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Dance the night away in an immersive clubbing experience, exploring how rising costs and redevelopments affect grassroots nightlife venues.What do Manchester’s clubs mean to the people who use them, and what happens when rising costs put these spaces under pressure?
RUNNING ORDER
- 6 pm: DJ The Fat Britney will warm you up with club classics as you move around the space.
- 6.30 pm: The research team will introduce the evening
- 6.40 pm: An interactive performance by Lois Macdonald
- 7 pm: We move to interactive discussion exploring your experiences of the city's cultural night life.
- 8 pm: Curated by Space Noodle EMOM Chorlton. We bring you a flavour of the diverse performances to frequent the electronic music open mic stages regionally.
- 10.30 pm to close: The Fat Britney will wrap you in warm house tunes to see you safely home.
Taking place across the dancefloors of HIDDEN, this immersive evening explores the role nightlife plays in creativity, identity, belonging and social connection across Greater Manchester. Move freely through the club, respond to live sound pieces, and discover visual displays inspired by research into the relationships between culture, law, place and space.
At the heart of the event is new research examining how the cost-of-living crisis is reshaping nightlife. Through music, dance and conversation, you will be invited to explore who can access the city after dark, what might be lost when clubs and venues struggle, and why these spaces matter to young people and Manchester’s wider cultural identity.
You will hear different perspectives from people connected to the city’s nightlife, including clubgoers, artists, venue staff, researchers and people involved in shaping Greater Manchester’s cultural future. Whether you are happiest in the middle of a mosh pit, on the dancefloor, or soaking up the atmosphere, this is a chance to experience Hidden in a new way and share what nightlife means to you.
The main event will take place from 6pm-8pm. However, stick around for an evening of live electronic music, curated by Space Noodle EMOM. DJ sets and club night facilitated by Hidden, which will commence from 8pm until 11:30.
This FREE event organised by Manchester Metropolitan University is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2026, the UK's largest celebration of social sciences research.
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Hidden at Downtex Mill, 16 Mary Street, Manchester, M3 1DZ, United Kingdom
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