<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Cult Manchester]]></title><description><![CDATA[Manchester Underground Arts and Culture]]></description><link>https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:11:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Cult comedy pick of the month: Molly &#38; Paul Try Heron Foods. Various venues - Manchester and Edinburgh.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Molly &#38; Paul. Off their trolleys, aisle have a bit of that etc etc... ]]></description><link>https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/cult-comedy-pick-of-the-month-molly-paul-try-heron-foods-various-venues-manchester-and-edinbur</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7c3e1760971ea08f903400</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:42:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b679f_296cdb87a97d4394a01ae7aaadaf2d86~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_504,h_306,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Andy Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Whenever I see things that have got a cult following, I look around at the audience and I'm like… oh, I think you'd like my stand-up.']]></title><description><![CDATA[Manchester-based comic Hannah Platt's new show is called Cult Classic. With a title like that we had to speak to her about it. ]]></description><link>https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/whenever-i-see-things-that-have-got-a-cult-following-i-look-around-at-the-audience-and-i-m-like-o</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a70ecb72155f73d88048aa7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:47:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b679f_e2dc930c21d44f41ba3b5bfeb62367ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Andy Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cult gig of the month: Second Idol at The Peer Hat, Manchester. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Second Idol singer and guitarist Kate Farquharson on the band's upcoming gig at Manchester's Peer Hat.]]></description><link>https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/gig-of-the-month-second-idol-at-the-peer-hat-faraday-street-manchester</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a765b30421979b2d9725748</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 22:31:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b679f_374975e4fe8847449fc51f3284237f79~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jools Taylor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Johnny Rotten wiped his nose on the curtains…’ Exclusive: the Pistols at Piccadilly in pictures. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sex Pistols unseen! The day the band came to Piccadilly Radio by the people who swear they were there. ]]></description><link>https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/johnny-rotten-wiped-his-nose-on-the-curtains-a-cult-manchester-exclusive-unseen-for-50-years-t</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a70d76d8766cba726b46732</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:50:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b679f_09a8176c7b8d474b894438f6b7736b49~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_661,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Nolan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘You deal with it by taking better photographs than they do...’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Women down the pit. What's it like taking photos down the front at a huge show? We ask three of the best. ]]></description><link>https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/you-deal-with-it-by-taking-better-photographs-than-they-do</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6b2af95329f38dcec9deab</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:53:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b679f_0087e1a98d574abd871c1c44d915034d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Katherine Macfarlane</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's seen the light... Paul Hanley's Top Ten Manchester music venues. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lost in music (venues). Author, drum botherer and ex-Fall guy Paul Hanley on his favourite Manchester gig venues. ]]></description><link>https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/lost-in-music-venues</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a738363421979b2d96b6837</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:53:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b679f_71fb99dc7d724b75801f8b961a2ae0a3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Paul Hanley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We're a group of film fans putting on films for film fans - by any means necessary!’]]></title><description><![CDATA[What's next for CULTPLEX? We talk to Rob Jones, boss of Manchester's coolest cinema. ]]></description><link>https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/we-re-a-group-of-film-fans-putting-on-films-for-film-fans-by-any-means-necessary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a70f17a74653e170f8c02ae</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:02:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b679f_aaf2334cd3df4e4a87e04acece5210cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Andy Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['Manchester music doesn't need a documentary, it needs a saga!']]></title><description><![CDATA[‘I’m French,’ says filmmaker Sébastien Faits-Divers. ‘Sorry about that…’]]></description><link>https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/unique-small-businesses-to-discover-in-manchester</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a591eb301e576df51c7c913</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:10:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b679f_fb80df98d6c240c2bc9276716243cd7e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_640,h_424,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Nolan</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>