On Saturday, Manchester rewound 20 years and more as the Happy Mondays headlined a special Hacienda revival night at the Albert Hall. The NCP Manchester Central next to Bridgewater Hall car park is also nearby, with 643 spaces. For sat navs the postcode is M15 4PS. We are looking at some decent weather for the return of the Hacienda Classical this year. Current forecasts are saying sunshine or cloud for most of Friday evening which is just what you'll want to hear if you're heading down to the open-air Castelfield Bowl. We hired The Hacienda Classics for our wedding reception and certainly weren't disappointed. They were able to learn a few songs for us with their set list which made the night really special. All our guests said how amazing you guys were. Would definitely recommend.” House music was still underground – there were some commercial hits, but outside of specialist shows the best music was still only being heard in a few clubs. 808 State weren’t eyeing the charts, they had a more specific aim; to get the record played at the club. It was the be-all and end-all. According to Graham Massey, ”If you didn’t get it on at the Hacienda, it was a disaster”.

As anyone who has been to past events will tell you, it doesn't really matter if it's rain or shine, this is one gig you can guarantee a party atmosphere. But fans heading along will no doubt be pleased to hear the forecast is set fair for Friday night. Generations of indie-ravers have found inspiration from the pioneers and maintained the creative spirit of those Hacienda moments when electronic dance music fed off and into guitar music. I’m talking about the emergence in the late 1990s of DJs like Erol Alkan and, more recently, the cross-fertilisation seen in the work of the magnificent Hot Chip. Sasha started DJing with him and, when Jon was too busy to play a gig, taking his place. “It all came from there,” says Sasha. The gig will mark Haçienda Classical’s seventh Castlefield live event in the past eight years, where they will be joined by special guests Roger Sanchez, Todd Terry and Peter Hook.Excellent performance. The band were brilliant, not only in their performance but also in the way that they conducted themselves prior to the event during set up.”

Get the latest What's On news - from food and drink to music and nightlife - straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter. The unique live set that The Hacienda Classics perform is a high-energy show of upbeat party songs. Songs are arranged as mashups and medleys that blend into each other in a similar fashion to that of a DJ, ensuring a seamless night of dance music. This is a massive tune. To this day, it never fails to get people up dancing. The clever crescendo and Candi Staton vocals make this one of the biggest dance anthems of all time - and featured during Peter Hook's set at the Hacienda reunion at Albert Hall on Saturday night. Stage times are always approximate for gigs, but here's a guide to all the different acts and when they're expected to play on Friday night. The best advice is always to get there early to avoid disappointment.

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Happy Mondays and their friends had a favourite corner of the club; under the balcony, to the right of where I was in the DJ box. It was in this corner that the earliest and most enthusiastic ecstasy users were to be found. In the first month or two of 1988 the drug spread from there, eventually taking over all parts of the Hacienda. It's about a five minute walk from Castlefield Bowl to the main line train station at Deansgate. At present, there hasn’t been any further rail strikes announced that may disrupt services.This bongo-drum, saxaphone-laced song inspired body-popping and had it all - a banging chorus and sing a long chorus.