Levenshulme Videos

M19 Bar has posted up a number of videos on their mySpace site.
Here's a video of highlights of the Levenshulme Festival 2006.

ALL FM Community Show this week...

This week's Community Show is live this Wednesday, December
13th, 11am-noon. Check the repeat to make sure you didn't miss
anything - Thursday, December 14th, 3-4pm.

* ALL FM reporter Sarah Leach talks to a group of young teenage
mothers at Olivia Lodge who were taking part in a creative writing
course.

* Jamie Crawley from the Moorfestive Christmas Market in Heaton
Moor.

* plus your weekly events diary, announcements, jobs, training etc.

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Also on ALL FM this week...

Saturday December 16th : GORTON FESTIVAL RADIO
On-air between 12-4.30pm as Gorton Market celebrates 30 years of
trading. Featuring the Gorton Community Awards, live music and
comedy plus shows produced by first-time DJs from ALL FM's
training course at The Angels Gorton.

Friday December 15th
11.30am-noon : back to back shows from Crowcroft Park Primary
School in Longsight.

Young, Gifted and Green Heat One...

It's been a while since I've updated these pages, a fortnight in fact, so thought it best that I start posting information again.

YGG Unsigned 2007 - Heat 1 - Thurs 21 Dec
Pac Music Venue, Stockport Road, Levenshulme
Doors 7.30pm

Bands who have win through to first heat are

Real lies
www.myspace.com/realise2

The Black Lines

www.myspace.com/theblacklines

The Score

www.myspace.com/thescore

elivation
www.elivation.co.uk
www.myspace.com/elivation1

king Pest

www.myspace.com/kingpestuk

System Fault
www.myspace.com/systemfaultuk

Now taking entries for Heat 2 - Thurs 25 Jan

Heat 3 - Thurs 15 Feb

You can post your comments about the bands on YGG's Myspace here

Advance tickets £3 Doors £4

Dwight's Levenshulme Blog

Just been looking at Dwight's Levenshulme Blog, a brand new blog that is his thoughts on life in Levenshulme and includes a couple of posts so far...

Dwight kicks off his posting by highlighting a postcard of Lovely Levenshulme and asking for comments...

Find out more here

This week's ALL FM 96.9 Community Show and news of TWO new shows...

An email from David Armes which was a reminder of this week's Community Show which is live on Wednesday, November 15th, 11am-noon. You can also check the repeat to make sure you didn't miss anything - Thursday, November 16th, 3-4pm.

Also on ALL FM this week, two new shows...

Friday November 17th : 11am
The Two Degrees Show - a new weekly show discussing climate change. The first show is all about the basic science & includes an interview with David Griggs, Director of the Hadley Centre (Met
Office Centre for Climate Prediction & Research).

Friday November 17th : 11.45am
Crowcroft Park Primary School - the year 6 pupils present their weekly show, bringing you a mix of news, reviews & jokes.

Another gig at Klondyke Club...

Monday 20th November sees Duracell (from France) joined by Microsoft (from Manchester) plus others to be confirmed at the Klondyke Club, Burnage Range 8.00pm-12.00midnight.
£4 in.

Attila the Stockbroker at M19 Bar

Following the Levenshulme Christmas Lights switch on Attila the Stockbroker a "performance punk poet" from Brighton makes a return visit to M19 Bar (having played their earlier this year) from 7.30pm on Thursday 23rd November.
The gig is presented by ALL FM 96.9's Under the Pavement Radio Show and David and Spike from the show will be providing the music.
It is £5.00 on the door but for organised folk advance tickets are now on sale at:
Piccadilly Records, Oldham Street, Manchester
M19 Bar, Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester

For more information see:
http://www.underthepavement.org/gig/gig.html

To watch a video of Attila performing one of his poems click below:

‘Oasis’ venue seeks bands for annual competition

‘The Packhorse’ in Levenshulme which was once the favorite haunt of the chart topping South Manchester band ‘Oasis’ is once again host this years Boddingtons ‘YGG Unsigned 2007’ as part of this years Manchester Irish Festival www.manchesteririshfestival.co.uk

Boddingtons ‘YGG Unsigned’ is the festivals annual search for the next chart topping Rock band with Irish roots. The competition with a £1,000 worth of prizes was by founded by the award winning Irish promotions company ‘Young, Gifted & Green’. A demo tape from a then unknown Irish Mancunian band called 'Oasis' led the company to organise this annual event which aims to uncover the next world conquering super group.

Since starting the competition the company has invested close to twenty thousand pounds in supporting new bands on the rocky road to stardom and just over four hundred bands have been showcased in the event.
Manchester has a rich history of bands with Irish roots, as well as ‘Oasis’ other chart topping bands with Irish roots include ‘The Smiths’, ‘Morrisey’, ‘The Stone Roses’ and ‘Happy Mondays’. Morrisey even named one of his albums ‘Irish Blood English Heart’ as a testament to his Irish background.

The three hundred capacity Packhorse Pub celebrates its centenary next year and this is just one of the many events it has planned to celebrate its one hundred years of existence. It has recently undergone a major refurbishment to convert it into a purpose built late night entertainment center hosting regular Live Music, Comedy and Club nights. Venue owner Lawrence Hennigan said “I do not know whether Liam and Noel will recognise the venue now, but I think they would approve the fact that we are keeping the live music alive in the area. They are more than welcome to pop in for a drink anytime they are passing through.”

‘YGG unsigned’ is now in its twelfth year and regularly attracts entries from all over the UK and Ireland. Bands entering the competition must have at least one member of the group with Irish roots (parents or grandparents). It is open to any musical style but all bands must be over 18.

The event organiser Tony Hennigan said “The inspiration behind the competition was from a demo tape from a then unknown local Irish Mancunian band called 'Oasis'. The tape is now in the club’s musical archives and the rest as they say is Rock n Roll history. It seems appropriate to stage this years heats and final in the venue where ‘Oasis’ spent most of their youth. The regulars still get VIP tickets for the bands homecoming gigs. Some of the World’s biggest Music stars such as U2, The Corrs, Westlife, Ash, The Smiths, Happy Mondays, Badly Drawn Boy and The Doves, all have Irish roots and we want to continue to support the next generation of superstars.”

Heats start in December 2006 and continue into the new year, with the final taking place on St Patrick’s eve the 16th March 2007. Bands wishing to enter the competition can contact the competition Hotline on 0161 225 0706 or email rockfest24@hotmail.com or visit the website www.24rockfest.com. They should also send a demo and biog to YGG Unsigned 908 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3BF

Competition's history

In previous years the heats were held at the Manchester's famous Boardwalk, the same venue that discovered 'Oasis'. The competition has now outgrown the Boardwalk since people without advance tickets had to be turned away. Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll has been one of the competition’s previous sponsors. "I just to put something back into the community. I know how hard it can be for young bands starting off and if I can offer them a little help along the way- I'm happy." "My parents come from Tyrone and Offaly so was delighted to help sponsor the competition in the Irish festival".

YGG Background

Young, Gifted & Green (YGG) was established in 1995 to promote the very best of the UK’s Irish Music, Comedy and Dance talent. One of the companies previous dancers is the three times World champion ‘James Keegan’. James is now the principal dancer with the world famous ‘Lord of the Dance’ show. On the Comedy side it has promoted the likes of the award winning Irish Comedians ‘Ardal O’Hanlon’ and ‘Peter Kay’. Finally the Irish musical acts it has worked with include BBC Radio 2’s instrumentalist of the Year ‘Mike McGoldrick’, along with Sharon Shannon and Davey Spillane of ‘Riverdance’ fame.

Levenshulme Christmas Lights Switch On by Lord Major of Manchester

Update: View www.levenshulme.com for more information

Venue: Levenshulme Village Green, Chapel St, Levenshulme.
Entertainment: Lord Mayor of Manchester, Father Christmas, Local School Choirs, Fire Jugglers, Stilt Walkers and the legendary Joe Casserly from the Full Irish Radio show on ALL FM Radio.



Christmas starts early in Levenshulme with the annual celebration of the turning on of its Christmas tree lights on Thursday 23 November.

The official festive themed traditional Christmas party to celebrate the switch on of Levenshulme's magnificent Christmas tree lights display will start at 4.45pm. Father Christmas will be in his open air grotto to give out 250 free presents to local children. The massive outdoor party is centred around a giant Christmas tree and Marquee on the village green. It is situated on the corner of Chapel Street and the A6 Stockport Road . The display of street lights and Christmas Tree has been funded by Manchester City Council in partnership with local traders.

The Lord Mayor of Manchester 'Councillor David Sandiford' will officially switch on the Christmas Tree at 5.30pm to mark the start of the festive celebrations in the village. Local School choirs, fire jugglers, stilt walkers and local radio DJ Joe Casserly from the Full Irish Radio show on ALL FM Radio will provide the entertainment.

Lawrence Hennigan one of the organisers of the event said "We are very proud of the Christmas Lights display in the village, it brings a real festive glow to the area. It is a real family celebration and brings back the magic of the festive season for both the young and old members of the community. The city council and local traders have worked very hard to make the event happen again this year. The event is open to everyone whatever his or her cultural or faith background. The whole village gets really exited about the event and really looks forward to having the lights and the switch on event."

Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra

I'd heard the name but now I've found out more by visiting the Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra's website.
They have mySpace too!

BTW: They are also playing the Klondyke in December!

Pastcord presents...

http://www.myspace.com/kustencoast

Pengo at Klondyke

From MySpace
The Klondyke Club Burnage Range Levenshulme Manchester where you can see... PENGO WITHDRAWAL METHOD STUCKOMETER DIURETICS For £4 or so on Wednesday 15th November.

Find out more:
http://www.myspace.com/smear_campaign

This week's ALL FM 96.9 Community Show

This week's Community Show is live this Wednesday, November 8th, 11am-noon. Check the repeat to make sure you didn't miss anything - Thursday, November 9th, 3-4pm.

* Patrick Hanfling, Community Engagement Development Officer at Manchester City Council, with details of the Sense of Place project.

* A report by the young people who attend the Anson Cabin youth project in Longsight.

* plus your weekly events diary, announcements, jobs, training etc.

On ALLFM 96.9

To raise funds parishioners at the Levenshulme Baptist Church staged a car wash, using the church's leftover holy water.

An old story, from May this year, which I missed first time:

Members of a Manchester church are cleaning cars with Holy water. In an attempt to be environmentally friendly and serve the community, church attendees will use the water from the morning’s Baptismal service to wash local vehicles.

Read more, including press coverage

Sunshine on sundays

Whilst searching for friends on MySpace came across the band Sunshine on Sundays.
A new band to me will check out.

M19 Open Mic Night

Just received an email from James Hennigan re: the new Open Mic Night at M19 Bar...

"OPEN MIC NIGHT EVERY MONDAY @ M19 Bar, Levenshulme from 8pm.

M19 are pleased to announce the Open Mic Night will now be a weekly event every Monday.

Any acts who want to perform just email hennigan3@hotmail.com.

Entry is FREE and there are some great drinks offers on. First Act on @ 8pm.

All Comedians, Singers, Storytellers, singer/songwriters poets welcome.


M19 Bar is situated on Stockport Rd, Levenshulme opposite Albert Rd."

Cohesion

Once again on the Listen to Manchester website found a link to Levenshulme band Cohesion...

beatyourartout levfest review

Manchester music website Listen to Manchester has posted a review of Beat Your HeART Out's gig at the Pack Horse last Wednesday.

Two gigs tonight in Levenshulme

A busy midweek (Wednesday night) in Levenshulme.

Beat Your Heart Out present a night of music, animation, experimental and short films plus treats at the Pack Horse on Stockport Road as part of the Levenshulme Festival.
Acts on the bill include: Liz Green, Ste McCabe and Sophies Pigeons.
£2/ £3

Meanwhile at the Klondyke Snooker and Bowls Club 1 Burnage Range, off Albert Road Help Yourself Manchester presents Defiance, Ohio, Lake Me and The Great St Louis.
£5/ £4 All ages

The results are in...

Now hardly news but here are the results for the Gorton South by election which took place last week:

ADAMS, Derek George British National Party 185
GLOVER, Charles Leslie Liberal Democrat Focus Team 1,588
MOTTRAM, David William Green Party Candidate 151
REID, Julie The Labour Party Candidate 1,208
VALENTINE, Daniel Rossall The Conservative Party Candidate 90

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/types/candidates%20gs.htm

Our first link?

Whilst Googling for information on the Levenshulme Festival I came across this blog, Mancubist, which links to Levenshulme Life.
Levenshulme Life is still very much a blog in progress (aren't they all?)...
Special credit to the author of Mancubist as they write:

I’m a big fan of the South Manchester suburb of Levenshulme. It’s home to several great second-hand shops and community radio station All FM, which has a few great alternative shows. If I could afford to buy a house, I’d probably buy one there.

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Jobs may go as Somerfield axed

Following up an earlier post re: the closure of Somerfield in Levenshulme I read the following taken from the North East Manchester Advertiser.

The article outlines the closure of Somerfield with the loss of 20 jobs and the impact on the local community.

MORE than 20 jobs could be axed after Somerfield announced it was to close its Levenshulme branch - just three months after opening.

Supermarket bosses decided to close the branch because profit margins had plummeted as locals prefer to shop at discount stores.

A spokeswoman for Somerfield said the store would close on or before October 21.

Read more

Defiance, Ohio Klondyke Club 25th October

Wednesday 25th October

Defiance, Ohio! (USA, No Idea records)
Ruidosa Inmundicia (Chile/Austria)
Dragula (Manchester)
The Great St Louis (Bolton)
Lake Me (Newcastle)

at the Klondyke Snooker and Bowls Club, 1 Burnage Range (off Albert Road, Levenshulme).

7.30, £5/4, All Ages welcome. Email Ant

Landlord stands for BNP in target Manchester seat

The website Hope Not Hate/ Stop the BNP has run a story about Derek Adams:

A MANCHESTER pub landlord is to stand for the British National Party in a key area of the inner city.

Derrick Adams, who runs the Ace of Diamonds pub in Miles Platting will contest the Gorton South seat left vacant after the death of Lib/Dem Councillor and former Lord Mayor, James Ashley.

Read More

Gorton South Elections

There will be an election in Gorton South (which covers a large part, though not all, of Levenshulme) on Thursday 19th October.
Here is the list of candidates.

The Chase

Whilst searching Levenshulme on YouTube I came across this video by Levenshulme band the Chase.
I saw the Chase at (I think) the now closed Palace Nightclub in a "Battle of the Bands" competition.
I don't know if the band won their heat or even the competition but looks like they are still going strong...

Time Out Manchester

As a side note what do people think of the new Time Out Manchester? Apparently it will launch in full early next year.
Whilst it seems a shame that a London based organisation is launching a listings magazine for the city of Manchester there is a gap left by the Guardian Media Group's closure of CITY LIFE magazine in December last year.
I notice that, in prepraration for Time Out's Manchester launch, the Manchester Evening News has rebranded its Friday evening entertainment supplement as CITY LIFE.
But is this a real substitute for a proper listings magazine for a city like Manchester?

That Cafe mention in Time Out Manchester

Levenshulme's That Cafe gets a mention in the preview issue of Time Out Manchester.
In the Food and Drink section the magazine highlights "30 great Manchester restaurants".
Under the "City classics" heading the magazine writes:
That Café
1031 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, M19 2TB (432 4672/www.thatcafe.co.uk). Bus 192. Tue-Sat 6-10.30pm, Sun noon-2.30pm; £40.
The name undersells this south Manchester venture (this isn’t eggs, chips and beans territory), but who needs savvy branding when your food is as good as this? The menu changes weekly, and generally features assured dishes such as venison carpaccio and home-reared pork chops with crackling. Drawing inspirations and flavours from around the world, the cooking is generally superb.
You can read the full article online here.

Somerfield: Supermarket Swap Part Two

I heard rumours that the Somerfield supermarket on Stockport Road was due to close a few months ago.
It now seems that the store (which was previously a Kwik Save and was rebranded a few months ago) is to close this month.

Iceland: Supermarket Swap Part One

A few months ago Iceland, on Stockport Road, changed its name to Cool Trader.
Now I hear that the store is going to revert back to its previous name?
If you know any more I'd be interested to hear your comments...

This week's ALL FM Community Radio Show

OK. I missed this week's Community Show which went out today (Wednesday, October 4th,
11am-noon). However you can check the repeat Thursday, October 5th, 3-4pm.

* Poppy Maddocks from the Professional Apprenticeship Team
at Skills Solution.
&
* Phil Jones from Manchester Food & Drink Festival.

* plus your weekly events diary, announcements, jobs, training etc.

Don't foget you listen to ALL FM online if you are outside the area at http://www.allfm.org

Codys now A6 Coffee Bar

There has been a change of owners down at Codys Coffee bar (on Stockport Road, opposite the Antiques Village).
The coffee bar has changed its name to the A6 Coffee Bar. The menu seems to have changed, with food on offer including the likes of all day "gut busting" breakfast (with a veggie option available for £3.50 including tea or coffee).
What do people think of the change?

The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash Klondyke Club, 13th October

The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
+Randy Burk and Chirizo and The Frantic Driver
Friday 13th October @ The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme- £10 adv Doors 7.30pm
Mark Stuart formed the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash on a whim, by accident, by chance. He’d been in a punk rock band but that was done, over, finished, and it had nearly finished him. He had a dream one night, and out of the dream came a band name: the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash. The new name was a joke, sort of. And yet, soon enough, it wasn’t a joke anymore. Soon enough, it was a band, and soon enough, it was enough of a band that Johnny Cash himself gave them his personal seal of approval, and Johnny Cash’s own legitimate son helped produce their first album.

www.popartrecords.co.uk

BeatYourArtOut 25th October at the Pack Horse

Established in 2004, and born out of frustration and an enthusiasm for music, film, theatre and art, this night is designed with the idea of giving the opportunity to and combining diverse talent from musicians, artists, writers and film-makers to produce a eclectic musical and artistic experience for all involved….
Ordinarily held in the dingy downstairs darkness of a Manchester bar, featuring the best in unsigned bands, classical music, cake, dj-ing and a varied film program, this event sees the chance for Beatyourheartout to show a selection of new films and showcase local Manchester musicians, as part of the Levfest, Manchester.

Wednesday, 25th October 7.45-12pm The Packhorse, Levenshulme,
Beatyourheartout….designed once again for you to meet like minded folks, to bring music to your ears and laughter to your lips, with cake for good measure.

With music from:
Liz Green www.myspace.com/lizgreenmusic
A 21st Century Judy Garland meets the narrative genius of Nina Simone, with unique sounding voice and lyrics that draw you into Liz’s world.

Ste McCabe www.myspace.com/stemccabe
Sarcastic in-yer-face cynical, witty, punk pop from a gay scouser with a chip on his shoulder, and a drum machine by his side. Think Sid Vicious joins forces with Le Tigre and Sleater Kinney.

SoPhIeS pIgEoNs www.myspace.com/sophienelson
Armed with glockenspiel, melodeon, harmonium, violin, keyboard and vocals, SoPhIeS pIgEoNs take you on a delightful melodic journey, showing fleeting glimpses of Fiona Apple and Tori Amos, with a charm of their own. You’ll be flocking to see them.

With a selection of short films, music videos and animations from new, up-coming filmmakers, established film makers and Beatyourheartout veterans.

LEVFEST www.levenshulmefestival.co.uk
For ten days a year in October multi-cultural Levenshulme comes alive with music, singing, dancing, food, arts, sport, comedy and much, much more during the annual Levenshulme Festival.
This is the 7th Levenshulme Village Community Festival and it goes from strength to strength. It is now firmly established as one of the biggest community events in Europe.

We hope to see you there.

The 3.3D Holographic Zero Point Energy Disclosure Project

@ The Klondyke Club in Levenshulme, Manchester on Oct 14th is being headlined by one of the fathers of psychedelic and prog rock music, Kevin Ayers. Kevin was the founder of The Soft Machine, one ofBritains first underground psyche/prog rock groups and the band whichgave rise to the whole Canterbury scene of bands such as Gong,Caravan, National Health and countless others. The original SoftMachine is often associated with Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd as theyfrequently played together in the heyday of London's psychedelic era.Hendrix was a fan too as he chose the Softs to accompany the Hendrix experience on their first US tour. As a solo artist Kevin has worked with Briano Eno, Mike Oldfield, Steve Hillage, Lol Coxhill and John
Cale.

He is supported by some local acts who happen to be two of the bestmodern day psychedelic-influenced bands: Say Jansfield and samandtheplants. Say Jansfield hail from Nelson and their leader, Jay Stansfield, was in John Peel and Manchester underground faves EleMenT (later tRANSELEMENt) who played on the Peel show a number of times and have fans worldwide. samandtheplants are a highly eclectic Rochdale-based band signed to Twisted Nerve records who recently
opened for the Incredible String Band at the Moseley folk festival.

The name of the event is an attempt to raise public awareness of the holographic universe theory, the upcoming (2011/2012) dimensional shift and the suppresion/lack of development funding for free, clean (so called 'zero point') energy devices- the availability of which would help fight poverty, pollution and the energy crisis.
See http://cheniere.org for more info on the latter.

Tickets are £12.50 and are available from http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ or 0870 444 5556

Help Yourself Manchester

Help Yourself Manchester put on regular gigs in Manchester including the Klondyke Club here in Levenshulme, which is becoming an increasingly popular venue for bands for local and international.
We'll be posting details of all gigs happening in Levenshulme on the blog and on the calendar as we get them.
If you are putting an event on in Levenshulme drop us a line.
In the meantime here is a video of Washington DC based band The Evens (fronted by legendary punk singer Ian Mackaye) playing a gig at the Klondyke...
Unfortunately I missed it! :(

Levenshulme Festival

Be sure to check out the Levenshulme Festival website. The festival is a celebration of Levenshulme's amenities, cultures and organisations featuring Music, Sport, Art, Literature, Competitions and other Events.
It runs from Friday 20th October to Wednesday 1st November 2006.

Welcome

Welcome to Levenshulme Life, a blog about life in Levenshulme!
Levenshulme is in south Manchester, England.