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‘I Saw David Bowie at Stretford B&Q.’ Before there was hardware... there was Hardrock.
Bowie at B&Q... Fats Domino at a DIY store... the strange story of the Hardrock in Stretford.

Nick J. Brown
28 minutes ago4 min read


Cult event of the month: November. Cult Manchester X Manchester Central Library.
Weird films. Extreme metal. Twilight art projects. Ian Curtis' records. Girls Aloud. Join us to celebrate all things cult at Central Library.

David Nolan
3 days ago2 min read


Libraries gave us power… Paul Hanley on the Portico Library.
Manchester's most cult library - the power of the Portico.

Paul Hanley
Nov 74 min read


‘The Stone Roses were trying to get hold of us to be their support band at Spike Island...’ The story of Asia Fields.
Asia Fields - they came THIS close. Cult Manchester uncovers the story of a 'lost' band.

Sean Connors
Nov 56 min read


Cult comedy pick of the month: November. Christopher Macarthur-Boyd - Fairfield Social Club.
Neurodivergence, sexuality and lunacy... the comedy of Christopher Macarthur-Boyd.

Andy Murray
Nov 35 min read


‘I came in via the typing pool… if there’s no struggle, there’s no progress.’ Cult Manchester meets the women behind the mic and in front of the camera.
Three women broadcasters talk online abuse, telling stories that need to be told and how the media landscape has changed during their careers.

Katherine Macfarlane
Oct 3112 min read


Cult gig of the month - November: The Bunny Suit at Café Blah, Withington, Manchester.
Free gig? The Bunny Suit have got you covered...

Jools Taylor
Oct 283 min read


'I know when certain things are coming and I still jump…'
It Walks Around the House at Night. Its a scary play and it's coming to the Lowry. That's all we're allowed to say? Come on, we're Cult Manchester...

Andy Murray
Oct 276 min read


The Halloween Three - Part III: The final reckoning. Cult Manchester’s Halloween film picks come to a grisly end.
In space, no one can hear you argue about whether its a horror movie or not... Five films that might not be horror films at all.

Paul Hanley
Oct 253 min read


The Halloween Three - Part II. A seasonal selection of scary celluloid from a cabal of Cult Manchester contributors.
Horror goes abroad for Part II of our Halloween film selection.

Brontë Schiltz
Oct 243 min read


The Halloween Three - Part I. Cult Manchester's trio of writers choose their seasonal selection of scares.
Who better than Cult Manchester to help you with your choice of Halloween films?

Andy Murray
Oct 235 min read


Love at first riff: welcome to Damnation... in Trafford Park.
Damnation comes to Trafford park for the biggest indoor metal festival in the world.

Stuart Wright
Oct 216 min read


‘Give people something to think about… without telling them what to think.’
Humanity! It's in short supply... but there's some available at Dylan Lisle's new exhibition in Oldham.

Katherine Macfarlane
Oct 203 min read


‘I like being a shadow… a strange, voyeuristic figure.’ Out on the streets of Manchester - at dawn - with the Not Quite Light photo project.
'I once had a kestrel fly past my thigh...'
The twilight world of Simon Buckley.

David Nolan
Oct 1710 min read


‘Too many drugs? Perfect for us!’ Front and centre with Backstage Books.
Neu! Manchester... Mad Fuckers! The exclamation mark-heavy world of Backstage Books.

David Nolan
Oct 144 min read


‘Let us have a cult of Manchester…’
Sea monsters in Whalley Range... teenage Mancs with a language of their own. We've always been a cult city.

Scott Nolan
Oct 115 min read


‘Compromise in the search for popularity is the reason the music industry gets dumbed down.’ The story of German Shepherd Records.
The Prick Jaggers. Stripey Zebras. The Teenage Propshafts - Ian Moss tells the shaggy dog story of German Shepherd Records.

Ian Moss
Oct 94 min read


Wedding daze - the top five cult things perpetrated by Blossoms...
The top five cult things perpetrated by Stockport's masters of the daft... Blossoms.

Jools Taylor
Oct 73 min read


Cult thing of the month - Ian Curtis portrait commissioned by Granada TV.
Do you remember the giant mural in Castlefield that featured famous faces from 'Granadaland'?

David Nolan
Oct 34 min read


Cult gig of the month - October: Glisten Trick, Gullivers, Manchester.
Neo-psyche. Cult drone. Garage. The multi-genre sound of Glisten Trick.

Jools Taylor
Sep 294 min read
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