Sankeys straps in for four-night Easter weekender

First up, Easter Thursday  sees the full force of Italian stallion Benny Benassi and friends. A producer who can turn his hand to near enough anything, Benny’s sets represent the best in hedonistic party music, effortlessly switching from in your face dubstep and electro to more seductive house grooves and vocal-led cuts. It’s this deft aplomb in switching the focus from the most fist pumping anthems to the more subtle tracks that makes Benny’s immediacy and appeal so enduring. He’ll be joined by a glorious cast of friends and associates who will ensure the Easter part kicks off in stunning style, including Felguk.

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Good Friday is then bolstered by the presence of UK Hip-hop legend Tim Westwood, playing a mammoth five hour set. Westwood remains an iconic presence in the British Urban scene, having been one of the pioneering pirate radio DJs of the early eighties and the first to bring hip-hop to Radio One a decade later, Westwood’s reputation is undeniably one of importance. His larger than life personality has seen him present the UK’s version of ‘Pimp My Ride’ and injected a personable swagger into the bombs he drops during every DJ set. And if that wasn’t enough, Ladies get in for free all night as well.

24 hours later and the focus is instead on a more underground sound, with Tribal Sessions ensuring Sankeys will be throbbing to the shuddering sound of the most primal house and techno. The talent list is monstrous as well; Brummie house legend Steve Lawler will be dovetailing with NY mainstay and Ancoats fave Francois K in his long awaited return to Sankeys, the pair squaring up for an awesome electronic face off of two masters of grooves. German firebrand Andrew Lodemann also stars alongside one of the club’s resident heroes of Sankeys’ underground aesthetic, Darius Syrossian.

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The final soiree of the four day tour de force sees much loved house showcase Federation back in the fold. Something of a bank holiday tradition, Federation’s inimitable brand of ‘tuff and chunky’ house music and electronic disco makes for one of the most glamorous and seductive soirées in the business, entrancing clubbers for the best part of a decade since starting in Leeds at their infamous residency at the dark arches under the railway station.

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