LIVE: HENGE – 19/10/2019

-ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER- It’s cold. Save for one brief run and the odd cursory hands over my eyes glance at the news, I’ve spent almost all day reading under a blanket. It gets to early evening and my housemates are making bread from scratch. Our home is just one pumpkin spiced beverage away from wholesome […]
-JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY, CHESHIRE- Thursday Arriving at the festival late Thursday afternoon, we are just in time for Emma Gene Thackery. After finding a space in the busy camping ground to pitch, we make our first journey through the festival grounds. The festival is full, ready for the Halle Orchestra who are just as much […]

LIVE: BLUEDOT FESTIVAL 2019

LIVE: MEMBRANES ALL-DAYER – 08/06/2019

-THE RITZ, MANCHESTER- Support Acts Taking the opportunity to cover an all-dayer is a measure designed to challenge both myself as a journalist and the battery life of my ageing iPhone; to my horror I am to discover that the real challenge is not showing solidarity with my departing friends and staying behind to cover […]
…. Greetings Humans, We have been observing Planet Earth for some time now and we recognise that human beings are a species with great potential. Yet, you squander your resources on making weapons of war… all the while, the threats to your survival are multiplying. Planet Earth is beautiful and generous… but it is also finite. […]
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HENGE ANNOUNCED AS WINNER OF THE ‘LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR’ AWARD

Announcing its winners of the Independent Festival Awards 2018, The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has named intergalactic rock-rave outfit Henge as the ‘Live Act Of The Year’. Taking place at a packed-out event in Sheffield, the event was hosted by Glastonbury Festival’s Ben Challis as part of the AIF’s acclaimed annual Festival Congress. In an unprecedented […]
Bluedot Festival: Official | Facebook | Twitter “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.” The words of the great cosmologist Carl Sagan, the spiritual godfather of Bluedot Festival, the annual celebration of music, science, arts, culture and exploration that this month returns for its third instalment. For the first time the […]

BLUEDOT FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR ITS THIRD YEAR, TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

LIVE: HENGE – 03/03/2017

-THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – Welcome to Henge. At this gig, you check your measly human earth life at the door. For the uninitiated, this band have come on a longer journey than most to be at the Ruby Lounge tonight – from the State of Mutagia, to be exact. If you’re not 100% clear […]
September 2016 saw the first Stay Fresh Fest take over two floors of one of Manchester’s favourite venues The Deaf Institute. The all-dayer which hosted eight emerging acts from around the North West was such a success that Stay Fresh Fest II is ready to roll again on the 28th of January. This time round […]

NOW CLOSED – TICKET GIVEAWAY: PAIR OF TICKETS (AND A MEAL) FOR STAY FRESH FEST II

STAY FRESH FEST RETURNS

After the success of our first two floor live band party back in September with the likes of Cowtown, Peaness, and Pink Kink rocking the place, we couldn’t wait to throw another one. On 28th January, that’s exactly what we’ll be doing, bigger and better than ever, to well and truly make a stamp on […]