Kino Shorts returns to NIAMOS for an evening of recent short films from filmmakers across Manchester and the North West, with director Q&As and plenty of opportunity to meet other filmmakers and film lovers. Doors 7pm, films from 7.20pm. £5 advance / £7 on the door (cash only).

Curated in collaboration with Balraj Samrai, Gracie T and Nirav Chande, we're bringing you a multi-genre all-dayer platforming the breadth of South Asian artistry, in true Dialled In fashion.

Expect everything from live folk music to R&B to punjabi garage to hip-hop and more, as 30+ live musicians and DJ's perform across 3 rooms in the iconic NIAMOS (The Nia Centre) from 12pm - 10pm.  Very special guest, DJ Radical Sista, will also be in attendance, along with a slew of local Manchester legends! 

Join us on the 20th July as we platform the breadth of South Asian artistry for our first day festival of the summer… 

This event will go back to the roots of our first festival in 2021, and since we've been doing things in Manchester with the community already, we thought it'd be the best place to do our very first big event outside of London. Expect more of this in the future

Live at Niamos in Hulme, Manchester on Thursday 30th May...

DYLAN MORAN

As part of a series of very special shows with the historic Hulme Playhouse Theatre (now Niamos) we are thrilled to welcome one of the ALL TIME greats!

Widely regarded as the finest stand up of his generation, selling out shows worldwide, Dylan Moran will be bringing his dark, dry and relentlessly sharp humour to Niamos as he performs an extended headline set.

Described as “The Oscar Wilde of comedy” and “The greatest comedian, living or dead” you can expect something special from the Bafta and Perrier Award winning Moran, famed both for his incredible standup performances and his roles in Black Books, Shaun of the Dead, Notting Hill and much more!

“His comedy takes on an existential dimension, as Moran comes to represent the struggles we all wage for meaning and connection” The Guardian

“High-octane riffs from the Irish master of grumpiness…spellbinding” Evening Standard

“Funny and fascinating, and utterly deserving of his place in the modern classics” The Times

JO ENRIGHT

Support on the night is provided by the incredible Josephine Enright. Jo Enright is an award winning stand-up comedian and actress who has appeared in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, The Job Lot, Life's Too Short and After Life.

“Jo Enright is one of the most naturally gifted comic talents I’ve ever seen. I’d put her in the same league as Julie Walters.” Peter Kay

"One of Britain’s best character actresses." Grace Dent

SCOTT BENNETT

Recently described by the Evening Standard as “Live Comedy’s best kept secret” Scott Bennett has been blazing a trail through the stand-up circuit for the best part of a decade. He’s written for many high profile acts such as Chris Ramsey and Jason Manford, and recently recorded his debut on BBC One’s Live at the Apollo. In massive demand as a comedy writer and with regular appearances on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show, Scott is an act on the verge of breaking through into the big time.

“Great Material, great delivery, a very funny man” Rob Brydon

“A Joy to watch” Chris Ramsey

“Flashes of Peter Kay, Jason Manford and John Bishop” Beyond a Joke

JONATHAN MAYOR

Last but by no means least our host and MC role is filled by Jonathan Mayor! Sarah Millican tour support and TV warm up for Joe Lycett. One of the very best in the business!

"Very funny" Michael Palin

MUBS presents Equinox: Dreams in Harmony.

On May 4th 2024 MUBS will be hosting a concert at the Niamos Centre, Hulme, M15 5EU. 

Guest performers include Barberlicious, Crystal Chords, Double Bluff, Limelight and Northern Quarter. 

Doors will open at 6:30pm for a concert start time of 7:00pm

The Velvet Sheep Presents:

Vee VV, Feather Trade, The Bricks, and Polly

Rock / Post-Punk/ Punk / Post-Grunge Music Night (ALL AGES)

TICKETS

The unique and beautiful Niamos, built in 1901, later became the first Afro-Caribbean-led theatre in Europe and Nina Simone famously sang here in 1991 - today, the venue is a community led art-space and cultural centre. On Sunday 16 July 2023 it will play host to a gathering of bands, and you are very, very welcome. We want you to enjoy not only the music - and we have a seriously exciting line-up:

Vee VV (Spotify Link)

Feather Trade (Spotify Link)

The Bricks (Spotify Link)

and special guests Polly (Spotify Link)

but the theatre itself, its beauty, history, and positive, community-driven vibe. This is to be a gathering for people who love people, music, culture, preserving and celebrating the past, while looking to the future. We hope to see you there!

2KOOL4SKOOL

Student Drum & Bass Event

Featuring:

• DJ Charlie Cox

• MC Satelli

• Pitvng

• Whitebash

• MC Ched

• Flintstone

Tickets: £6 adv, £8 OTD

Tickets available on Skiddle

The Session

Hercules Productions is one of the very few Black led production companies still thriving in the Northwest, offering a full range of professional and participatory work, in different creative disciplines such as Theatre, Music and film productions as well as running creative community projects with young people in local areas of Manchester.

The key to our projects is bringing together inexperienced and experienced artists from diverse communities in Manchester to work collaboratively in a professional arts environment, to create real dialogue between people about the issues they face in the inner city.

We seek to raise the profile of cultural diversity in the northwest through raw, new pieces that challenge social boundaries, take risks and break new ground in performance.

Hercules Productions is hosting an authentic live performance in the legendary Nia Centre in Hulme on the 23rd of September 2022. Bringing together legendary local Manchester artists together in one big Musical night full of colourful musical genres from Rap, Soul to Reggae finishing the night with a DJ set to get the groove going until the last minute.

Line Up

Hercules & the Rough Neck Band

Also performing:

• Melissa Raye

• Sakinah Sherey

• K Active

• Jay Faith

• Deleria

• Natalie

• Rakka D

• T Bizz

• Perfect Joy Band

• Deano

• Alexandra Levi

• 1 Torcha Boss

and more

Music Genres: 

Hip Hop, Rap, Reggae, Soul

Tickets £6 available on Skiddle

We are excited to welcome Alexandra Spence and Kelly Jayne Jones to the NIAMOS centre for an evening of experimental sound art.

Alexandra Spence is a sound artist and musician living on unceded Wangal land in Sydney, Australia. Through her practice Alex attempts to reimagine the intricate relationships between the listener, the object, and the surrounding environment as a kind of communion or conversation. Her aesthetic favours field recordings, analogue technologies and object interventions. Alex has presented her art and music in Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America including the Vancouver Art Gallery; BBC Radio; Ausland, Berlin; Radiophrenia, Glasgow; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; Sound Forms Festival, Hong Kong; MONO, Brisbane; The Substation, Melbourne; Soft Centre, and Liveworks Festival, with Liquid Architecture, Sydney. She has released her music with labels Room40, Longform editions, More Mars (w. MP Hopkins) and Canti Magnetici, and has a forthcoming release with Mappa. (She holds the belief that electricity might actually be magic).

Kelly Jayne Jones is a Manchester based artist making work that combines performance, installation and sound. She is interested in creating a multi-sensory experience that creates possible conditions for communication and exchange. She is currently exploring animist ideas around the breath and spirit of mountains and rivers and how we can reconnect with our planet by means of ancient and future rituals. KJJ has collaborations with Hannah Ellul (White Death), Greta Buitkute (Clout then Grappling) and Dan Valentine from Rainer Veil and Haris Epaminonda. She was one half of the group part wild horses mane on both sides, which disbanded in 2016. She has performed across Europe in DIY venues and has been commissioned for works with projects at dOCUMENTA13, Tate Modern, ICA London and CCA Glasgow, Trieze Gallery Paris, Borealis Festival & Kunsthalle Bergen Norway, Tectonics contemporary music festival, Hangar Bicocca gallery Milan, Huddersfield contemporary music festival (hcmf//) and Sheffield Site Gallery. She had a film collaboration with Haris Epaminonda, Chimera shown at Venice Biennale 2019.

Megan Alice Clune is a musician, composer and artist based on Gadigal/Wangal country, Sydney, Australia. Her work explores the dynamic relationships between music, technology, the body and temporality through composition, performance and installation. She has presented work and undertaken residencies across Australia, Asia, Europe and North America, including 3331 Arts Chiyoda (TYO), VividLIVE at the Sydney Opera House, Next Wave Festival (MEL), Underbelly Arts Festival (SYD), Performa 15 (NYC) and Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival (MA), and is lecturer at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Her 2021 album, ‘If You Do’, was released on Room 40 to critical acclaim.

Doors: 7pm

Tickets £9/£11 OTD/£6 Low waged/unwaged

We are a non-profit collective - any profits will be shared between the artists or put into future events.

Come and join us to celebrate the collaboration between Nia, Spiral Garden Cafe and Glitterfish Productions. The mosaic will finally be up - everyone welcome whether you took part or not,