“After Dark: A History of Britain’s Music Venues” with Dave Haslam

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As part of York Festival Of Ideas, writer and DJ DAVE HASLAM explores cities after dark in a talk based on his recently published book ‘Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues’, described by The Observer as, ‘A rousing tribute to Britain’s club culture and its place within the nation’s psyche’.

Dave has DJ’d over 450 times at the legendary Hacienda in Manchester during the late 1980s and has since appeared worldwide. Ian Brown, Tim Burgess and the Chemical Brothers have all credited his eclectic Thursday night sets at the Hacienda as an inspiration and he has played afterparties for New Order, Gorillaz, and Depeche Mode.

He is also the author of ‘Manchester, England: The Story of the Pop Cult City’, a groundbreaking study of Manchester’s radical and musical history. On World Book Day in 2003 Manchester, England was declared one of the 10 books that best represent England (alongside books by Jeremy Paxman, Zadie Smith, and George Monbiot).

He has also written an alternative history of the 1970s, Not Abba and Adventures on the Wheels of Steel, a book about superstar DJs.

Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues was published in 2015 to critical acclaim.