Want to host an event at Partisan? Complete our online booking form.

Partisan’s Club space is located inside the Islington Mill on James Street (M3 5HW). Our Community Space is located across the courtyard on the ground floor of New Islington Mill, which can also be accessed from the Regent Trading Estate off Oldfield Road (M5 4DE).

Check out the contact us page for transport and access news. 

If you’d like to come to an event and can’t afford it, email us at [email protected] and we’ll try to sort you a ticket!

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Lost Land International Film Festival

BOOK TICKETS HERE. Lost Land is an international film festival that showcase films about and by refugees. The benefits will go Help Refugees and Safe Passage. Lost Land International Short Film Festival is a free-to-enter film festival which was created to help raise funds for organisations that help refugees. It is our belief that no one should suffer…

Partisan Monthly Volunteer Workday

Led by the design working group, Partisan has monthly work days, where we get together to spruce the place up and work on any current projects, followed by a bit of social time. All are welcome to come down!

Plan C: Manchester needs an antifascist strategy

On the streets and in public office, the racist, misogynist and anti-socialist far right has been gathering strength across the world. In the UK we have seen large numbers of people drawn into their marches through our towns and cities. Racist and authoritarian ideas framed as concerns about freedom, women’s rights and freedom of speech…

Music Is Love

Music is Love: the culture and politics of community audiophile parties When David Mancuso reflected on his long running party The Loft, he said that "the core idea is social progress." The Loft was foundational to dance culture, and had an immense impact on people who would shape it from the seventies onwards. Its dancefloor…

Appropriate Behaviour: Film Screening

This is our first event so come along and get involved We’re opting for 'Appropriate Behaviour' (96% on rotten tomatoes) to kick start us off We’ll have a raffle, where you can win MIND-BLOWING prizes. And you can buy delicious snacks to stuff your faces with during the flick . £4 on the door –…

Fatty Acid

FATTY ACID is the brand new in-house LGBTQIA+ night at Partisan! For trans and queer folks, and their friends. Come down for a full night of big queer activities. Expect: - Make up station and dressing room - Speed friending - Queer Craft Club - Art! Performance! Drag! - DJs till late: pop / indie…

Free – £10

Partisan All Day Party! #5

The ultimate Saturday session is back! Serious partying does not require serious sleep deprivation. Immerse yourselves in the unique environment of a community party: no customers, no bosses, no profits - just all of us floating together in a dreamy sea of warm retro visuals, soaking up the sounds of incredible local DJs as we…

£5

VAM’s 1st Birthday – in aid of 42nd Street

BUY TICKETS HERE YOU ARE INVITED TO VAM'S 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY ------------------------------------------ Come party with us to celebrate VAM turning 1!! An event for all ages. We will be raising money for the charity 42nd Street - http://42ndstreet.org.uk/about-us/ 42nd Street is an innovative Greater Manchester young people’s mental health charity with 38 years’ experience of providing…

Tape Loop Orchestra Presents Interiors (Live)

Tape Loop Orchestra Tape Loop Orchestra is the solo project of Manchester-based artist Andrew Hargreaves, known also for his involvement (along with Craig Tattersall) in some of the finest and cherished ambient-pop records as The Boats. Steeped in a sense of nostalgia, the Lancashire romantic's work as TLO patiently explores the notions of existence and…

KINOFILM Animation Showcase

KINOFILM is a not-for-profit film festival, ran by a team of dedicated volunteers with the primary aim of bringing world cinema to the heart of the community. Our ethical stance is to promote social awareness and community improvement and regeneration in Manchester, and one way to do this, we believe, is through the arts. For…

By purchasing tickets to Partisan events you agree to our Ticketing Terms & Conditions.