Stepping down from MDMArchive
After 17 years of involvement with MDMArchive I have decided to step down from my role as archive manager and…
Suffragette City 2020
Saturday March 7th sees the return of Suffragette City – the women-led all-day music event at The Refuge, which raises…
The Lapsed Clubber Podcast: Recording the memories of Manchester’s original rave community
The Lapsed Clubber Audio Map is an online platform that allows members of Manchester’s original acid house community to share…
Suffragette City, The Sequel
Building on the success of Manchester Digital Music Archive’s Suffragette City party last year, The Refuge will play host to…
Not Going Shopping: audio documentary
This audio documentary was created to mark the 30th anniversary of Manchester’s anti-Clause 28 march, 1988. Attended by 20,000 people,…
We Are Dynamite! exhibition is open now at Niamos
The Northern Carnival against the Nazis, a rally and concert held on 15 July 1978 in Moss Side, Manchester, was…
We Are Dynamite! Exhibition Opening
The Northern Carnival against the Nazis, a rally and concert held on 15 July 1978 in Moss Side, Manchester, was…
The Lapsed Clubber Audio Map
Manchester Digital Music Archive has teamed up with Manchester Metropolitan University to develop an online audio heritage map that will tell the…
Suffragette City – The Music Event
As part of the Suffragette City – Portraits of women in Manchester music exhibition, The Refuge will be hosting an all…