The Blue Nile < Programme

One of the jewels of British music, The Blue Nile have infrequently yet consistently created music of rare truth and beauty. For their first appearance in more than seven years they perform their only UK show at Manchester International Festival. The perfect Saturday Night.

Programme 2009 Programme 2007

Hakawati: A storytelling event
Alia Al Zougbi, Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation
De La Soul
The Durutti Column
A Paean to Wilson
Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed
The Yellow Pony and Other Songs and Stories
Young@Heart
in End of the Road
by No Theater
Rufus Wainwright – Solo Gig
Festival Feast
Everybody Loves a Winner
Neil Bartlett, Simon Deacon & Struan Leslie
The Great Indoors
Amadou & Mariam and
The Beating Wing Orchestra
Prima Donna
Rufus Wainwright
It Felt Like a Kiss
Punchdrunk, Adam Curtis, Damon Albarn
Same Teens
Antony and the Johnsons
Manchester Camerata, Paul Normandale
Trainee Producers
Procession
Jeremy Deller
True Faith
A Celebration of Manchester-Made Talent
Elbow & The Hallé
Big Screen Relay
Carlos Acosta
Procession: An Exhibition
Elbow and The Hallé
Orchestrated and conducted by Joe Duddell
Marina Abramović Presents…
Festival Pavilion
Flailing Trees
Gustav Metzger
Kraftwerk
Special guest Steve Reich
The Difference Engine…a steampunk adventure
JS Bach / Zaha Hadid Architects
The Manchester Report
Something in the Air
International Talent Campus