Manchester Punk Festival (MPF), a celebration of independent music and DIY ethos, has been named the Best Small Festival of the year at the UK Festival Awards 2024. As it celebrates its tenth anniversary, MPF will feature over 140 acts across nine independent venues in Manchester, solidifying its reputation as a vital event for punk and alternative music fans.
It started with an Alan Partridge-themed raffle held in the basement of a Manchester club some 20 years ago.
Founded by a collective, including musicians and promoters like Anarchastic Undertones and Moving North, the festival has kept hold of its independent roots since it began. Co-founder Andy Davies, who also runs DIY Punk music label TNSRecords, says MPF is more about the spirit it brings to giggoers than the type of music it showcases.
For Andy, who moved to Manchester in 2001, he started his TNS empire as a fanzine in 2003. Those Alan Partridge-themed raffles and parties soon followed, then other club nights, before the punk record label was launched. It has now released more than 120 different titles since. The idea of winning a prestigious award at the same ceremony that also championed the likes of Boomtown and the Isle of Wight Festival was never ever initially on the cards.
MUSIC FESTIVAL PUNK ROCK INDEPENDENT MUSIC MANCHESTER UK FESTIVAL AWARDS
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