Come As You Are 2017 programme

Come As You Are 2017 is just a few weeks away – find out what’s on and when below:

Friday

Public Bar
5-8pm: James Holroyd
8pm to late: Mr Guy Williams.

The Den
6pm: Paris is Burning Screening. This Sundance prize-winning documentary is an intimate portrait of 1980s Harlem drag balls: a world of fierce competition, sustenance and survival.

Waterhouse Way
7pm: SHE Choir performance in Waterhouse Way from with renditions of Chaka Khan and more. SHE Choir is a network of free, non-auditioned choirs for anyone who identifies as female.

The Refuge Basement
10pm: Electric Chair Presents…Derrick Carter. Buy tickets here.
Kicking off the first of 3 basement soirees over the Come As You Are Weekender we are pleased to welcome a true legend and friend of the electric chair, Mr Derrick Carter. One of house music’s finest selectors and producers with support from one of Manchester’s finest and Refuge resident, Paulette.

Saturday

Waterhouse Way
12 noon to 2pm: Inkfolk
2-4pm: Dr Sid (Sidney Simon)
4-5.30pm: Don Letts (BBC Radio 6 Music)
5.30-7pm: Soul Jazz Soundsystem (Soul Jazz Records)
7-8pm: Danielle Moore (Crazy P)
8-10pm: Down To The Sea & Back with Balearic Mike & Kelvin Andrews

Pop-up food from Chaat Cart
Performance from House of Decay

Public Bar
10pm to 1am: Dicky Trisco

Basement
10pm to 4am: So Flute End of Summer Carnival Special. Buy tickets here.

Sunday

Homoelectric presents…Come As You Are Closing Day
For the final leg of the weekender Homoelectric presents alfresco-style dancing in Waterhouse Way to cocktails in The Public Bar before finishing things off with a move and a groove in The Refuge basement.

Waterhouse Way
12 noon to 2pm: Kath McDermott
2-3pm: Andrea Trout
3-4pm: Blasha & Allatt (Meat Free)
4-5pm: Will Tramp
5-6pm: Jamie Bulll
6-7pm: DJ Paulette
7-8pm: Dave Kendrick
8-9pm: Dicky Trisco
9-10pm: Krysko

Pop-up food from Chaat Cart
Performance from House of Decay

Public Bar
10pm to 1am: Joy Social

Refuge Basement – Closing Party
Free entry, no ticket required although a donation to MCR Pride on the door is suggested)
10pm to 12 midnight: Chris Massey Music (Sprechen/ Orchid-AM)
12 midnight to 2am: Hifi Sean (Defected Records)
2-4am: Luke Solomon (Classic Music Company)