Red Bull is launching the first in a ‘global series’ of club events in Manchester - with plans to turn the Victoria Baths into an eight-room ‘rave complex’.
Afrodeutsche and A Guy Called Gerald will headline the party, set to take place on February 26 at the Grade II-listed Edwardian swimming pool and Turkish baths in Victoria Park.
Dubbed ‘Red Bull Unlocked’, it will also feature a host of other local artists, including Mr Scruff, DJ Paulette, Luke Unabomber, Annabel Fraser, Gina Breeze, Ruf Dug and Blasha & Allatt.
Additionally, local food and drink operators will also be brought in.
Among them will be Northern Quarter fave Dusk Til Pawn, El Capo, Escape to Freight Island, Junior Jackson’s, Twenty Twenty Two, and club venues XLR and Yes.
Tickets for the event - which runs from 6.30pm to 11.30pm - are available now from Skiddle, and cost just £15.
Since its restoration in 2007, the baths has been a venue for all kinds of events, from vintage furniture markets to the IndyManBeerCon beer festival.
But it was also famously the venue for a rave in 1988, put on by the promoters of the Hacienda, called Wet.
And it featured A Guy Called Gerald among those on the bill back then too.
The pool was full and filled with ravers and inflatables.
The event was even partially broadcast live on Granada, presented by the late Tony Wilson, who appeared in swimming trunks.
See A Guy Called Gerald performing Voodoo Ray at the event below (WARNING: Swearing and strong language):
