MAPS – The Northern Quarter Festival – 23/24/25 May 2008

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MAPS – The Northern Quarter Festival – 23/24/25 May 2008

Music, art, poetry and stuff – that’s what MAPS is all about. Stuff, artistic stuff, musical stuff, creative and happy stuff.

Five of Manchester’s best arts and music co-ordinators have joined forces to bring a wonderful Spring Bank Holiday festival to the City’s Northern Quarter.

Incorporating every piece of the delightful creativities listed above, the MAPS organisers want to bring together the different people who spend their time in and around Manchester’s creative quarter, as well as the businesses and organisations creating and constructing within it. Everyone’s welcome!!

The festival’s aim is to support and promote music, art and creativity in the busy Northern Quarter, and in Manchester as a cultural city, through promotion, enjoyment and involvement of the public in the wide variety of activities encountered in the area.

Local artist Stan Chow (www.chinkyafro.com) has created the brand and promotional material for the Festival, Up The Racket are DJing, and local shops such as Mr Scruff’s Cup cafe are contributing to the effort too, with offers available throughout the Festival. Venues will be filled with fashion markets, Whim Wham Club dancers, circus acts and face-painters as well as the fantastic musical delights that Manchester is so well known for.

Working in conjunction with media partners and tourism channels in Manchester, with 3 days and 12 venues full of over 150 bands, MAPS promises to be one of the Summer’s best and truest local festivals. Keep checking for regular updates on the bands involved… Day tickets and weekend passes are available too!

Here’s to bigger things next year!

Tickets available soon from: http://www.ticketline.co.uk

For more info see: http://www.myspace.com/mapsfestival

And for regular updates join http://www.facebook.com and search for MAPS Festival

[trueblue]

Looks good.

[designermagazine]

Initial line up for the music up on the myspace blog now

http://www.myspace.com/mapsfestival

Edited April 1, 2008 by designermagazine

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We've now announced the ARTS listings as well on the myspace blog

www.myspace.com/mapsfestival

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Just weeks to go to MAPS - who's coming???

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A new addition

* THE DISPLACEMENTS are now playing the Friday of MAPS. The band were last seen in Manchester at the sold out Apollo gig with The Enemy and our signed to Stiff Records - expect big things from these boys

[Uncle Liam]

Music, art, poetry and stuff – that’s what MAPS is all about. Stuff, artistic stuff, musical stuff, creative and happy stuff.

[designermagazine]

Hi guys!!!

Less than 7 days before the festival! Before the fun!!

We still have new bands playing at the festival, check the blog to know where they play:

Paleface

Space Armstrong

The Displacements

Parka

The Novellos

Stars of Track and Field

Medicine for the Meek

Rise Hall

Don't forget to buy your ticket!

[strawdogrob]

Hi

Could anyone confirm if Kate Rogers is playing on Saturday or Sunday and if so what time? I can see conflicting days/venues for her performance and there is no information on her website, so I'm stumped :-/

Any help would be greatly appreciated :-)

Thanks

Rob