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SUMMARY:Manchester Literature Festival presents Little Reads Family Day
DESCRIPTION:Take part in a joyful day of stories\, theatre\, music\, dancing\, crafts and family fun. Help create some magical shoes with The Elves and the Shoemaker in an interactive show from Peoplescape Theatre\, packed with music\, puppetry\, clowning and storytelling. Strut your stuff with author and West End musical theatre star Robert Tregoning in a confidence-boosting event inspired by his latest picture book Dylan\, Daisy and the Disco Ball. Explore storytelling through movement with dancer Magdalen Bartlett. Book tickets for the individual events and drop in for some free crafts. Suitable for ages 3+. \nA Manchester Literature Festival event supported by Library Live.  \nBooking links:   \nThe Elves and the Shoemaker\, 10.30am – 11.15am | £6 – Book tickets here \nDance with Magdalen Bartlett\, 12 – 12.40pm | Free but booking recommended – Book tickets here \nRobert Tregoning – Dylan\, Daisy and the Disco Ball\, 1.30pm – 2.15pm | £6 – Book tickets here
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SUMMARY:Gig: Faint Red Star - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday 21st November\, rising electronic duo Faint Red Star will perform an intimate matinee show at the Henry Watson Music Library. \nFaint Red Star are a duo born in Manchester\, UK. Blending soaring synths with warm\, rumbling beats and stirring vocal melodies\, their sound is a heady concoction of brooding synth-pop\, dark wave\, and alternative textures. \nPerforming live in 2026\, the duo draws inspiration from nostalgic sonics\, shot thhrough with a sparkle of vintage video games\, shimmering synthesisers\, and the wondrous wave genres of the 80’s and 90’s. \nWith songs that explore life’s immersive highs and expose the aching lows of human connection\, Faint Red Star’s creations are at turns whimsical\, ambient\, and drenched in drama. \nTheir striking music creates a dreamy and reminiscent space for the audience to gently drop their guard\, bounce and sink into sound – with the band due to perform cuts from their catalogue to date at the Henry Watson Music Library\, Central Library on 21st November. \nTICKETS \nTickets are just pay-what-you-like! Available HERE \nFor multiple tickets\, please repeat the eventbrite ordering process until you have the quantitiy you require. \nAny donations go to Manchester Libraries to support future activities. \nListen to Faint Red Star here: https://soundcloud.com/faintredstarmusic \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/gig-faint-red-star-live/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Gig: The Blazing Snowmen
DESCRIPTION:Manchester quartet The Blazing Snowmen will launch a brand new book and perform live in a special show at the Henry Watson Music Library this Winter. \nThe history of the Blazing Snowmen goes back to the early 80s alternative scene in Manchester and had associations with Factory Records\, Marc Riley & the Creepers\, Intape Records\, Tools You Can Trust. \nThe band presents with diverse musical references\, as a backdrop to storytelling in forensic detail about our everyday lives. \nOn 12th December\, the Snowmen will launch a brand new book of their song lyrics with a show at the Music Library of Central Library. \nExpect lyric dissection and performances of some songs from the book (illustrated by local artist\, Helen Mandel). \nTICKETS \nTickets are just pay-what-you-like! Available HERE \nFor multiple tickets\, please repeat the eventbrite ordering process until you have the quantitiy you require. \nAny donations go to Manchester Libraries to support future activities. \nListen to The Blazing Snowmen on Bandcamp here: Music | The Blazing Snowmen
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LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
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