We Gather
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- Date
- 26 Jan 2023
- Tickets
- FREE pre booking required
14+, under 18s must be accompanied by an adult
Running time: 4 hours approx.
Accessibility features available for this event: BSL Interpreting Wheelchair Access
Celebrate an exciting new year for Greater Manchester in style at our first gathering of 2023.
We Gather is our very first Factory International social event of 2023. With the launch of our new brand, a new social event and 2023 being the opening of our new home, it feels like a good time to get together.
We Gather picks up the baton from our MIF Social, and we can't wait to gather friends and neighbours, old and new, to connect with one another and celebrate new beginnings with an evening of music, conversation, connection and fun. We’d love to see you there.
Where: Revolution Gallery, Science And Industry Museum, Manchester, Liverpool Rd, M3 4FP
When: Thursday 26 January 2023 at 6–10pm
What: Music, refreshments, conversation. We’ll also be hosting a limited number of First Breath guided tours on the night, where you’ll have the opportunity to visit Luke Jerram’s amazing light installation that celebrates new life across Greater Manchester.
With a few more surprises up our sleeves, we’re hoping it’s going to be a night to connect and enjoy seeing new and familiar faces.
Entry is completely free, you just need to register for a ticket. We’ll provide snacks, plus a drinks token on entry.
Good to know
Please note that we will be capturing photography on the night of the event. These images will be used to share news about our Creative Engagement programme and events across our social media channels, website and press activity.
If you do not wish to be photographed, please let a member of our team know on the night or in advance by emailing creativeengagement@factoryinternational.org.
If you would benefit from coming into the space a little early before it becomes busy, please book an Access – Early Entry ticket, and you will be welcome to arrive from 5.30pm.
This event will be BSL interpreted by Tony Redshaw.
Access information
The event takes place in the Revolution Gallery, Level 0, Science and Industry Museum, Liverpool Rd, Manchester M3 4FP.
The Science and Industry Museum is housed in former industrial buildings in Manchester city centre. The main entrance to the museum is on Liverpool Road, and has step-free access via automatic doors.
Once inside the museum, there is step-free access to all levels. We Gather takes place in the Revolution Gallery, which is on Level 0, just beyond the main reception desk. The flooring is a mix of smooth stone flags and wood. There will be a range of seating in the space.
The Science and Industry Museum has created a Visual Guide where you can see the entrance and reception areas, and the Revolution Gallery.
On the evening of We Gather, it may be crowded in the Revolution Gallery, and we will have music playing at certain times. There will be a chillout space at the far end of the room neat the doors to the Textile Gallery.
There will be a bar at the event, which will have a lowered accessible service point.
We Gather starts at 6pm and runs until 10pm. If you would benefit from coming into the space a little early before it becomes busy, please book an Access – Early Entry ticket, and you will be welcome to arrive from 5.30pm.
This event will be BSL interpreted by Tony Redshaw.
The nearest accessible toilets are located on the ground floor between the shop and the café.
There are more toilets on the lower ground floor, accessible by stairs near the main entrance. Go down the staircase between the shop and the café.
The nearest baby-changing room is also located on the ground floor between the shop and the café.
There is a Changing Places facility on Level 1, accessible by lift from the Revolution Gallery.
Travel information
There are three Blue Badge parking spaces at the front of the museum on Lower Byrom St, which operate on a first-come, first-served basis.
The nearest car parks with accessible spaces are NCP Great Northern Warehouse 1 & 2 on Watson St (M3 4EE for SatNav). There are 25 accessible spaces in Warehouse 1 and 15 in Warehouse 2, which operate on a first-come, first-served basis. These car parks are approximately 0.3 miles from the Science and Industry Museum.
Deansgate Castlefield Metrolink station (Zone 1) and Deansgate railway station are both approximately 0.3 miles from the Science and Industry Museum. All platforms at the Metrolink and railway stations have step-free access to the platforms.
There is lift access from the street to the stations (accessible at the end of Deansgate, on the corner with Whitworth St West).
There is no tactile paving at Deansgate railways station, and level access to the Manchester Platform is across the overbridge from the Metrolink station (this is to your right as you come out of the lift from the street).
Free bus services pass close to the museum, which can be reached on both Route 1 (closest stop: Opera House) and Route 2 (closest peak time stop: Opera House, closest off-peak stop: Deansgate, near the junction with Quay St). Buses on these free routes are wheelchair accessible. For full details of the free bus routes, please visit the TGFM website.