Music and theatre events to raise funds for Haiti

Article published: Wednesday, January 27th 2010

This weekend two Manchester arts venues are holding special nights to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee HAITI Appeal.

Band on the Wall and The Contact Theatre are both holding events in aid of the millions of people living in the poorest country in the Western hemisphere whose lives have been devastated by last weeks 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Substantial humanitarian assistance will be required to ensure survivors get food, clean water, emergency shelter, medical care and other support.

On Friday night Band on The Wall hosts Dance for Haiti, where artists including Zero 7, The Unabombers and Bullion will be playing free of charge. The technical and production staff for each act have also offered their services without pay, as have the businesses involved in printing and distributing publicity for the event. Every penny raised will go to the DEC.

Contact is following similar suit and will also donate 100 per cent of the proceeds from their event to the appeal. Uprising, a night of theatre, music and spoken word, takes place on Saturday evening. Artistic Director Baba Israel has lined up performers from across the range of Contact’s regular nights and broad network and will co-host the evening with hip-hop starts Ty and Benji Reid.

Friday 29th Jan, 10pm-3am: Dance for Haiti at Band on the Wall. Minimum donation £4 advance; £5 on the door.

Saturday 30th Jan, 8pm: Uprising at Contact Theatre. £5.

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