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Manchester’s nightlife scene has welcomed a new addition with the opening of Resident, a five-floor music and hospitality venue on Deansgate. The space officially opened on 12 November, with Belfast DJ, producer and Free The Night co-founder Holly Lester taking charge of its opening night.
Located in a historic building at 140 Deansgate, Resident merges a club, bar, pizza spot, and record store around Manchester’s underground music culture. The venue is launching in phased stages called ‘Volumes’, progressively rolling out new spaces, dining options, and music programming over its first year.
The venue’s opening programme centres on Electric Pizza Shop, a red-lit basement combining late-night pizza, cocktails, and electronic music. At night, the basement and ground floor become a club featuring acts chosen for musical identity over social media following. Headline acts are paired with Resident’s roster, including Urbi, Shimrise, Groove Division, Joe Roche, Bay, SUI 13, Rhod Parry, Jacinta, Jordan Villa, Pez, and Maclo, playing Chicago and deep house, garage, acid, and percussive Latin house.
Beyond clubbing, Resident will feature a record store managed by Niall Roche’s Do As You Please (DAYP) collective, stocking rare electronic vinyl from Europe, the US, and Japan, bringing a record shop back to Deansgate after nearly 30 years. It supports independent talent in music, food, and arts, with future Asian, Latin, and Mexican concepts planned.
