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    • Manchester In The City 2006 – still recovering…

      Posted on 2nd November 2006 in Its A Buffalo, Loose Canon, The Loungs, The Young Knives

      So this year’s Manchester In The City has been and gone – how was it for you? A fixture pile-up in the days before ITC even started (on Friday last week), meant that I went to gigs five out six nights in the row… and have been paying for it all this week. I took photos at most of the shows I went to, but only on my smaller digital camera – I didn’t trust myself getting pissed whilst trying to look after expensive equipment!

      In the days leading up to ITC I saw:-

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      Manchester DPercussion 2006 runtimes

      Looking for runtimes for today’s Manchester DPercussion?

      You can download a handy A4 PDF print-out of all the acts and stage times via the BBC’s website:

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/pdf/dperclineup.pdf

      NB: Remember all times are subject to change
      On the A4 printout not all the acts have specific times by their names, so I guess they could be performing any time within the 30 minute timeslot… best to get there early if it’s a band you really want to see

      Here’s a summary of the main acts playing and their approximate times

      Main Stage (in association with Hooch)
      21:30 – Aim
      20:20 – The Longcut
      19:10 – The Young Knives
      18:30 – Polytechnic
      15:30 – Jenna G
      15:00 – Daywalkers
      14:00 – Alterkicks
      13:30 – Cherry Ghost
      12:30 – This Is Seb Clarke

      Kenworthy Stage
      Blowout presents
      18:30 – The Whip
      17:30 – Dirty Circus
      17:00 – Wax Planet
      16:30 – Pink Fruity
      16:00 – Keith
      15:30 – Black Wasps
      15:00 – Jayne Compton
      14:30 – The Sugars
      14:00 – The Nightjars
      13:10 – Omerta
      12:30 – Snowfight In The City Centre

      The Roman Garden
      The roots of music (12.00pm – 8.00pm)
      19:45 – Folks
      19:00 – Field Music
      18:20 – Stoney
      17:45 – KT Forrester
      17:25 – Tsana
      17:00 – Daniel Kakonge
      16:30 – Liam Fray
      16:00 – The Loungs
      15:25 – The Final Tribe
      14:50 – The Waverton Collective
      14:15 – Eugene McGuinness
      13:45 – Super Group
      13:10 – Gideon Conn
      12:35 – The Pedestrians
      12:00 – Orphan Boy

      Manchester DPercussion line-up and runtimes

      Manchester DPercussion festival 2006

      Manchester DPercussion festival takes place tomorrow in Castlefield Basin, from 12 midday to 10:30pm. There’s 60 bands performing across 8 stages, and an expected attendance of 50,000 people

      Here’s the line-up below from three of the stages we’ll try to feature on this blog. Hopefully we’ll have plenty of photos for you if you check back on Sunday and Monday:

      Update1:
      full runtimes are being published later this afternoon

      line-up follows after the jump…

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