Manchester City Centre BID and Manchester Accommodation BID are co-founding sponsors of Beyond the Music. The event will take over Manchester city centre from Wednesday 9th – Saturday 12th October 2024.
Beyond the Music is a change-making global music conference (hosted at AVIVA Studios), and music festival supporting next generation talent.
CityCo supports the ABID on Public Events and City Welcome streams of work. To support for the second year, we are delivering a series of promotional activities:
‘Dawn Chorus’: Hotel Lobby Gigs
In partnership with Royal Northern College of Music
8am-10am, Thursday 10th October
Visitors and tourists can enjoy free musical sets in hotel lobbies across the city centre.
Titled ‘Dawn Chorus’, a series of intimate classical performances will take place in the foyers of Manchester hotels.
Hotel visitors waking up at The Castlefield Hotel, Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel, Hilton Manchester Deansgate, The Lowry Hotel, Maldron Hotel Manchester City Centre, INNSiDE by Meliá Hotel, Roomzzz Manchester Aparthotel at Corn Exchange, and City Suites will be treated to a series of very special shows performed by students from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).
Acts performing, include: Rumava String Trio, Aster Duo, Cantelina, Duo Aerius, J2Duo, Jess Hughes and Quartet Tesni.
Beyond the Music City: DJ Trucks
Thursday 10th October
Visitors and tourists can stroll around the city to the beats of local DJs, positioned on four outdoor DJ trucks at Piccadilly, Market Street, St Ann’s Square and Exchange Square.
Exchange Square: Live Stage
Friday 11th and Saturday 12th October
12-8pm
Bringing Beyond The Music beyond its main hubs, visitors and tourists can enjoy live music in Exchange Square outside Selfridges. The line-up will celebrate Manchester’s musical diversity.
Manchester Music Trail
The ABID is also re-stocking the city’s Manchester Music Trail, commissioned in 2023 to celebrate the city’s iconic gig venues and musical heritage. The map takes in well-known stories, tales that people might be not-so-familiar with, and shines a light on current music scenes.
Visitors and tourists can pick up a copy of the map at the Tourist Information Centre and city hotels.
