FOLLOWING THE MASSIVE SUCCESS OF SANCTUARY FOREVER, WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER 8,500 ATTENDEES AND GARNERED PRAISE IN THE GUARDIAN (READ THE ARTICLE HERE), THE CREATORS OF THIS UNFORGETTABLE EVENT ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE MANCHESTER FOREVER. TAKING PLACE ON BANK HOLIDAY, MAY 3, 2025, AT THE ICONIC BOWLERS EXHIBITION CENTRE, THIS 10-HOUR CELEBRATION PROMISES TO BE THE MOST AUTHENTIC RE-CREATION OF THE 90’S RAVE SCENE IN HISTORY.
AN EPIC RAVE REUNION ACROSS FOUR ARENAS SPANNING FOUR ELECTRIFYING ARENAS AND FEATURING A FULL-SCALE 90S FAIRGROUND EXPERIENCE, MANCHESTER FOREVER IS SET TO HOST OVER 60 LEGENDARY ARTISTS WHO SHAPED THE SOUND AND SPIRIT OF THE 90S RAVE ERA. HEADLINING THIS STELLAR LINEUP ARE ARTISTS SUCH AS FABIO & GROOVERIDER, PIONEERS OF JUNGLE AND CLASSIC DNB; FORCE & STYLES LIVE EXPERIENCE, LEGENDS IN HARDCORE; AND DANNY RAMPLING, A DEFINING FIGURE IN HOUSE MUSIC AND A KEY PLAYER IN THE ACID HOUSE MOVEMENT. OTHER ICONIC ACTS AND SOME VERY RARE BACK TO BACK SETS, INCLUDE HYPE, RATPACK, SLIPMATT, AND SCOTT BROWN, ALL OF WHOM WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING THE UNDERGROUND RAVE CULTURE THAT DEFINED THE 1990S.
EXPECT JAW-DROPPING LASER SHOWS, AUTHENTIC 90’S RAVE ATMOSPHERE, AND THE SOUND OF WHISTLES AND HORNS THAT WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT BACK TO THE RAVE’S HEYDAY.
IN THE 1990S, MANCHESTER’S BOWLERS EXHIBITION CENTRE WAS MORE THAN A VENUE—IT WAS THE BEATING HEART OF THE UK’S RAVE CULTURE. THIS EXPANSIVE 84,000-SQUARE-FOOT SPACE HOSTED LEGENDARY EVENTS LIKE HELTER SKELTER, LIFE, ASYLUM, AND FANTASIA, DRAWING THOUSANDS OF DANCE MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS TO ITS STORIED HALLS. KNOWN FOR ITS EUPHORIC ATMOSPHERE AND UNPARALLELED ENERGY, BOWLERS REMAINS SYNONYMOUS WITH RAVE CULTURE, AND MANCHESTER FOREVER WILL REIGNITE THIS LEGACY WITH A MODERN YET NOSTALGIC TWIST.
THE 1990S RAVE SCENE IN MANCHESTER WAS MORE THAN JUST A CULTURAL PHENOMENON—IT WAS A REVOLUTION. THE CITY BECAME A GLOBAL EPICENTER FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC, FUELED BY VENUES LIKE THE HAÇIENDA AND EVENTS THAT PUSHED THE BOUNDARIES OF SOUND AND COMMUNITY. GENRES LIKE ACID HOUSE, JUNGLE, AND HARDCORE FOUND THEIR ROOTS IN THIS VIBRANT CITY, UNITING THOUSANDS UNDER ONE ROOF WITH A SHARED LOVE FOR MUSIC AND FREEDOM. MANCHESTER FOREVER AIMS TO HONOR THIS LEGACY, OFFERING RAVERS OLD AND NEW A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE ENERGY AND UNITY THAT DEFINED AN ERA.
THIS ISN’T JUST AN EVENT; IT’S A MOVEMENT. BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM OF SANCTUARY FOREVER, WHERE RAVERS UNITED FOR A NIGHT OF SHARED MEMORIES AND UNPARALLELED MUSIC, MANCHESTER FOREVER AIMS TO GO EVEN FURTHER. WITH ATTENDEES RAVING ABOUT THE VIBRANT CROWD AND FLAWLESS ORGANIZATION OF THE PREVIOUS EVENT, THIS UPCOMING REUNION PROMISES TO DELIVER AN EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSCENDS MUSIC—IT’S A CELEBRATION OF A COMMUNITY, A CULTURE, AND A LIFESTYLE. RELIVE THE PULSATING RHYTHMS, THE HANDS-IN-THE-AIR MOMENTS, AND THE OVERWHELMING SENSE OF PEACE, LOVE, UNITY & RESPECT THAT DEFINED A GENERATION.
TICKETS FOR MANCHESTER FOREVER ARE EXPECTED TO SELL OUT QUICKLY. EARLY REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO SECURE YOUR SPOT AT THIS ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EVENT. JOIN US AS WE BRING THE 90S RAVE SCENE BACK TO LIFE—BECAUSE SOME MEMORIES DESERVE TO BE RE-LIVED.
