The highlight being the Haçienda takeover, returning to Depot Mayfield on November 22 2025. Fans can expect a multi‑room experience curated under the Haçienda name, promising a rich blend of heritage and modern dance culture.

Although full details for the Haçienda evening are yet to be announced, this signature WHP event is widely anticipated to bring together house and rave royalty for what is set to be one of the biggest nights of the season.

Artists like Primal Scream, Groove Armada and David Morales are set to perform at the Mayfield Depot event, with Hacienda regulars Graeme Park and Greg Wilson also on the lineup. 

The full Warehouse Project season spans from early September through to November, showcasing an eclectic mix of electronic music. The season kicks off with Annie Mac – Before Midnight on September 6, a house and disco curative in the Concourse, Mayfield Depot’s second stage.

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Artists like DJ Heartstring, ANOTR, Fisher, Leftield, Sammy Virji, Dom Dolla, and Confidence Man will each headline their own nights, bringing together heavyweights of house, tech‑house, trance and drum & bass across Depot Mayfield’s multi‑room setup.

Manchester native Aitch makes a hometown headline appearance on October 29, and Barry Can’t Swim closes out the season on November 21, delivering live and DJ sets with a lineup of electronic royalty including Ross from Friends, Love, Prospa and more.

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Whether you’re after melodic house, trance, drum & bass or immersive techno, the 2025 WHP season proves once again why it remains at the heart of UK dance music culture.

Tickets for the Hacienda event on November 22 are available on Friday August 8 at 10AM, but fans who sign up for pre-sale will be able to purchase tickets on Thursday August 7 at 10AM. All pre-sale and ticket information is available on the Warehouse Project website.

Bez took to his Instagram to announce the release to fans, the post also supplied a snippet of the psychedelic video and track featuring the dancer and percussionist’s debut vocal performance.

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The new release is the first track in which includes a traditional vocal appearance from Bez and also features vocals from Firouzeh. Previously known for his maraca playing and famed interactive stage antics, it is exciting news for fans old and new to hear Bez take centre stage. The press release for the new track has provided the following description, “hypnotic homage to the glory days of acid house“.

The track seems to serve as a dedication to the Second Summer of Love, the cultural phenomenon which took the United Kingdom by storm within the late 1980s, most predominately the summer of 1988. The cultural wave saw the rise in popularity of acid house, electronic dance music and the rave scene, fuelled by certain drug influences such as MDMA, the psychedelic and hedonistic scene was particularly taken upon by the nation’s youth. With these factors mixed together, this new musical philosophy embodied itself within the ideologies of freedom, pleasure and indulgence.

It is this sense of freedom in which ‘Flying Bus’ sets out to embody and along with a nostalgic wish for the past, Bez, DJ Doorly and Firouzeh are determined to take the listener back to their youth, full of fun and parties. Bez’s vocal line tells the story of the iconic Glastonbury stage Flying Bus, which is said to be the most rambunctious and often the last to close with parties going on until the early morning and the inspiration behind the song’s title

The accompanying music video also keeps within these cultural themes, the video sees Bez play a colourful bus conductor with DJ Doorly as the magical Bus’s driver. Again, staying within the theme of the 1980’s cultural and music scene, a passenger seemingly dragged down by the burdens of corporate life is taken to the legendary nightclub and music venue, The Hacienda. The Hacienda became a vital part of the dance and rave scene within the 1980s, situated in Manchester, the club became an important role within the career of Happy Mondays and many other bands involved within the genre. The new release’s music video sees Bez and DJ Doorly work with fellow Manchester artists and animators, Friend Party Studios.

The description affixed to the new release’s promo and its music video gives the video’s storyboard and the emotions it aims to conveys: “An office worker’s day gets off to a bad start after being stung by a psychedelic bee, but things get even more trippy when the Flying Bus pulls up. Bus conductor Bez and bus driver Doorly take our hapless hero on an adventure like no other, as he discovers a world of trippy visuals and pure party excess, ending up on the dancefloor of the iconic Manchester club The Haçienda. There’s only one thing to do: free your mind and take a one-way ticket on the Flying Bus!”

The Bolton born cultural personality has provided the following statement concerning his recent collaboration, reinforcing the song’s musical and lyrical themes. “It was a brilliant work trip to Ibiza to collaborate with Doorly at his studio that created this tune, My Flying Bus stage at Glastonbury is really special to me and a great hangout for the hardcore party people. I’ve been missing it so much and this track conjures up that Flying Bus magic. The song is about that freedom you feel when you’re gathered with like-minded people. This is the first vocal track I’ve ever brought out and I’m nervous and excited at the same time. I hope people will get ‘on the bus’ and enjoy it, get lost in a moment in time, that’s the whole vibe!”

DJ Doorly has also spoken about the experience working with Bez and what fans can expect next from the duo. “Writing a track together with the legend Bez was a hell of a lot of fun, not sure if you’ve met him but he’s a bit of a character, We really bonded over our shared love for the transatlantic Acid House movement from the late 80s/early 90s. Our aim was to bring a slice of that magic coming out of Chicago and Manchester around that time, with a celebration of Bez’s bonkers Flying Bus party at Glastonbury. It all came together and it’s a real pleasure to have Bez on my Reptile Dysfunction label, you can expect more from us both this year.”

As well as the promise for even more material, Bez and DJ Doorly have been confirmed to embark on a tour jammed full of dates this Summer. Fans can now also catch Bez on YouTube, since the lockdown this year the performer has started a new career path as a fitness advisor. His courses and workshops can be found as online fitness videos on the channel Spoke TV, entitled ‘Get Buzzin’ With Bez‘.

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The first eight copies were handed out for free to punters queing up outside the club, whilst the rest were sold when its readership reached 750. A book launch will held in Manchester on Saturday 2nd March featuring a question and answer session  with both of its editors, a performance from Classical Uproar and a DJ Set from Suddi Raval.  More information can be found here.

The zine had several fans who were key figures on the Manchester scene including New Order  guitarist Peter Hook, DJ Mike Pickering and Factory label boss Tony Wilson who described it as “the most important piece of journalism I’ve read in the last twenty years.”

During the time in which “Freaky Dancing” was produced the Hacienda was as infamous as it was famous. That particular twelve months saw some of the most glorious events in music and club culture happen but also some of the worst cases of drug abuse. This ultimately became its downfall, as the paranoia that many of its clientele faced as a result ended in things such as shootings. What made “Freaky Dancing” relevant was the fact that it chronicled this downfall as the editors saw it before their very eyes. The editors in question were Paul “Fish Kid” Gill and Ste Pickford who used to work on it during the week with input from Hacienda regulars before taking it to print.