Twenty years of a club that’s gone most of the year
It comes alive only for autumn and winter, and each time in a new industrial space. The Manchester project marks its anniversary with a night in a former railway depot.
Depot Mayfield, Manchester
The Warehouse Project is celebrating twenty years — with a dedicated anniversary night on 27 November at Manchester’s Depot Mayfield. Four rooms and a lineup of house heroes from different generations.
The event was announced on the project’s official site.
The strangest thing about The Warehouse Project is the format itself: it isn’t a club with a permanent address but a seasonal series of parties that runs only in autumn and winter — and nearly every time moves into a new, vast industrial space.
Where and what’s happening
Depot Mayfield is a former railway depot beside Manchester Piccadilly station, restored while keeping its raw industrial look: brick, riveted steel columns and beams. It became the project’s permanent home in 2019.
All four rooms will be in play for the anniversary night. Among the names — Luciano, Enzo Siragusa, Mella Dee, Rossi. and dozens more; the night runs from seven in the evening until half past four in the morning.
“An unmissable show featuring some of our nearest and dearest house music heroes,” reads the event’s description.
This isn’t the season finale but one of two anniversary events within the 2026 programme, which runs all the way to New Year’s Eve.
For its twentieth anniversary the project has released a short documentary about its history and announced an exhibition and a printed edition — in other words, the celebration has been stretched across a whole season rather than reduced to a single party.
Why it’s a cult institution
The Warehouse Project was founded in 2006 by Sacha Lord and Sam Kandel. The very next year Mixmag named it Britain’s best club, and last year DJ Mag ranked the project fourth among the world’s clubs.
Over twenty years it has changed venues several times — from an old brewery to a space beneath a station — but each time it stayed the same: a vast, temporary and distinctly Mancunian phenomenon that people travel to from all over the country.
We wrote earlier about how London’s fabric moved into a working cathedral for four years — another story of club culture striking a deal with institutions.
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