One-off Salford festival to take gig goers into Orbit

We're all familiar with the city centre festival format - and the inevitable schedule clashes that format implies. You want to see this band but you also want to see that band - and they're playing at the same time at different venues, on opposite sides of the city.

Salford's multi-venue festival, Orbit, takes that issue out of the picture by leading gig-goers on a linear tour of some of the city's most significant buildings, each playing host to a different live act, one after the other, in a continual musical journey.

Created by Sounds from the Other City and the Volkov Commanders, Orbit is a one-off collaboration that aims to play with the traditional festival structure and create a unified, shared experience for  gig-goers -  or 'Orbit voyagers'. Instead of going off and doing your own thing as you would do at a normal festival, the event puts audiences into a collective orbit through space, time and Salford.

Orbit line-up

Featuring specially commissioned performances form PLANNINGTOROCK, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Yola Fatoush, Queer'd Science, N. Racker and GNOD, the day will also include unusual art installations and special surprises for Orbiters to take in along the way.

The route includes Islington Mill, St Phillips Church and the Old Pint Pot along Salford's Chapel Street, where each act will perform a specially commissioned set upon the audience's entry.

Tickets are now on sale through Skiddle, priced at £12.50. Get your below.

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