The Manchester Weekender 2011
The Manchester Weekender 2011 took place from 14th - 16th October 2011. A whirlwind 48 hours of art, culture, photography, performance, guided walking tours, cinema, family activities and more. This is our round up. We couldn't possibly hope to feature everything that happened, this is just a flavour of an incredible weekend.
The Manchester Weekender 2011 | CreativeTourist.comManchester in October has always had it going on. As if four separate festivals, an art triennial, the opening of high-profile art exhibitions and the start of music and theatre seasons wasn't enough, we've created a full weekend's worth of extra special events. The result?
The Manchester Weekender: A three day cultural extravaganza hits the city's streets | Culture24As if four separate festivals and an art triennial weren’t enough, a full weekend’s worth of extra special events have been created for the Manchester Weekender 2011.The Manchester Weekender kicked off with an intimate acoustic performance in the new Valette exhibition, at The Lowry, with Corinne Drewery of Swing Out Sister.
- Roll on Saturday with a packed schedule of events and activities. At Manchester Museum, children and their parents became archaeologists for the day as part of the Egyptian Unearthed exhibition.
- On the other side of town Audrey & Olivia, stars of cult Bronte spoof Withering Looks, led a hilarious walking tour around the city, presenting the stories of the women who shaped Manchester, from trailblazing suffragette Christabel Pankhurst to eminent novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.
- At Manchester Craft and Design centre EthniCITY meant an afternoon of international music & dancing, along with tasty nibbles from the well-loved cafe.
- And at the People's History Museum, a session of cake, conversation and creativity as visitors were invited to make mini protest banners.
- Respected arts blogger Regine Debatty of We Make Money Not Art.com came up to Manchester to experience Creative Tourist. The Ed Hall protest banners exhibition was one of her favourites.
Ed Hall, the art of protest banners - we make money not artSorry for being so slow with the updates on the blog this week. This morning i left London unimpressed by the Frieze art fair and took the train to Manchester.- Over at The Quays, Len Grant led a photography workshop where participants created their own street portraiture exhibition.
Exhibition in a Day – “Quay People”Manchester has never been short of cultural festivals, but just in case anyone was ever in doubt, Creative Tourist hand picked a selection of great events going on over one weekend and put together the Manchester Weekender.
walter menzies: manchester weekender...street portraituremanchester weekender... len grant's stretching photo adventure at mediacity:uk...dispatched to the street to find willing participants to the exhibition in a day...memorable
