ALL FM Forever Manchester Live Music Marathon
Forever Manchester has again teamed up with ALL FM to deliver a second 26.2hr event - the 26.2 Music Festival.
‘26.2 Fest‘ will feature a showcase of live performances and a variety of Greater Manchester artists throughout a 26.2hr broadcast across the weekend of 17th/18th October, the artists include; Josie Cerise Oliver, Ian F Ball , Len Pilkington , Charlie
Pink , Tony Shepherd, Frank, Saira Anwar, Andy Farhan, Kevin McGeary,Ben Chung,Nat Dempsey, Mark Jackson, Mark Quinn, Andy N, Amanda Nicholson, Steven Kelly, Phil Carter, Dr Ade Fabola, Toki, JJ Dean, Luke Panayiotou, Ian Fourcandles, Ben Williams, Alta Zuma, Thirteen Thirteen, Rose Greenwood, Isobel Annie, The Rosettes, Jonno, Anthony Jay, Nigel Jay, Luis Romeo.
ALL FM & Forever Manchester want to showcase musicians and artists from all over Greater Manchester. The marathon broadcast will also highlight the role and importance of community radio while raising funds to support ALL FM, alongside Forever Manchester’s valuable work in supporting grass roots groups across Greater Manchester’s local communities.
26.2 Festival supporters can show their support by way of a small donation here:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/26-2-fest
The ‘26.2 Fest’ will run from 7pm on Friday Oct 17th through to 9.12pm the following evening. (Saturday 18th Oct) and follows the success of a 26.2hr Marathon Broadcast Challenge in 2024 which raised £2000 for ALL FM and Forever Manchester.
Both studios at ALL FM will host artists from Greater Manchester and will include performances from artists from a diverse range of communities. “We have been looking at a wide range of genres, choirs, performance poets, singers, singer- songwriters, spoken word enthusiasts, comedians, including the weird and the wonderful” said Ed Connole from ALL FM.
Forever Manchester’s Terry Snowden said “we learned a lot from the 26.2hr Marathon Broadcast last year and had a lot of fun! It also provided a great platform for bringing a range of diverse communities together, and if all goes to plan this year, there’s no reason why 26.2 Fest can’t become an annual event”.
