# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Torbay Literary Festival: Mike Pickering – Manchester Must Dance 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Mike Pickering  Manchester Must Dance

Mike Pickering is one of the greatest musical pioneers to emerge from Manchester. A superstar DJ – he introduced House music into the legendary Hacienda nightclub, and while working for Factory records signed bands likes James and Happy Mondays and worked with Kasabian, and Calvin Harris while at Sony. He was also a founding member of the multi-million selling band M-People, winning a Mercury prize and transforming the music industries attitude to dance music. He played himself in the film 24 Hour Party People.

Mike’s memoir ‘Manchester Must Dance’, re-lives the decades of music he has lived through, from seeing the Beatles live, as a child, in 1963, to the collaborations with some of the most important, and notorious figures in music history. Anyone interested in the music, clothes, gigs, record labels and bands of the past fifty years will enjoy first hand hearing the first-hand encounters from the man who was there and survived relatively intact from the Manchester music scene.

Forewords by Martin Fry, Johnny Marr, Calvin Harris and Noel Gallagher.

You can e-mail Mike questions in advance to questions@torbayliteraryfestival.co.uk, and he will be signing books after his talk, before heading off to DJ at our ‘Last Word’ after-party at The Arena, Torquay.

‘Mike Pickering should be given a knighthood, for services to clubbing.’ Noel Gallagher
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/paignton/torbay-literary-festival-mike-pickering-manchester-must-dance/200029739806042
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, festivals, art, literary-art, parties, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Paignton
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Palace Theatre
- **lat**: 50.435190444341
- **long**: -3.570799864245
- **full address**: Palace Theatre, Centrepeace, 56 Palace Avenue, Paignton, TQ3 3HF, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Torbay Literary Festival: Mike Pickering - Manchester Must Dance  being held?
  - **A:** Torbay Literary Festival: Mike Pickering - Manchester Must Dance  takes place on Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Palace Theatre, Centrepeace, 56 Palace Avenue, Paignton, TQ3 3HF, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Torbay Literary Festival: Mike Pickering - Manchester Must Dance ?
  - **A:** Torbay Literary Festival: Mike Pickering - Manchester Must Dance  is organized by Palace Theatre.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Torbay Literary Festival: Mike Pickering - Manchester Must Dance  is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Paignton, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Torbay Literary Festival: Mike Pickering - Manchester Must Dance  sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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