Hulme’s ‘hidden oasis’ will be hosting a ‘three-part’ music festival all over the summer. Green Island will happen at Hulme Garden Centre, with support coming from the BBC Introducing strand, grassroots radio station Reform and Manchester brewery Seven Brothers.
With just 500 tickets available for each date, the events will happen on June 17, July 29 and September 9, with a host of local and international talent taking over the picturesque inner-city spot.
There will be three stages, street food operators, family activities during the day, DJ workshops and a wealth of music. Headlining the first event on June 17 with be BCUC, a seven-piece band from Soweto, along with ska band Galivantes, alt-rapper Charlie Boy Manson, Francs, The Goddess Collective, and singer-songwriter Caitlin LM.