Welcome to the first Manchester Punk Festival! We hope that you have an amazing couple of days across our five venues. We have tried to bring you a wide selection of the bands that are making the UK punk scene, in all its guises, great at the moment. We could have booked this festival many times over. Well, there is always next year… For those of you not aware MPF is brought to you by three Manchester promoters joining forces. Following their 10th Birthday all-dayer last year TNSrecords sat down with Moving North and Anarchistic Undertones to start plotting for MPF. This is the result. Our aim is to bring exciting bands from many different strands of the punk scene all together for one big party. Manchester is in our opinion the perfect location for this event. There are many more Manchester promoters putting on exciting bands who you should also check out. Please support all the bands playing over the weekend. With 47 acts playing we hope that you will find something new that blows you away, whilst also getting the chance to watch the bands you already love. Don’t forget to check out the MPF bandcamp when you’re home to listen to a track from all the bands playing. We would like to thank you all for joining us, especially those of you that have travelled from far and wide, your support is really appreciated. Manchester Punk Festival is a not-for-profit event entirely run by volunteers. It couldn’t exist without the help of many people. We couldn’t possibly thank everyone who has helped here, but you know who you are and we really appreciate all the work that has gone into this event. facebook/manchesterpunkfestival manchesterpunkfestival.co.uk movingnorth.co.uk facebook/anarchisticundertones tnsrecords.co.uk 2 the bands 2 SICK MONKEYS (Swindon) Loud and fast punk rock two-piece. How drum and bass should be done. facebook/2sickmonkeys 2sickmonkeys.bandcamp.com Stage: Ducie Bridge Time: Friday at 23.15 ACID DROP (Leeds) Skate/street punk for fans of Street Dogs, The Briggs and 90s Fat Wreck Chords bands. facebook.com/aciddroppunkrock pierace.co.uk/aciddrop Stage: Joshua Brooks Time: Saturday at 22.45 ALMEIDA (Hampshire) Progressive thrash influenced by A Wilhelm Scream and Dillinger Escape Plan. facebook/almeidaband Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 16.30 APOLOGIES, I HAVE NONE (London) Anthemic sing-a-long punk rock on Household Name Records. facebook/apologiesihavenone apologiesihavenone.co.uk Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 20.45 BEAR TRADE (Sunderland) Gruff punk featuring members of The Mingers, Mercury League, and Pure Graft. facebook/beartradeband beartrade.wordpress.com Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 12.25 (Also playing at Retro Bar as The Replacements at 23.00) BEAT THE RED LIGHT (High Wycombe) Imagine The Slackers meets Slayer! Metal/thrash/ska-core. facebook/beattheredlight Stage: Joshua Brooks Time: Saturday at 01.00 GILES BIDDER (London) Great Cynics frontman playing a solo set of anthemic acoustic punk rock. facebook/greatcynics greatcynics.com Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 17.10 BOSTON MANOR (Blackpool) Emo/pop-punk for fans of The Story So Far, Title Fight, Citizen, Basement. facebook/bostonmanoruk bostonmanor.bandcamp.com Stage: Sound Control Time: Friday at 19.45 CRAZY ARM (Plymouth) Punk/rock/roots/country/folk/Americana on Xtra Mile Records. facebook/thecrazyarm crazyarm.bandcamp.com Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 19.50 CREEPER (Southampton) Ex- Our Time Down Here and Hang The Bastard guys playing dark punk rock. facebook/creepercult creepercult.com Stage: Sound Control Time: Friday at 21.15 DARKO (Guildford) Fast, melodic and technical hardcore punk rock, for fans of Propagandhi and Thrice. facebook/darkoband darkoband.co.uk Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 19.25 3 4 DEAD NECK (North West) Melodic punk/hardcore fresh off their European tour. facebook/deadneckhc soundcloud/deadneckhc Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 12.50 CAPTAIN HOTKNIVES (Bradford) Genius comedy punk rock tackling subject matter such as racist animals and hating babies. facebook/captainhotknives Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 13.45 THE DOMESTICS (Ipswich) Angry hardcore punk for fans of Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Poison Idea and Discharge. facebook/thedomestics thedomestics.bandcamp.com Stage: Ducie Bridge Time: Friday at 22.25 DAVE HOUSE (Kingston Upon Thames) Pacer guitarist, formerly of The Steal, playing acoustic punk. facebook/iknowdavehouse iknowdavehouse.co.uk Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 14.25 FAIR DO’S (Lancashire) Fast and technical hardcore punk for fans of Strung Out, Bigwig and Death By Stereo. facebook/fairdosband Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 17.20 THE HUMAN PROJECT (Leeds) Politically charged tech punk, thrash and melodic hardcore. facebook/thehumanprojectuk thehumanproject.bandcamp.com Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 14.55 THE FILAMENTS (Essex) Legendary 2000s UK punk/ska/ hardcore. For fans of Rancid and Operation Ivy. facebook/thefilaments thefilaments.com Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 21.10 JENKEM (Warrington) Hardcore punk/metal/thrash formed from the ashes of Hated Til Proven. facebook/jenkemhc Stage: Joshua Brooks Time: Saturday at 23.30 HINDSIGHTS (Berkshire) Awesome alternative rock band on many ‘Bands To Look Out For In 2015’ lists. facebook/hindsightsuk hindsights.bandcamp.com Stage: Sound Control Time: Friday at 20.30 HOLIDAY (Manchester) Local anthemic punk rock on Pumpkin Records. facebook/sunshinemyass holiday.bandcamp.com Stage: Ducie Bridge Time: Friday at 21.35 JUST PANIC (Southport) Reuniting especially for MPF. This folky punk rock combo are playing their first Manchester gig in years. facebook/just-panic Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 14.30 (Also playing at Retro Bar as Against Me at 23.45) LARRAKIA (York/Leeds) A melodic skate punk band consisting of ex-members of The Fear and Mr Dogg. facebook/larrakia Stage: The Ducie Bridge Time: Friday at 19.55 LEAGUES APART (Manchester) Lawrence Arms/Hot Water Music/ Latterman style punk rock. facebook/leaguesapart leaguesapart.bandcamp.com Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 13.15 (Also playing at Retro Bar as Rancid at 00.30) THE MURDERBURGERS (Scotland) Asian Man Records band playing poppunk the way it should be played. facebook/burgercore themurderburgers.co.uk Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 13.40 TIM LOUD (Leeds) Bootscraper fella playing acoustic country/folk/blues with a punk edge. facebook/loudtim timloud.bandcamp.com Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 17.50 THE RESTARTS (London) Socially aware fast punk rock. For fans of Poison Idea, DOA, Subhumans. facebook/therestarts restarts.co.uk Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 20.15 BILLY LIAR (Edinburgh) Fast, energetic and angry acoustic punk poetry. facebook/official.billy.liar billyliarmusic.com Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 15.05 REVENGE OF THE PSYCHOTRONIC MAN (Manchester) Ridiculously fast punk with an Alan Partridge fetish. facebook/ revengeofthepsychotronicman revengeofthepsychotronicman.com Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 19.00 JOE MCMAHON (USA) Acoustic folk rock from the Smoke Or Fire frontman. facebook/joe-mcmahon Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 16.25 JOE MCCORRISTON (Morcambe) Folky, punky acoustic pop music facebook/joemccorristonmusic Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 12.35 MUNCIE GIRLS (Exeter) Catchy and melodic punk rock, on Specialist Subject Records. facebook/munciegirls munciegirls.co.uk Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 18.35 ROUGHNECK RIOT (Warrington) Folk/punk for fans of The Clash, The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys. facebook/theroughneckriot roughneckriot.co.uk Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 16.55 SIMMER (Cheshire) Self-proclaimed ‘Ambient-Punk’ from just up the road. facebook/simmercheshire simmeruk.tumblr.com Stage: Sound Control Time: Friday at 19.00 SOMBULANCE (Portsmouth) Epitaph-style punk rock for fans of Propagandhi, The Flatliners and Lagwagon. facebook/sombulance Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 14.05 5 SPEED DINOSAURS (Leeds) Ukulele-driven covers of Beastie Boys, Bad Religion and Rancid songs. facebook/speeddinosaurs Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 15.45 STAND OUT RIOT (Manchester) Gypsy influenced ska punk for fans of Streetlight Manifesto and Gogol Bordello. facebook/standoutriot soundcloud.com/standoutriot Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 16.05 SAMMY H. STEPHENS (Chesire) Acoustic punk/folk/blues fresh from touring all over mainland Europe. facebook/sammystephensmusic sammyhstephens.co.uk Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 12.00 THROWING STUFF (Manchester) ‘Too punk for hardcore. Too hardcore for punk.’ facebook/throwingstuff throwingstuff.bigcartel.com Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 15.15 THAT FUCKING TANK (Bradford) Two-piece instrumental classic/noise rock for dancing. facebook/landsandbody thatfuckingtank.co.uk Stage: Upstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 17.45 TOSSERLAD (Leeds) Hardcore, thrash, D-beat and a good dose of Motorhead style rock’n’roll. facebook/tosserlad Stage: Ducie Bridge Time: Friday at 20.45 VANILLA POD (Kings Lynn) Formed in the glory days of 90s UK punk. For fans of Goober Patrol and Consumed. facebook/Vanilla-Pod Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 18.10 WADEYE (Manchester) Six piece ska band ‘who like alcohol and don’t like cops.’ facebook/wadeyeuk wadeye.co.uk Stage: Joshua Brooks Time: Saturday at 00.15 WONK UNIT (London) Infectiously catchy punk rock with an awesome array of t-shirts. facebook/wonkunitband wonkunit.com Stage: Downstairs at Sound Control Time: Saturday at 15.40 THE X RAY CAT (Leeds) Acoustic rock n roll from the X Ray Cat Trio vocalist/guitarist. facebook/xraycattrio Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 18.25 JOE YORKE (Wigan) Acoustic folk/punk/ska/reggae from Liberation front-man. facebook/joeyorkemusic Stage: The Thirsty Scholar Time: Saturday at 13.10 6 location Sound Control and The Thirsty Scholar (M1 5NP) are next door to each other. The aftershows at Retro Bar (M1 3NJ) and Joshua Brooks (M1 6NG) are a five minute walk from Sound Control. All are right next to Oxford Road train station. The Ducie Bridge (M4 4DU) is further away. It is next to Victoria train/tram station. venue capacities The venues we are using do have limited capacity. This should not be an issue at Sound Control on Saturday, but for the other gigs it has to be run on a first come, first served basis. To guarantee entry, please arrive at your chosen Friday night gig/ aftershow gig as early as possible to avoid disappointment. We do not recommend trying to move between the Friday/aftershow venues as if they are full re-admittance may not be possible. THE DUCIE BRIDGE 120 SOUND CONTROL (Friday) 150 SOUND CONTROL (Upstairs) 450 SOUND CONTROL (Downstairs) 350 THE THIRSTY SCHOLAR 150 JOSHUA BROOKS 250 RETRO BAR 140 djs Dave ‘Grampa Hands’ Bolter and Mikey Wong will be playing tunes in the merchandise area at Sound Control during the day on Saturday. There will be Refuse To Lose DJs at Retro Bar until the early hours and punk DJs at Joshua Brooks until 4am for those who don’t want the party to end. face painting Yep, you know you want to.... venue opening times THE DUCIE BRIDGE: Friday 7.30 - 00.00 SOUND CONTROL: Friday 6.00 - 10.00 SOUND CONTROL: Saturday 12.00 - 10.00 THE THIRSTY SCHOLAR: Saturday 12.00 - 7.00 RETRO BAR: Saturday 10.30 - 03.00 JOSHUA BROOKS: Saturday 10.30 - 04.00 places to eat If anyone wants great vegan food, V-Revolution on Oldham Street is open Saturday day time until 6pm. The Thirsty Scholar will be serving vegetarian/vegan food during the day on Friday and Saturday. Font has 25% off food if you show your wristband. There are also plenty of fast food places/ supermarkets on Oxford Road. places to drink Friday night: There are lots of alternative bars near Sound Control. The Thirsty Scholar, The Salisbury and Grand Central are all open late and within two minutes walk. Upstairs at Retro Bar is also open late both nights. You could also visit Idle Hands Coffee on Piccadilly Approach outside of Piccadilly station. Saturday night: Satan’s Hollow (Sackville Street) If you feel you have seen enough bands and want a dance, or your aftershow of choice is already full, your MPF wrist band gets you free entry to the rock/punk/emo club, which is open until the early hours. This programme was printed at footprinters.co.uk 7 SOUND CONTROL THE DUCIE BRIDGE CREEPER 21.15 HINDSIGHTS 20.30 BOSTON MANOR 19.45 SIMMER 19.00 2 SICK MONKEYS 23.15 THE DOMESTICS 22.25 HOLIDAY 21.35 TOSSERLAD 20.45 LARRAKIA 19.55 FRIDAY 17 APRIL SOUND CONTROL SATURDAY 18 APRIL UPSTAIRS FRIDAY 17 APRIL SOUND CONTROL SATURDAY 18 APRIL DOWNSTAIRS THE FILAMENTS 21.10 THE RESTARTS 20.15 DARKO 19.25 MUNCIE GIRLS 18.35 THAT FUCKING TANK 17.45 ROUGHNECK RIOT 16.55 STAND OUT RIOT 16.05 THROWING STUFF 15.15 JUST PANIC 14.30 THE MURDERBURGERS 13.40 DEAD NECK 12.50 APOLOGIES, I HAVE NONE 20.45 CRAZY ARM 19.50 REVENGE OF THE PSYCHOTRONIC MAN 19.00 VANILLA POD 18.10 FAIR DO’S 17.20 ALMEIDA 16.30 WONK UNIT 15.40 THE HUMAN PROJECT 14.55 SOMBULANCE 14.05 LEAGUES APART 13.15 BEAR TRADE 12.25 RETRO BAR THE THIRSTY SCHOLAR LEAGUES APART AS RANCID 00.30 JUST PANIC AS AGAINST ME! 23.45 BEAR TRADE AS THE REPLACEMENTS 23.00 THE X RAY CAT 18.25 TIM LOUD 17.50 GILES BIDDER 17.10 JOE MCMAHON 16.25 SPEED DINOSAURS 15.45 BILLY LIAR 15.05 DAVE HOUSE 14.25 CAPTAIN HOTKNIVES 13.45 JOE YORK 13.10 JOE MCCORRISTON 12.35 SAMMY H. STEPHENS 12.00 SATURDAY 18 APRIL JOSHUA BROOKS SATURDAY 18 APRIL BEAT THE RED LIGHT 01.00 WADEYE 00.15 JENKEM 23.30 ACID DROP 22.45 SATURDAY 18 APRIL
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