New nightclub and record store opens in Manchester, Resident
The venue also comprises a five-floor bar and kitchen Continue reading...
A brand new nightclub and record store has opened on Deansgate in Manchester, named Resident.
According to Manchester Wire , the venue comprises a five-floor bar, kitchen, record store and nightclub, and will take over a shuttered building between two pubs, The Lost Dene and the Sawyers Arms.
The venue opened yesterday, November 12, with a debut show featuring a headline set from Belfast DJ Holly Lester. The club will reportedly open in “stages” over the next year.
Manchester Wire reports that the first event kicked off at the Electric Pizza Shop, a low-lit room inside the new venue serving pizza and cocktails, with a central DJ booth.
Resident also features a basement and ground floor-level club space, which the venue says will feature DJs known for their “quality selections, the crowd they bring and the culture around them, not for their follower counts or what the data says,” per Manchester Wire.
The first run of club residents include Urbi, Shimrise, Groove Division, Joe Roche, Bay, SUI 13, Rhod Parry, Jacinta, Jordan Villa, Pez and Maclo.
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The venue promises to bring together independent businesses and musicians in Manchester, working with “strong local creatives and artists, produce-led chefs and DJs,” and more.
“It’s about independents coming together to make things happen. Every beer we pour is independent and local, with no big names,” founder Arytom Dmitrijev, who is also behind Mala Manchester and Tangerine MCR, told Manchester Wire .
“The venue’s design is upcycled, using materials gathered locally and reused,” he said. “The design journey has unfolded during the build itself, shaped by what feels right for the space and by the materials and furniture I’ve had to work with.”
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