delightful creativities listed above, the MAPS organisers want to bring together the different people who spend their lives in and around Manchester’s creative quarter, as well as the businesses and organisations creating and constructing within it.
With 4 days, over 12 venues full of 200 bands, artists and dancers, MAPS promises to be one of the Summer’s best and truest local festivals.
I see what you are all thinking....You walk into the iTunes Store and see a generous amount of "I's" and "Tunes" fluttering around like Great Crested Grebes. Well in fact, its that overwhelmed by Marmite that its difficult for the Great Crested Grebes to get a look in.
It merely comes down to whether you would prefer to spend your designated pound coin on Marmite or as you may well know our iTune 'Play The Game' which clocks in at a miniscule 79p. Leaving you with 21p to spend on a pack of home brand crisps which are often referred to as potato chips in America.
Now your mission statement is to either Love it or Hate it and indeed go ahead and buy it.
Booking our Rock Star DJ's Now Contact: justine@brave-music-agency.co.uk www. brave-music-agency. co. uk LIKE THIS IMAGE? Find more Rock Stars photos at WWW. IANTILTON. NET CHECK OUT the Hacienda Photo's
"Drapes of Black" is the new single from Aidan Smith's new album, Allotments. It was played on Radcliffe and Maconie's show on Radio 2 on Monday and is in this week's Pick and Mix!
Go here to vote for Aidan to get played on their show every day next week!
On tonight’s Cellar Tapes, your usual mix of all things good about the 1960s, with treats including The Kinks, The Standells, The Monks, Johnny Cash, The Sonics, The Small Faces, The Chocolate Watchband, and not forgetting The Cellar Tapes: Song for Your Dad………it’s all happening.
A HEAP OF QUALITY DESIGNER MAGAZINE GIGS COMING UP....
MOST ARE PAY ON THE DOOR BUT FOR THE VORTEX FT BONEHEAD (OASIS) MAKE SURE YOU GET ON THE DESIGNER MAGAZINE GUESTLIST TO GUARANTEE ENTRY - MESSAGE US BEFORE MIDDAY TOMORROW TO GET ON THE LIST
IF YOU WANT TO PLAY A DESIGNER MAGAZINE GIG WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLOTS AVAILABLE IN JULY AND ARE THEN BOOKING UP TILL XMAS
hay, well as we said we will try and keep you updated with new stuff we are doing so i thought we will just say we have a new song up:] its called sunshine hope you like we better not ramble got alot of people to message hope you have a nice day:] Dann from iwiwaa
Hi MAPS Festival our next gig is this Friday 20th June at The Dry Bar in Manchester. We are on at 20:00 so get there a bit earlier if you can. Please say you are there to see Big Orange Hero.
