While the Hacienda Classical event at Castlefield has well sold out, on the same day, Saturday 1st July, between 10pm and 4am, there's a Hacienda Classical Aftershow, with 808 State playing their first live show of the year.
Expect t-u-u-u-n-es like Pacific State, Cubik and In Yer Face mixed into the set along with plenty of other 808 material spanning almost thirty years. 808's Graham Massey admits that Pacific State was recorded entirely for the Haç dancefloor...
"It was immensely special to me to get the last record at The Haçienda" he says "Having the last record meant far more to us than having a Number One. To us, that was Number One and if you didn't get it on at the Haçienda it was a disaster."
Joining 808 are original house guru, Marshall Jefferson, plus Hac DJs, Graeme Park and Mike Pickering coming straight from the Castlefield event, and Tangled resident and Moovin' Festival founder, Herbie Saccani, who will be first up on the decks.
Hacienda Classical Aftershow
Saturday 1st July 10pm-4am
Albert Hall, Manchester £15/£20
For ticket details – click here
Meanwhile, on Saturday 10th June, The Lapsed Clubber and Manchester District Music Archive, or MDMA, are running It's Alright: A Celebration of Manchester's Rave Heritage 1985-1995, at the old Cornerhouse on Oxford Road.
The free event, running from 2pm to 6pm (so elderly clubbers can get home for their cocoa) will be "exploring what it means to grow up and grow old with rave culture in Greater Manchester"
Organisers add that it will be "an immersive experience with curated spaces dedicated to celebrating different aspects of the rave scene" and there will be a panel discussion, a quiz and tunes by DJs of the time Hewan Clarke (Haçienda), Rob Fletcher (Herbal Tea Party), Andy Harris (Havok) and Aniff Anikola (Chapter & The Verse, co-writer of Voodoo Ray).
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The point of the afternoon is to document people's memories of what was going off between 1985 and 1995, and it's part of a project by Manchester Met University and MDMA.
It's Alright: A Celebration of Manchester's Rave Heritage 1985-1995
Saturday 10th June 2pm-6pm
70 Oxford Street (old Cornerhouse)
Manchester, M1 5NH
The event is free – to register click here
For more details on MDMA and its music archive – click here
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