Manchester Soul Festival, the UK’s largest festival of the genre, raised more than £23,000 during it’s fifth event at The Printworks.
More than 30,000 people attended the soul, Northern and Motown festival over the Bank Holiday weekend to see live bands, solo-artists and DJs from across the UK.
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Speaking about the success of the event, Fred Booth, Centre Director of The Printworks, commented, “This year’s Manchester Soul Festival was a great success and saw more than £23,000 raised with Soul fans passing through Printworks to watch the lineup of the UK’s best soul bands, artists and DJs.
“With Northern Soul very much having its roots in the North West, we were delighted to once again play host to the annual celebration of everything Soul!
Manchester Soul Festival at The Printworks
“The festival was set up originally by renowned DJ and Manchester Soul legend, Frank Byrne, who created the festival in thanks to The Christie for taking care of him as he battled with oesophageal cancer.
“Having raised more than £100,000 over the last four years, we were absolutely delighted to raise an additional £23,000+ this year – and the donations are still rolling in!”
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Artists taking to the Frank Byrne stage in the Pump Yard included Stax of Soul, The Soul Temptations and Rumble Fat Band, while Printworks’ venues, including Walkabout, Waxy O’Connors, Yates’, NY By Night, Bierkeller and the world-famous Hard Rock Cafe hosted over 40 acts including Dave Starr and Fay L Jones.
Over the past five years, the total raised for The Christie by Manchester Soul Festival at The Printworks comes to more than £120,000.
