We are bored with the city. It is now a set of signs and signifiers, bits skimmed off and reappropriated which are meant to represent a trace of Manchester’s past. These elements are now empty and meaningless. [more…]

A selection of the finest work from Trafford College’s departing students from photography and art and design courses. [more…]

Manchester’s freshest guerrilla arts event, Hazard! hits the streets again this summer for one day of spontaneous mischief making. [more…]

Two highly inventive trios feature in tonight’s concert; led by restless creative figures from the British contemporary jazz scene. Neil Yates’ Five Countries Trio, Neil Yates’ innovative Celtic-jazz fusions take another step forward with this trio and Curios with a warm, intriguing, interactive chamber-jazz sound. [more…]

A member of the F-ire Collective, Robert’s playing embraces such a wide variety of influences: nu-jazz, soul, romantic classical, free jazz… and Polo Ortí Quintet who’s sound and material is rooted in the contemporary jazz-fusion idiom, but with a deep harmonic awareness and an almost vocal lyricism. [more…]