FutureEverything Showcase (formerly EVNTS) is a programme of independent music and arts events, designed to give new and ground-breaking talent the opportunity to get their work seen and heard.
Throughout the festival period, Showcase becomes a festival-within-a-festival, featuring the artists, thinkers and doers of tomorrow – From ping pong club nights to the oddest of short films, this is the place to discover the genres, artforms and stars of tomorrow.
Featuring exclusive performances from Paddy Steer + guests. FREE for all delegate pass holders, come down and explore the Umbro Design Studios, which will play host to exhibitions, workshops and live music performances throughout the festival. This opening event features a set from Paddy Steer. Expect a phenomenal live performance from this eclectic and slightly [...]
Cities of Sound: an exhibition from the Raise Your Voice Collective (Showcase Winners). More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. The rapid urbanisation of our world has opened up new fields of research and studies of the impact of high-density living abound. In Cities of Sound, the Raise Your Voice Collective bring [...]
Thursday May 12th – 12noon-6pm - Free A one day only exhibition featuring work by local Manchester artists Mary Naylor and Judith Wainwright. http://marynaylor.com/ http://judywainwright.blogspot.com/
11-14th May 2011, Soup Kitchen FutureEverything Showcase proudly presents Good Press! – an exhibition of works from DIY publications selected from the Museums Press catalogue and the Good Grief! shop collection. Museums Press is an independent publisher of zines, artist books, prints and more – all from Manchester. Good Grief! is based at the Soup [...]
Thursday 12th May, Trof, Fallowfield. 8pm – Late (£2 entry) The 2 Dollar Show Presents: An evening of the best new music, dancing, drinking, hooping and hollering! This weekly club night brings the best new live bands from Manchester and the surrounding areas and wraps them up in a cool venue. This FutureEverything special will [...]
Contort Yourself and Juicy collaborate for this special FutureEverything show, presenting the iconic DJ Funk. DJ Funk is one of the many dance music legends to hail from the Windy City – Chicago. A pioneer of ghetto house alongside DJ Assault and DJ Godfather, throughout the 1990s he developed his signature sound, taking the 4/4 [...]
Saturday 14 May, 7.30 – 10.30pm - Whitworth Art Gallery - £6 Whitworth Art Gallery plays host to an evening of performed responses to their diverse exhibitions and spaces. Expect intimate performances in gallery settings, including a beatbox choir reflecting on ‘The Fireworks’ exhibition, and the unique sounds of Denis Jones, set to the backdrop of their internationally acclaimed Mary [...]
Ping Pong Club presents: Mini- Pongress 2011 “Round the table ping pong all night long” Ping Pong Club is one of Manchester’s newest and most inventive club nights, mixing the city’s finest DJs, bands and visuals with the fun of round-the-table ping pong. In the past PPC have ping ponged at Islington Mill, Salford, and [...]
FutureEverything Showcase competition winners The Electronic Exchange is the collaborative musical project of Najia Bagi and Tullis Rennie. Releasing their first EP last year on Concrete Moniker, they played their first gig in Manchester to critical acclaim. So far, so ordinary. But the concept behind the project is perhaps indicative of future ways of making [...]
IRON CHIC + ABOVE THEM, CALVINBALL, DIVIDERS and RTL! DJ’s Friday 13th May 2011, Night & Day Cafe, 8pm – Late. Refuse To Lose! curates a stage at Manchester’s established Night & Day venue, as part of FutureEverything Showcase. All FutureEverything delegates will gain entry for the advanced ticket rate of £5.
FutureEverything are delighted to announce that Secret Wars will be running a special show as part of the Showcase strand. Secret Wars have exploded on to the live music scene in Manchester, running their events in an innovative way. Run as not-for-profit, audience-centric events, each club night is promoted solely through their Facebook group page. [...]
As part of the FutureEverything Showcase at Umbro Design Studios, we are delighted to announce that One69A will be running a very special FutureEverything T-shirt printing workshop. ONE69A TSHIRT DESIGN COMPETITION Ever wanted to see your artwork transformed into a limited edition t-shirt? one69A are giving you the opportunity to make this happen! Design a [...]
Saturday 14th May @ Umbro Design Studio, 6pm – Midnight £5 (including entry to After Show Party) Mind On Fire curate a party at Umbro Design Studio, showcasing live music from their label releases – including Great Minds Vol. 1 (pictured) and upcoming talent yet to be released. Featuring live performances from Denis Jones and [...]
Friday 13th May at 4pm – Free Harmen de Hoop is an artist who works on the notion of ‘place’ in the contemporary city, the behaviour of individuals or groups, and the conflicts of interests in public space. During the making of his anonymous and illegal interventions he has been arrested 73 times. He likes to tell the art [...]
Saturday 14th May @ Soup Kitchen Basement, 10pm – 4am Neighbourhood Presents: A Celebration of Soundsystem Culture Past, Present and Future Neighbourhood is a collective of DJs, producers and promoters formed from members of Mind On Fire, Drum Music, Dub n Bass, My First Moth, Longshot, At Large and Family Gathering, who regularly host club [...]
Another of Manchester’s finest club nights presents a FutureEverything special: ‘..Giving you a workout of Underground Disco and Jackin’ House to keep spirits burning right into the night..” Saturday 14th May Common, NQ (9pm – 2am) FREE before 10pm (£2 afterwards)
Friday 13 May 2011, 12pm-6pm, UMBRO Design Studio Paul Sermon and Charlotte Gould about their work: Audiences in Manchester and Pobleneu in Barcelona will be joined together on screen for the first time to create their own interactive generative cinema experience complete with sets, costumes and props. Employing the scenographic techniques of Alfred [...]
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