The Warehouse Project Outlines 20-Year Anniversary Celebrations With Film, Art, Music & More: ‘So Proud’

Manchester clubbing institution The Warehouse Project will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a flurry of special projects and performances, along with a 2026 season starting in September.

As part of the commemoration, The Warehouse Project will release a documentary, Twenty Years In Manchester, filmed by Leigh Powis. The six-minute doc weaves archival footage and new material filmed on some of the world’s last remaining rolls of Kodak Ektachrome film and explores UK dance music via interviews with a cast of locals. The doc will get a wide release this Thursday (May 29), with Apple Music subscribers able to access the film 48 hours before then.

Additionally, starting in July The Warehouse Project will host an outdoor art exhibition on Manchester’s famed boulevard The Avenue, Spinningfields. The exhibition will come alongside a podcast about the history of the club and a print magazine that will also unpack its history and influence in the context of the historically rich Manchester music scene. There will also be a compilation album reflecting two decades of the club to be released on its namesake WHP Records.

This all precedes The Warehouse Project’s 2026 season, which begins on Sept. 18 with a performance from Dutch phenom Ki/Ki and continues into the fall and winter with shows from Interplanetary Criminal, Hannah Laing, Solomun, Duke Dumont, Overmono and Tiësto’s first Manchester show in 13 years, all happening at Depot Mayfield. Additional performances will be announced in the coming months. Various sets from the season will be released exclusively on Apple Music, with selected sets to be streamed live for free via the newly launched Apple Music Club.

“Reaching 20 years is a huge moment for us,” WHP founders Sam Kandel and Richard McGinnis say in a joint statement. “The Warehouse Project has always been about progression and pushing the boundaries wherever possible. Since that first event when Public Enemy played the opening night at Boddingtons Brewery, we’ve always tried to keep things moving and respond as the music and culture around us has evolved. That feels like only yesterday! We have some truly incredible parties and lineups in the pipeline for this 20th season, and both feel so proud to still be here in Manchester being able to do this.”

Since 2006, The Warehouse Project has distinguished itself as one of the world’s leading clubs, earning acclaim for its stripped-down warehouse atmosphere, lineups that have included Aphex Twin, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Skrillex, Four Tet and Fred again.. and Andy C b2b Sub Focus, along with international editions in cities like Rotterdam, Antwerp, Melbourne, Sydney, Mumbai and Hyderabad.