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MAPS FESTIVAL 2009
Manchester's Northern Quarter is one of the most unique districts of Manchester city centre and following a hugely successful inaugural event in 2008 which attracted over 6,000 visitors to the city centre, MAPS Festival in 2009 will put the spotlight on the creative artists both here in Manchester and across the UK.
So we're back...
"This creative showcase has all the potential to gain a reputation as a hub for the best of Manchester talent" - Manchester Evening News
“Edinburgh has its fringe, Camden has its crawl and now Manchester has its MAPS” - Urban Life
“MAPS could be the natural successor to D-Percussion….and all-singing, all-dancing super festival” - City Life
“MAPS is a proud celebration of Manchester’s best independent music and art” - Metro News
With an array of brilliant musical, artistic, performance and street artists, and activities and events for just about everyone, we'll be taking over the creative centre of Manchester City for the May Day weekend...
• We've made partnerships this year with some great organisations like:
• RADIO REPUBLIC- for MAPS Festival radio ALL weekend!!
• BAND ON THE WALL- who we're doing an amazing schools project with...
• MANCHESTER CRAFT & DESIGN CENTRE- where you can find some great local crafts...
But most importantly to us, is the backing of:
• THE MUSICIAN’S UNION
- So EVERYONE involved will be well looked after, and our programming and profit plan follows a strict code of conduct... NO pay to play, NO minimum ticket sales...
So keep your diaries open... and we'll see you there!
1-4 May 2009 : MAPS Festival : Northern Quarter : Manchester
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MAPS Festival is a Limited Company registered in England number: 06785651

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


Musical, literary and creative genius type people!
And everyone interested in MAPS...

My Blog

MAPS Festival Radio - get on air!!!

We're very lucky to have the lovely fellas from Radio Republic on side this weekend for our FIRST EVER festival radio station!!The Castle Hotel on Oldham Street will have the likes of Phil Beckett, Ne...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:47:00 GMT

MAPS Busking!!

MAPS Festival Busking is a series of random musical and performance spots throughout the Northern Quarter, over the Saturday and Sunday of MAPS weekend.If you're interested in coming along to show off...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:43:00 GMT

Arts Listings 2009

THURSDAY 30th April: Band On The Wall (fringe event) Sonic Journey  a musical and social history walk with John Robb Band on the Wall is back! Manchesters iconic venue kicks off its new ...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:20:00 GMT

Music Listings 2009

MAPS Festival 1-4 May 2009 Music Listings: CORD SUNDAY A Reet Rum Sunday Doo 2 FREE From 1pm With Rob Bright (Bugged Out), Greg Lord (WHP), Detroit Public Radio DJs and more, for a 12 hour spec...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:42:00 GMT

Competitions!

So, we've got another goodie for you guys...We've got a ONE NIGHT STAY over the MAPS Festival weekend for one lucky person, night of your choice (Friday/Saturday/Sunday).It's in the beautiful new Crow...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:45:00 GMT

High Voltage review 02.06.08

Check out this link - http://www.highvoltage.org.uk/displaydemoreview.asp?num=3718 &band=2275 or read the full article from the HV peeps below:   MAPS Festival 2008 - In Review It was a long ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:53:00 GMT

M.E.N - Live Review of MAPS 26.05.08...

MAPS Festival @ Northern QuarterKatie Storey 26/ 5/2008 MUSIC Arts Poetry and Stuff, aka MAPS Festival, rocked into Manchester on May Bank Holiday weekend. Over 200 bands took to the stages in venue...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:21:00 GMT

Me & Yu Fashion @ MAPS

Me&Yu is Angie and Gordon - a boyfriend-girlfiend team. Me&Yu specialise in printed streetwear - t-shirts, hoodies and sweatshirts but also create a range of limited edition dresses. All ...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 19:10:00 GMT

MAPS FESTIVAL - SCHEDULE ONLINE NOW (and upgrading to day / weekend tickets)

UPGRADE YOUR SINGLE EVENT TICKETS TO DAY / WEEKEND TICKETSWith about 250 bands, poets, artists etc to see we're sure a lot of you will come to MAPS to see a few bands and then realise you want to stay...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 13:14:00 GMT

MAPS FESTIVAL - MUSIC LISTINGS ANNOUNCED!!!

Find below the gig listings for MAPS and please check the other blogs for the full arts listing ..... day tickets and weekend tickets available from www.seetickets.com and www.ticketline.com and ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:01:00 GMT