X1 – Hacienda 30@ The Hacienda Apartments Car Park – Monday 21 May
Following months of planning The Hacienda is to take over The Hacienda Apartments Car Park for a special event with an full installation of light, sound and music which will feature a line up of famous Hacienda residents and surprise guests.
Taking place right below the original club dancefloor, the event is in aid of the Nordoff Robbins music charity, and limited to some 500 guests. This is a one-off, spectacular.
It’s planned to reflect thirty years of FAC 51 and with a gallery of FAC 51 faces past and present attending. The event will be streamed online for those who are unable to attend or gain tickets.
The Hacienda has worked with multiple parties to make the event possible including ellesse heritage, Factory 251, Livingcity, National Car Parks, Event Booths and the residents association at The Hacienda Apartments.
It should be a special night.
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X2 – Hacienda 30 @ Sankeys – Saturday 2nd June – Laurent Garnier LBS Set & Julian Martin (Dirtybird) – Special Guests TBA
The first of the Sankeys parties, ‘X2’ falls on the Saturday of Jubilee weekend, Saturday 2nd June and sees Laurent Garnier return both to Manchester where he spent the late Eighties and also to the club where he started out DJing in 1987 at the original Whitworth Street venue.
In a special performance for the Haçienda’s 30th, Laurent brings his live ‘L.B.S’ show to Manchester for the first time. This spotlights his live and improvisational talents as part of a three piece with Laurent taking charge of Djing and machines, Benjamin Rippert on keyboards, and long-time collaborator ‘Scan X’ working the technology.
‘L.B.S.’ – either ‘Live Booth Sessions’ or ‘Loud Bass & Samples’ is Laurent’s own experimental live music project which plays across techno, jazz, house, dub, breakbeat and dubstep, combining the organic with the electronic, and the flexibility of a DJ performance with the intensity of a live show, specifically designed to match the feverish atmosphere and tempo of an energetic dancefloor.
Support on Saturday 2 June comes from San Franciscan DJ Julian Martin who along with Claude Von Stroke runs the Dirtybird record label.
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X3 – Hacienda 30 Classics @ Sankeys – Monday 4th June - Kevin Saunderson, Graeme Park, Jon Dasilva, Allister Whitehead, 808 State DJ’s, Peter Hook, Dave Haslam and more.
‘Haçienda 30 Classics’ on Monday 4 June brings together three of The Haçienda’s most famous club nights with a line up of the DJs who made their mark at these famous events.
Taking the Sankeys mainfloor with a recreation of his 1992 to 1996 Saturday night residency, Haçienda DJ’ing mainstay Graeme Park is joined by Reese himself, Inner City’s Kevin Saunderson, his long term DJ resident partner, Tom Wainwright and the irrepressible Allister Whitehead.
Taking Sankey’s Spektrum room upstairs, Jon Dasilva returns to raise the temperature, revisiting the ‘Hot’ night from the heady days of 88 with a selection the finest early acid which is to be complemented on the night with sets from rave survivors, 808 State DJ’s, who bring along ‘The North At Its Heights’ collaborator, MC Tunes and Peter Hook.
The third room on Monday 4 June is taken by The Haçienda’s original indie crossover night, Temperance Club, which is helmed by DJ and commentator Dave Haslam, alongside original Temperance resident Dave Booth, and Paper Recordings / Afficianado’s very own Justin Boardman.
With all three parties featuring the best sounds, installations and the inimitable atmosphere of The Haçienda in full flight, ‘Haçienda 30 XXX’s’ trio of events are set to give the legendary club and the people that made it happen, the finest celebration for three decades of FAC 51
Tickets
X1 Tickets – See Details at fac51theHaçienda.com
X2 & X3 Tickets - £12 earlybird / £15 advance
Tickets Online – www.sankeys.info / www.ticketline.co.uk / www.skiddle.com
Tickets in person – Eastern Bloc, Piccadilly Records, Gaffs.
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ELLESSE & FAC 51 The Hacienda Collaboration
For FAC 51’s thirtieth anniversary, ellesse clothing have been collaborating with The Hacienda team to produce a bespoke collection to commemorate three decades of the legendary club.
This anniversary tribute honours the spirit and history of The Hacienda and the style influences which sprang from the club. The collection is being themed as ‘Label, Location, Legacy’.
Keep an eye on www.ellesse.com and www.fac51thehacienda.com for more details on the collection launching mid May.
Hacienda 30 XXX - The Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition – Manchester Photographic Gallery – Thursday 3rd May to Tuesday 29th May
As a build up to the events, Manchester Photographic Gallery will be hosting Hacienda 30 XXX ~ The Hacienda's 30th Birthday Exhibition, a special selection of posters and memorabilia from Peter Hook's private collection including the original Hacienda signs, the Gay Traitor and other original club signs, the Hacienda doors and the club’s previously never displayed rear stained glass windows. Rare historical photographs from The Hacienda by Ian Tilton also forms part of the exhibition along with an incredible model of the Hacienda interior, created by local artist Nick Hardy, will also be on display at the exhibition.
Further details on the exhibition will be revealed at www.manchesterphotographic.com
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