NOW THEN | ISSUE 11 | A MAGAZINE FOR MANCHESTER

We have all sorts of news to share along with this issue, our 11th. The final few drops of our ale collaboration with Marble Brewery are out and about (try the Marble Arch) after an incredibly successful run. Here's the photo blog of our brewing day again.

We have also launched our shiny new website, which will host each magazine's writing online. This time it features the Tycho interview, Mr Hass's art work, news, reviews and opinion, including features on Central Library, Urban Psychosis and nutritional reports - all the same as the printed magazine but with extra videos and links.

On Saturday 26 July we'll be in Moston for a free event, which is the area on the other side of Simon Bray's lens in our issue 11 photo feature. Running 2pm-7pm, the event includes a free DJing workshop run by Mind On Fire and Taste The Difference, followed by a special live soundtrack performance by beatboxer and vocal sculptor Jason Singh. If you don't know what a vocal sculptor is or does, then make you come armed with questions to ask him after his short talk about his craft. Sign up to the workshop by emailing ian at nowthenmagazine dot com with your name and 'MIND ON FIRE WORKSHOP' in the subject line. Did I mentioned it's free all day? See you there.

Here are our supporters for this issue (in page order). Be independent, buy independent.

MANCHESTER ACADEMY VENUES.
Manchester Academy.

MARBLE & NOW THEN ALE.
Marble Beers.

CHORLTON DRINKING.
Electrik / Volta.
MONO Chorlton.
Strange Brew.

FOOD AND DRINK.
Proof Chorlton.
Morley Cheek's.
International Anthony Burgess Foundation.

HEALTHY LIVING.
The Eighth Day Shop & Cafe.
Lotus Vegetarian Kitchen.Manchester Acupuncture Clinic.
Chin & Tonic.

ARTS & DESIGN.
East Street Arts.
Opus Distro.
Hazel Bee.
Chorlton Art Market.

GOING OUT IN MCR.
Museum of Science and Industry.
Hot Damn @ Liars Club.

SUMMER FESTIVALS.
Cloudspotting Festival 2014.
Ramsbottom Festival (sponsored by Outstanding Beers.).

MUSIC AND THEATRE PERFORMANCE.
Brighter Sound.
Band On The Wall.Into The Road @ 3MT.

TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
Brand new ping pong room now open.

Competition: 0161 Festival @ Moston Miners Centre

0161 Festival makes its debut at the Miners Community Arts and Music Centre in Moston on the next bank holiday weekend, running from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th May.

The festival aims to raise money for antifascism and antiracism groups through staging an array of live music, DJs and film across the three days. Genres covered range from high tempo pulse-racers such as punk, hardcore, jungle and drum and bass, to the more laid back musical leanings, such as reggae and acoustic.

Headlining the mostly punk-fuelled main stage are Stage Bottles (Friday), The Oppressed (Saturday) and What We Feel (Sunday). Currently touring Canada, the Frankfurt band Stage Bottles have been stirring up a frenzy on the road with their saxophone-led riffs. The Oppressed have been splitting and reforming since they first formed in the early 1980s in Cardiff as outspokenly antifascist punks, but vocalist Roddy Moreno remains ever-present as the driving force behind the band. Finally, the Muscovite hardcore punks What We Feel add their own politically motivated music to round off the weekend.

Beyond the main stage, there are two further venue rooms each day. One features acoustic acts, including local artists such as Bo Weavil and Crywank, while the other features artists tuned into rap and drum and bass, bringing MCs and DJs together. Hackney rapper Klashnekoff takes centre stage on the Saturday with Manchester-based Danny Diatribe further down the bill, plus many more across the full weekend.

We’ve teamed up with the festival organisers, the antifascist label Infiltrate The System Records, to offer a lucky winner a pair of tickets to the whole event. All you have to do to enter the competition is like and share the image via this link (making sure it’s set to ‘public’ so we can see that you’ve entered).

We’ll notify the winner on Wednesday 30 April. Good luck!

Weekend tickets cost £31.50 and money goes to supporting the bands that are spreading the antifascist message. For more information follow this link.