‘It’s not right that somebody can move in next to a venue, make a complaint and it shuts’ – A blueprint for saving nightlife
From Parklife to The Warehouse Project, Sacha Lord has defined Manchester’s club scene
Think of Manchester in the mid 1990s, and it conjures up images of Oasis, Alex Ferguson’s all-conquering Red Devils, and the decadent throes of ‘Cool Britannia’. But for Sacha Lord, festival organiser and the city’s designated Night-Time Economy Adviser, Manchester has changed beyond all recognition in the years since he first cut his teeth as a club promoter in his early 20s.
“If I had said to my mum, ‘Look, I don’t want you to panic, but I was working last night and I was shot at’, there would have probably been a big conversation,” he says of one eventful evening. “So I thought it best not to let her know.”
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