A huge rave to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Manchester's legendary nightclub the Hacienda is being planned - in a basement car park at the site of where it all began. The party is being planned in the car park of the Hacienda apartments on Whitworth Street West, where the original club once stood.
Letters have been sent out to residents of the apartments to announce the plans, which will see organisers of the bash arrange for parking of their cars off site so the party can go ahead on Saturday May 21. It will mark 40 years to the day that the nightclub first opened its doors back in May 1982.
A party was last held in the exact same spot in 2012 to mark the 30th anniversary of the club, with the club's original co-owner Peter Hook joining a host of famous faces connected with the Hacienda from over the years. All proceeds from the event will be donated directly to charity, as at the event in 2012.
