WHP will celebrate two decades of club culture with a new film, podcast series and anniversary season at Depot Mayfield...
The Warehouse Project has revealed its plans to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year, alongside the launch of its 2026 season at Depot Mayfield.
Since launching at Boddingtons Brewery in 2006, WHP has become one of the UK’s most influential clubbing institutions, helping shape Manchester’s nightlife culture through a rotating series of warehouse spaces, late-night events and heavyweight line-ups.
Over the past two decades, the project has moved from Strangeways Brewery to Store Street to Victoria Warehouse and finally, in 2019, to Depot Mayfield, hosting artists including Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Disclosure, Fred Again.., DJ Paulette, Overmono and The Blessed Madonna.
To mark the anniversary, WHP has announced a programme of projects looking back at the last 20 years, including a new short film, outdoor photography exhibition, podcast series and a print magazine documenting the people and spaces that have defined the project since 2006.
The six-minute film, Twenty Years In Manchester, has been directed by filmmaker Leigh Powis and was filmed across three nights in Manchester, as well as using archival footage alongside new material shot on Kodak Ektachrome film.
You can watch the trailer for the film on the official WHP Instagram page below:
The film will launch online on 29 May, with Apple Music subscribers getting access 48 hours earlier through WHP’s ongoing partnership with the streaming platform.
WHP founders Sam Kandel and Richard McGinnis said: “Reaching 20 years is a huge moment for us. 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 line-ups in the pipeline for this 20th season, and both feel so proud to still be here in Manchester being able to do this.”
Alongside the film, an outdoor exhibition will launch at The Avenue in Spinningfields this summer, while a new WHP podcast series will explore stories from across the project’s history.
A new print magazine will also launch during the WHP26 season, focusing on the artists, communities and venues connected to the project over the past two decades.
The Warehouse Project’s partnership with Apple Music will continue into 2026 too, with new exclusive DJ mixes in Spatial Audio and live audio streams through Apple Music Club. The platform will also host an archive collection featuring previously unreleased WHP mixes from across its history.
The WHP26 season begins on Friday 18 September, with shows already announced from Kiki, Hannah Laing, Overmono, Duke Dumont and Interplanetary Criminal (already sold out), with further line-ups still to be revealed in the coming weeks.
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