Fri 30 Aug-Sun 1 Sept
Whitworth Weekending celebrates the last days of Whitworth Art Gallery as we know it, before it closes to extend and transform the gallery.
This three-day event in the park, packed with things to do and see is the gallery's way of saying thank you to everyone who makes the Whitworth what it is.
Headliners
Acid Brass: Friday 9pm
Jeremy Deller’s collaboration with Stockport’s William’s Fairey Band reinvented what a brass band can do, fusing traditional numbers with Acid House themes. On Friday night the band will incorporate the structure of Whitworth Art Gallery in a thrilling headline performance.
Saturday 9.30pm
Manchester School of Samba will lead people to the Whitworth Building where fire, light and sound come together in spectacular fashion. This will bring an explosive end to Saturday’s celebrations.
Six White Horses: Sunday 6pm
Whitworth Weekending will be brought to a close with a new work by Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson. Six White Horses should be enchanting, beautiful and elegiac. A fitting goodbye for now.
Music Stage programme
FRIDAY
The Best of After Hours
Friday 7 – 10.45pm
The live stage will host the return of some of the best of the Whitworth’s After Hours sessions.
7pm Denis Jones
7.45pm We Are Willow
8.15pm Samson and Delilah
9pm Acid Brass
10pm Tokolosh
SATURDAY
Band on the Wall at Whitworth Park
Saturday 2.30-9.30pm
Band on the Wall have programmed a line-up of sounds from around the world.
12.30pm Z-Arts:Sat’dyAllsorts
2.30pm La Tinto Bros
4pm Zoe Chiotis
5.30pm Serge Tebu
7pm T & Latouche
8.45pm OQuadro
More details on the full programme of for the festival at is here.
Pretty umbrellas up in the trees
