Community Manchester

02/10/2026

REMEMBA FELA 2026 latest news. We have now sold all our until early bird tickets on RA / Skiddle. We have just added on final release tickets on both sites costing £12.50 or pay £15 on the door.

This party celebrates the birthday of Fela, his music legacy and his message to unite Africa via Pan Africanism. So expect to hear whole night of African & African diaspora music all night long as well as the clsssic song of Fela Kuti with our special guest DJs the HANDSON FAMILY from London performing along host and ambassador of Afrobeat in Manchester, Irfan Rainy .

This one off annual party that has been running for a whopping 28 years and takes place in the iconic NIA Centre venue that the great artist Fela performed at during the 90s, when the venue was called the NIA ( pronounced Nee A ) Centre ( Swahili for ‘ Purpose ‘ ).

Spread the word to all over lovers of African music, vintage and contemporary, let’s keep this unique history and alive in our city.

30/09/2026

Community hosts its annual
Black History Month annual bday tribute
'Rememba Fela 2026 ' on Sat Oct 10th celebrating the legendary Nigerian artist Fela Kuti. The party takes place at the iconic Niamos venue in Manchester where Fela brought his band to perform in the 90s. For this years event we have two of London's best loved black music connoisseurs the HANDSON FAMILY alongside host DJ Irfan Rainy. This tribute party has been running annual for over 25 years and is a wholly unique recognition of Pan - Africanism and the joy it has brought worldwide. So expect plenty Fela classics plus African music new and vintage too.
Advance tickets are £10/ £11 on Skiddle & Resident Advisor or £15 on the door. Entry is from 9pm - 2am, last entry midnight. As Fela said " Everybody say yeah yeah "

29/09/2026

Community hosts its annual Black History Month annual bday tribute ‘ Rememba Fela 2026 ‘ on Sat Oct 10th celebrating the legendary Nigerian artist Fela Kuti. The party takes place at the iconic Niamos venue in Manchester where Fela brought his band to perform in the 90s. For this years event we have two of London’s best loved black music connoisseurs the HANDSON FAMILY alongside host DJ Irfan Rainy. This tribute party has been running annual for over 25 years and is a wholly unique recognition of Pan - Africanism and the joy it has brought worldwide. So expect plenty Fela classics plus African music new and vintage too.

Advance tickets are £10/ £11 on Skiddle & Resident Advisor or £15 on the door. Entry is from 9pm - 2am, last entry midnight. As Fela said “ Everybody say yeah yeah “ !

16/09/2026

It’s that time of the year again as Community hosts Irfan Rainy and his annual REMEMBA FELA party celebrating the music life of FELA KUTI and his his wholly unique AFROBEAT sound ( not to be confused with Burna Boy Afribeats ).

Irfan first started this annual tribute party in 1998, 28 years ago. He told us he has missed hosting a few of these annual events hosting his own bday party instead, but it’s an incredible legacy. The party became Felabration Mcr but the trademarking of it and massive cost made Irfan return to using his original Rememba Fela name.

For this year we have very special guests from London Cyndi Handson Ellesse spinning the tunes. They are much loved community organisers in Brixton and South London showcasing rootsy black music for the heads. We think this is their DJ set in Manchester but you will know them their participation annually at We Out Here Festival, comparing the main stage or deejaying at various stages.

As always we party to Fela’s classic songs as well as music from all parts of the African diaspora to support Pan Africanism.

Early bird tickets on Skiddle / RA are £10 or pay £13 / £15 on the door. Everybody say ‘ yeah yeah ‘.

17/08/2026

Daily festival - it’s that time of the year again and this Thursday evening as a gentle opening to this year’s proceedings I will be alongside the guys from LoveVinyl aka Zaf LoveVinyl Jake Holloway from 6pm - 11pm on the magic bus at the new Passenger sponsored area.

I myself will give you a mixture of Do One and COMMUNITY sets. That’s across the board from Dub to Afro to Jazz to Broken Beat etc etc and there’ll no silly dancing, clown behaviour or excessive touching of k***s that do F all to the overall sound. We are the old school DJs not the current clown school as DJ Bone from Detroit puts it - you can earn more money as a clown DJ posting on insta 15 times a day but you have to be able to look yourself in the mirror. Best wishes to the real heads attending this weekend. One ☝🏾 love.

08/08/2026

Final call for our Manchester Carnival 2026 Weekend party tonight from 9pm - 2am at NIA Centre with black dance music crew Irfan Rainy Wunder Kind Simmeon Naphtali !! £7 adv on Skiddle or £10 on the door !

We bring our bad ass Hi Fi sound system but with 4 18” sub bass speakers for a heavy ass Carnival vibe !! You will struggle to hear any sound system as sweet as this one tonight !! See you on the dancefloor !!

03/08/2026

The second on two parties this weekend Do One on Friday and then on Saturday on Manchester Carnival Weekend 2026 and we are hosting a joint party with to celebrate the occasion with DJs Irfan Rainy, Mighty Funkhauser, Wunder, L∞K and percussionist
Ðjè ẞýngï Xh’ūlu going on from 9pm - 2am. You can also catch Mighty Funk Hauser with his sound system in Alexandra Park for the Carnival and then at the party later. Tickets are on Skiddle at £7.50 advance ( link in bio ) or £10 on the door. Let’s make it a memorable weekend people. Spread the word.

03/08/2026

20/06/2026

Final reminder !! It’s a hot Sunday day in Manchester & Community returns TONIGHT from 11pm - 4am for 5 hours with the music maestro !!

We open up with mellow Hip Hop, Dub, Cosmic Jazz etc before the heavy House & Broken Beat takes over. Expect lots of edits and curveballs too !!

Adv tix on Skiddle £8 or pay £12 on the door.

19/06/2026

This Saturday night we return to SOUP in the basement from 11pm - 4am with DJ Irfan Rainy. Tickets £8 on Skiddle, £12 on the door.