CityLife

IF dancing round the bedroom and singing into a hairbrush is your favourite was to spend an evening then Guilty Pleasures is the place to party like a pop star. Read more…

CONTORT Yourself rounds up a successful summer by inviting Murkage Cartel and DJ Zinc to try to break The Roadhouse. Alex Barbanneau reports on the bass-heavy mash-up. Read more…

DID I miss something? Or has no-one in Manchester heard of The Sunshine Underground? Admittedly I'm a newly initiated fan. Read more…

DETERMINED not to be fazed by the increasingly treacherous conditions under foot, the Creamfields crowd of 2009 continued to dance, cheer (and slip) their way through to the wee small hours of Monday morning. Read more…

FOR two years now Plutonic has been bubbling away behind the scenes, playing host to dozens of small parties throughout Manchester’s more cosier and covert venues. Read more…

ALTHOUGH primarily known as a venue for bands and more indie-orientated nights, like most of us, The Roadhouse plays host to a dark side and just when you least expect it this venue comes through with some of the city’s most entertaining and successful club nights. Read more…

THE days when every R&B star could actually sing and all MCs could make more than a couplet rhyme are sorely missed. Read more…

Advertised in the Not Part Of Festival Programme as an evening of “Hot tunes from the 20’s to 50’s”, Your Mama’s Cookin Bar Sessions ultimately disappointed Alexandra Rucki. Read more…

As a spot for simple coffee and cake and 4 am Scrabble, the Nexus Night Café is an immensely gratifying contrast and post-club breather from Manchester's late-night revelling. Perfect fodder for the Nor Part Of fetsival Read more…