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To celebrate ten years of trading, we threw a party at Manchester's Soup Kitchen on Saturday 2 June 2012. Seeing as Charlie Chalk’s Fun Factory was fully booked and we couldn’t get hold of a magician in time, everyone had to settle for the hallowed halls of the Soup Kitchen basement. Entertainment-wise, there was a psychedelic smorgasbord of funk/rock/disco/balearic/house and avant-garde oddities supplied by the following disc-jockeys, charity shop lurkers and eBay magpies — Andy Votel (Finders Keepers), Bad Passion, Cherrystones, Moonboots (Aficionado), Ruf Dug (Wet Play) and Non-collective.
Although we couldn’t promise there'd be slices of caterpillar cake left over for everyone's party bag, thanks to the good fellows at Lee, Superga and Fjällräven, there was also a raffle on the night with the chance to win some rather fine gear, potentially including a pair of deadstock Fjällräven G1000 jeans.
Original Party Details — 2 June 2012
Soup Kitchen basement
31–33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF
Saturday 2 June 2012, 23:00–03:30
Original admission: £5 on the door, with advance tickets available from Oi Polloi and Piccadilly Records.
Wondering how the celebrations went? Have a look at our Oi Polloi 10th birthday party photographs for birthday cake, DJs, drinks and a few familiar faces from 2012.