A headspace where young creatives collide with gallery directors, leading industry professionals renowned artists; crying out Art sounds amidst live painting and digital worlds whilst loveable monsters play with doodles in new spaces.” Doodlebug
NoiseFestival.com steps out of the virtual realm into the retail world – smack bang in the heart of Manchester. Supported by Manchester City Council the NOISE Free Arts Lab takes over an empty retail premises on the city’s busiest shopping hotspots
13 January 2010 Features Club Brenda and the Same teens
Set up by Jayne Compton, Club Brenda successfully blends music, art, poetry and performance. The success of Club Brenda helped to set up Switchflicker Records which was responsible for launching the Ting Ting’s stellar career.
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described by Clint Boon as perhaps the most important thing to happen on the manchester music scene since The Sex Pistols hit the Free Trade Hall, Same Teens was founded by a group of Mancunian kids who decided to promote their own club/live music events. In the space of two years they have worked with the likes of Foals and Black Kids and their successful on-line fanzine XOX has recently won the prestigious Umbro Industries Bursary Award