Manchester District Music Archive is currently seeking information, photos and artefacts relating to queer clubs and bars in Greater Manchester from the 1940s to the present day.

We are planning a large-scale event in February 2010, hosted by writer Jon Savage, which will celebrate the history of queer music culture in Greater Manchester. This will be followed by an in-depth virtual exhibition on this website.

We need:

Photos
Footage
Flyers
Posters
Tickets
Programmes
Press articles
T-shirts
Fanzines
Membership cards
Essays
Oral histories

These items will be digitised and then returned.

We are also looking to interview any regular attendees of gay clubs and bars over the years (across the whole of Greater Manchester), or anyone who has been a member of a musical group, such as a choir or band that had an LGBT focus.

If you think you can help, please get in touch by emailing us at:

info@mdmarchive.co.uk