The Warehouse Project

This is the best venue I've ever been to that's not an arena and it's in the city centre, close to transport links. Warehouse Project is massive. You don't fully appreeciate it until you visit it. There's a few stages, plenty of bars and plenty of toilets. Security is also strict but your luck may vary. I've seen sniffer dogs at entrance so do bear that in mind. I've had amazing times at WHP, definitely consider going at least once. Bring good vibes and leave your worries outside. Have fun.

The acts are good, the building is soooo cool, the security is pretty okay, the sound is kinda "meh" for the space though as the sound resonates hard and muddies the mix, and the strobe lights are actually ridiculously violent. The water facilities are quite poor, there are posters above every bar stating that tap water is available at the bar for free, but this is not true. The only place you can get tap water is to drink it out of the taps by the toilets, the same taps which are used by everyone to wash their hands after the toilets. Taps which don't stay on unless you're holding the button down while the water is flowing, so people will be smearing their unwashed hands all over the faucet to keep it running after they have just used a portaloo or urinal at a rave. This feels like an accident waiting to happen and a speedrunners method of contracting giardia 🤢. There are no dedicated drinking water points, as well as false advertising above the bars on where to get water. This feels like the bare minimum of what is technically legal, or you can personally pay £3.50 for a 440ml can of water at each bar 😒 cheapest alcoholic drink was £6.50 for a 440ml can of Madri. The toilets themselves are good, and the place is generally wheelchair accessible. There are little vending machines for vapes, portable chargers, those buccal nicotine pouches, and a merch table where you can buy ear plugs. There are bars in every room and also food trucks outside. In summary: visually amazing and physically accessible venue, right in the centre of Manchester, toilets are good, water facilities should be better, prices are a bit scammy, strobing is way over that top. For me it was just okay, personally I will not be rushing back but I do recommend it. ✅

I've never been to a music venue whats so big before obviously not including Arenas, i was amazed by it... so many places to get drinks from too so no ridiculous bar queues, right next to manchester piccadilly station too, so great transport links. Very strict drug policy too so its actually nice to go somewhere like this and it doesn't smell of drugs, means thats the toilet doors have gaps in them too which is ok but if you are toilet shy just be aware because it is quite a large gap! The sound is amazing, my ears weren't hurting at any point which i do love!