The Warehouse Project shares plans for 20th birthday celebrations

The Warehouse Project has shared plans for its 20th birthday celebrations ahead of the WHP26 season. 

The Manchester event series, which began life at Boddington's Strangeways Brewery in 2006, has announced a new film, exhibition, podcast and a print magazine to mark its two decade milestone this summer.

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Ahead of the WHP26 season - which begins on Friday, September 18 - The Warehouse Project is releasing a new film, Twenty Years In Manchester, directed by Leigh Powis, which will offer a "striking visual retrospective" of its 20-year history.

Filmed across three nights with Manchester, the city, acting as the "central character" alongside a cast of "local dancers and clubbers", Twenty Years In Manchester will be available to watch exclusively for 48 hours via Apple Music from Tuesday, May 26, with general release planned for Thursday, May 28. 

WHP has also confirmed that it will continue its partnership with Apple Music with a series of exclusive spatial audio DJ mixes recorded during the forthcoming season expected to drop on the platform.

Apple Music Club is also set to host a series of audio streams, which will be free for users, live from The Depot Mayfield. You can listen to recordings from WHP24 and WHP25 here.

In July, WHP will launch an outdoor art exhibition in The Avenue, Spinningfields, with further projects planned including a dedicated WHP podcast series and a new WHP print magazine, which will spotlight the "people, artists, spaces and communities that have shaped The Warehouse Project since 2006."

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"Reaching 20 years is a huge moment for us," say founders Sam Kandel and Richard McGuiness. "The Warehouse Project has always been about progression and pushing the boundaries wherever possible."

"Since that first event when Public Enemy played the opening night at Boddingtons Brewery, we’ve always tried to keep things moving and respond as the music and culture around us has evolved," they continue.

"That feels like only yesterday! We have some truly incredible parties and line-ups in the pipeline for this 20th season, and both feel so proud to still be here in Manchester being able to do this".

For more information and tickets for WHP26, click here