Manchester

Inspired by cyphers, sound systems and local music heroes, these cutting-edge artists are keeping folk tradition alive.

THE FACE has teamed up with Beyond The Music to throw a party in a Northern Quarter car park.

The Derby Brewery Arms is throwing some of the best queer parties in the area.

Over the last decade, the Heaton brothers have grown Represent from a pipe dream printing T-shirts in their bedroom, to a multi-million pound global lifestyle brand with a legion of die-hard fans.

Centred at The White Hotel in Salford, the events series has built a community of musicians and artists inspired by pagan practices and radical philosophy.

The mythical Manchester suburb was the epicentre of Madchester. But the nation's best documentary photographers had been intrigued by the inner city area long before Factory Records. Today, Hulmeloonies is carrying on their legacy.