I’d bet my house and car that this is the first time a Sufi singer has been reviewed in GIITTV...
When Arcade Fire were announced as part of this year’s Manchester International Festival (MIF17) I was more than sceptical, having...
Probably not for the first time during MIF17, I found myself wondering “Is this it? This can’t be the right...
I don’t know how they do it, but somebody at MIF manages to book someone extra special. 2015 had Bjork;...
When: 4th – 21st July 2019 Where: Various venues in Manchester (and Salford) The biennial Manchester International Festival, which focuses, in...
Oh what a circus, oh what a show. David Lynch has come to town. Actually he hasn’t, he’s still reclusing...
Going by the blurb in the handy, pocket-sized programme, Party Skills For The End Of The World could be awesome,...
Unit 5 in the Great Northern Warehouse is something utterly unexpected. Despite the glitz of its surroundings, Unit 5 itself...
An instant ‘good’ atmosphere – full of music and life – is always suspicious. There’s no build-up or warm-up, just...
Music Venue Trust, which works to protect, secure and improve grassroots music venues across the UK, today announces a list...
She really is one in a million - nobody can match her and, quite frankly, she can do whatever she bloody well pleases.
In what locals will know as Albert Square is what has temporarily been re-named as Festival Square. Inside you’ll find...
Manchester International Festival 2019 (MIF19) is in its seventh year. It basically is – and does – what it says...
Dates: 2nd – 19th July 2015 Location: Manchester Celebrating its first decade, Manchester International Festival returns for its fifth biennial...
One of the final acts of this year’s MIF was billed as the coming together of five of the leading...