The Night and Day Café, Music venue and bar in Northern Quarter, Manchester, England
Night and Day Café is a music and performance venue in Manchester's Northern Quarter with multiple floors. The space includes a main stage, professional sound equipment, and a bar that runs throughout the building.
It started in 1991 inside a former chip shop and grew from a simple café into a key hub of Manchester's independent music scene. This transformation made it central to the city's musical development over the following decades.
The place holds deep roots in the local music community, giving performers at all levels a stage to be heard. You can feel how much the space means to people who care about independent music.
The location sits on Oldham Street right in the heart of the Northern Quarter cultural area, making it easy to find. It makes sense to arrive in the daytime to explore the neighbourhood since the surrounding streets are packed with other bars and independent shops.
A petition signed by more than 94,000 people saved the place when noise complaints put its future at risk. This groundswell of community backing reveals just how much it matters to Manchester's music world.
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