Following a hugely successful year in 2009 which saw 15,000 revellers attend throughout the Bank Holiday Weekend, Hungry Pigeon The Northern Quarter festival is back, and bigger and better for 2010. This year the event is taking place on the last May Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th May. Venues involved include Band on the Wall, Bay Horse, Odd, Black Dog Ballrooms, Centro, Cord Bar, Soup Kitchen, Ducey Bridge, The Northern, Moho Live, The Waldorf, Nexus Art Cafe, Night & Day and Noho.
The arts and music event builds on its success from last year which saw the likes of Kid British, Nine Black Alps and The Travelling Band performing to capacity crowds. The festival was also nominated in the UK Festival Awards for Best Metropolitan Festival alongside the likes of Camden Crawl and Liverpool Sound City, representing Manchester as the only festival nominated. Opening up the festival on the Friday night is Hungry Pigeon Vs The Aftershow with a headline slot from the Reverend Soundsystem. Reverend Soundsystem is Jon McClure plus special guests performing Reverend & The Makers songs in an electro style.
On Saturday May 29th Piccadilly Gardens will again host the Hungry Pigeon Main Stage. A free party for all, supported by Manchester City Council and Visit Manchester. This year stage will be hosted by XFM DJ and former Inspiral Carpets member Clint Boon who adds “You can’t help feel with the Hungry Pigeon Festival that it’s another Manchester success story in the making. Check back in 5 years time and I’m sure it’ll be one of the most talked about annual events in the city’s live music calender”
The centre piece of this years Arts programme is the exhibition “XPOSED – A Decade Of Manchester Music, by Karen McBride”. Karen McBride’s work with the likes of Robbie Williams and The Tings Tings across the mediums of black and white film to digital photography is legendary and following exhibitions at The Lowry and The Green Room this multi-venue exhibition celebrating a decade of Manchester’s music, both underground and international.
For more info see hungrypigeon.com
Some information from last year below, includes a round-up by designer magazine and Kid British Live.
posted: 12/05/10filled under: Events, Musicwords by: Keith Griffiths0 Comments