Tranuary

01/05/2024

Hi everyone. I wanna start off with a real deep gratitude for all the support and love TRANUARY has received over the last two years.

This message is to let you all know that we will not be returning in 2025.

Tranuary is a real labour of love for all who work to make it happen. For me personally it takes up half my year with funding applications and then the production work as well as scouting artists etc.

I've been operating at a loss the past two years and willingly, because creating the space is more important to me than making profit off the event. That was never the goal.

However I've just taken on a pretty loaded full time producer job 9-5 5/7 so I don't have capacity to invest my time or resources into running a Tranuary in 2025 or be at risk of serious debt and serious burn out.

This isn't necessarily the end of the festival, I'm hoping to be able to bring it back in the future but it can't feasibly happen in 2025.

Thanks to all the creative community board members who have supported the event and to all the artists staff and audience members.

26/01/2024

TRANUARY AFTERPARTY DJ SPOTLIGHT



A true musical connosieux with an expansive a F musical palette, our TRANUARY 2024 headliner will be serving you a heady and heavy mix of genres and BPMs as our after party headliner.

As well as being a stellar DJ, they’re a writer, activist, founder of@interventioncru / ipaadi records and you can read their words in .

We’re so gassed to welcome this tour de force to the tranuary stage!

Entry to the afterparty are included in the evening ticket.
From midnight we will be releasing tickets on the door to the afterparty on a one-in-one-out basis for £5 each

25/01/2024

TRANUARY 2024 DJ SPOTLIGHT
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We been fans of this one for a long while, and are  absolutely GAGGING to get on the dancefloor to their genre-fluid q***r rave energy 

They'll be serving fast n fun blends across the bass n techno spectrums and you can expect bouncy beats cunty edits.

You might have caught them DJing riposte, pxssy palace, london trans pride, inferno, daytimers, q***r house parynas well as maybe read their articles and seen their panels and features advocating for all kinds of important s**t in the music industry and beyond

We are blessed to welcome THEMPRESS!

Entry to the afterparty are included in the evening ticket

From midnight we will be releasing tickets on the door to the afterparty on a one-in-one-out basis for £5 each

24/01/2024

TRANUARY 2024 DJ SPOTLIGHT

KIM LANA

We can't wait to welcome the high queen of house to the tranuary stage this year.

A career spanning multiple dancefloors and with a deep history of community building, Kim is a pioneering trans woman DJ who's put in the WORK to make dancefloors inclusive for all. You may have heard her spin at deep gay, nan Moore's, homobloc, Adonis, iconoclast and more.

She'll be showing her trademark heady housey breaksy bits to open the after-party from 11:30pm.

Entry to the afterparty are included in the evening ticket.

From midnight we will be releasing tickets on the door to the afterparty on a one-in-one-out basis for £5 each

23/01/2024

TRANUARY AFTERPARTY DJ SPOTLIGHT



FOR FUN LUVVRS ONLY

Spinning us into the early hours of sunday morning, we’ve got one of the MOST FUN selectors we’ve ever danced to.

Promising campy jungle, bassy edits, and bouncy baddens until closing, we cant wait to welcome DOBBS to the tranuary stage.

Entry to the afterparty are included in the evening ticket.
From midnight we will be releasing tickets on the door to the afterparty on a one-in-one-out basis for £5 each

19/01/2024

Everyone remembers where they were when Shanika Middle-Name Sunrise dropped her triple platinum single "Directions" last summer. This Tranuary, Miss Sunrise is BACK to teach you all how to follow her Directions with a fun waacking workshop next Saturday at between 2pm-3:30pm.

Whilst the workshop will be taught as a group piece and there will be no pressure to perform individually, there will also be an opportunity for you to showcase your flair and personality as part of the Evening Extravaganza show later on where Shanika will also be performing her hits for us to kick-start the party! See you there...

16/01/2024

TRANUARY 2024 HOST ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to circumstances, lill isnt hosting Tranuary this year, and so has opened the door for a wonderful HILLARIOUS first time tranuary hostess to join hosting our Bread and Poses Cabaret

Returning for her first gig in Manchester in over a year, and in anticipation of her first one woman work-in-progress show at Feel Good Club on April 20th, our new host looks forward to preaching about how G-A-Y used to be Spirit, Napoleons used to be for the transsexuals, and men used to be men after she’s had a drink.

Entry to the TRANUARY Bread and Poses Cabaret is included in your evening entry ticket available on RA link in bio

Under 1/4 tickets left for the evening show!

10/01/2024

TRANUARY 2024 CABARET PERFORMER ANNOUNCEMENT

Weve added a new performer to the line up cos they're just so damn GOOD

is a gnarly punk creature, with a messy dress sense and messier performances. With a penchant for blasphemy, they are best known for Propping Up the Bar and Flipping the Bird.

And they'll be disgracing the stage at Tranuary on the 27th Jan for our Bread and Poses CABARET!

Tickets are flying so nab yours quick - we sold out early last time!

Link in bio

20/12/2023

TRANUARY 2024 CABARET PERFORMER ANNOUNCEMENT

You may have seen this professional chaos causer making a scene on Netflix's S*x Education

Now you can catch him live and in the flesh cos he's coming to Tranuary on Jan 27 with BRAND NEW SETS for us to feast our eyes on!

It's the one and only ultimate trans ICON

Tickets for Tranuary are available on Resident Advisor via link in bio

11/12/2023

TRANUARY 2024 CABARET PERFORMER ANNOUNCEMENT

WE are GAGGED to announce your favourite rapper, your favourite RnB singer, your friendly neighbourhood fxckboi is gracing the tranuary stage on the 27th Jan.

We've had our eyes and ears on him for literal years and cannot wait to welcome him to Manchester.

He's everything you want without any of the consequence.

It's the incomparable

Grab your tickets to TRANUARY 2024 via the linkinbio

17/11/2023

Thanks RA!

The trans+ community event will take place at SOUP on January 27th.

16/11/2023

TRANUARY 2024 CABARET DROP

The centrepiece of our evening extravaganza - the Bread And Poses All Trans Cabaret R***e!

This year we're joined once again by our gorgeous hostesses, and ,

And then, bringing you some our all time favourite trans+/NB artists from across the UK, ranging from local legends to nationwide stars:

This year feast your peepers on cabaret delights from live vocals, dance, spoken work, and more from:







COME CELEBRATE TRANS+ EXCELLENCE WITH US!

Tickets to the cabaret come as part of the evening show general admission ticket, this ticket grants entrance to the whole evening show: cabaret, dance troupe, and 4h of DJs for the afterparty and costs £13 plus RA booking fee on Resident Advisor, Link in Bio

Tranuary 2024 is supported by
University of Liverpool Dept. Clin. Psy.
arts fund
and Greater Manchester LGBT Community Fund
and the Beaumont Society

13/11/2023

TRANUARY 2024 EVENING EXTRAVAGANZA DROP

09/11/2023

TRANUARY2024 FINAL WORKSHOP DROP

BEATSCAPING with
Aka

Have you ever wanted to learn Producing? Got an idea for a track but don't know how to make it happen?

Or maybe found sound, dream world's and spoken word snippets are more your thing and you wanna make a soundscape?

For TRANUARY 2024 we're hosting a BEATSCAPING workshop where you can make your ideas come to life!

Artist DJ and Producer, AKA DJ , will host this class on how to harness electronic beat production, found sound recordings and sound scaping at SOUP on 27 Jan 11am-1:20pm.

Participants will weave experimental, found/field gathered or dance floor orientated sounds to create their own sonic masterpieces, with no experience required to sign up - just bring a laptop, headphones and a love for music.

This is a trans+ / NB exclusive space.

Tickets are £8 + RA booking fee via link in bio

ONLY 10 SPOTS AVAILABLE

08/11/2023

TRANUARY2024 WORKSHOP DROP #2

Waack 4 Me - Waacking With

Come learn BRAND NEW waacking choreo from Pro dancer, drag artist and producer Shanika Sunrise!

This 1.5 hour dance workshop for TRANUARY 2024 is on 27th Jan at SOUP between 2-3:30pm and is a trans+/NB exclusive space.

You then get to twirl as a group at the evening show after the cabaret so you get to GAG the Tranuary audience!

What is Waacking?
Waacking is THE physical manifestation of disco music! An element from street dance created in the gay clubs of Los Angeles during the 1970s disco era .

COME LEARN THIS ICONIQ STAPLE of q***r dance scenes world-wide.

Tickets are £8 plus RA booking fee

ONLY 10 SPOTS

Available via link in bio!

07/11/2023

WORKSHOP DROP

BODYLINES LINOPRINT WITH

Celebrate and explore images of the body - your own or others' - through Linoprinting.

Cleo will be facilitating this Linoprint workshop on 27 Jan at .

Lino-printing workshop for people of any-skill level (beginners welcome).

The main focus will be on tracing photos of bodies from our phones, then transferring them to Lino, cutting and printing them. We encourage you to use photos of your own body, be that a fragment of a photo of your fingers, a picture of your armpit or your entire silhouette - making art of our bodies as trans people.

Please bring a phone, ideally with a photo of yourself/ body part.

There will be magazines and alternative materials to trace from. The theme is not prescriptive, so if you want to make art of an olive, go for it.

Please be aware some of the provided material will include nudity, and we welcome participants to bring their own n**e reference photos, although this of course isn’t a requirement.

This workshop runs from 1:30-3pm downstairs in room 2 which is accessible via a lift.

TIX £8 via link in bio and Resident Advisor

06/11/2023

TRANUARY IS BACK FOR 2024

Serving you the Creme de la Creme of Trans+ talent from across the UK, Manchester’s day-to-night festival BY trans FOR trans is back on the 27th January 2024 featuring trans exclusive creative workshops by day and s*t hot q***r hedonism by night until the early hours.

DAY PROGRAMME
Bodylines Linoprint Workshop with

Waack 4 Me Dance Workshop with

Beatscaping with (aka DJ )

NIGHT PROGRAMME
Bread and Poses All Trans+ Cabaret R***e

Waack 4 Me Dance Debut

4h of trans/NB DJs!

TRANUARY 2024 tickets available via link in bio.

SEE YOU AT SOUP

TRANUARY 2024 is supported by
University of Liverpool Dept of Clinical Psychology
LGBT community fund
Superbia
Beaumont society

06/11/2023

2023









We missed u !

Thank you to everyone who brought us to the depot this year and helped us bring the message that the future is trans!

Especially - an angel.

03/11/2023

2024 TRANUARY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCING ON MONDAY 6th!!

Peep the date, full line up and programme, aaaand get yr tickets ahead of the Christmas crunch!

👀👀👀 this space

08/08/2023

TRANUARY x GENDER EUPHORIA CLOTHES SWAP

We’re partnering with Feel Good Club on Pride Sunday to bring you another Gender Euphoria Clothes Swap - grab some bargains with your brunch!

You know the drill - donate your unwanted garms in advance or on the day and come away loaded with fab free finds and a smile.

It’s £2+ donation to access the swap, complete with our fabulous purrrsonal shoppers, but once you’re in it’s a free for all -
no takeaway limits, and you don't have to bring anything to leave with your hands full.

Profits go towards funding
our 2024 festival!

ADVANCE DROP OFF
We’ll be stationed at
Unit Two, Regents Trading Estate
on Wednesday 23rd August from 5pm-7pm to accept any clothing, shoes, or accessories
in advance of the swap on the Sunday.

GET READY TO RUMMAGE!

01/08/2023

This is a bit of a dream come true for us….
2023! What a line up!

Can’t wait to share our line up with you all and see you at the Depot

Thanks to for the invite

22/05/2023

We’re gutted to announce that we’re having to cancel our summer event due to unexpected circumstances arising in the last week or so.

Anyone who bought a ticket will be refunded via RA.

Love, Tranuary

10/05/2023

UPDATE!

WERE GETTING AN ACCESSIBLE TOILET FOR HOT TRAN SUMMER!

We have recieved so many messages offering assistance with securing an accessible loo - thank ypu to everyone whos got in touch.

we are delIghted to let you know that we received an email from some very kind and generous community members who offered to donate the difference between the 1st and 2nd quotes for the loo!

we are so so grateful to them for their kindness and solidarity with us and those within our community who need this facility and are so Excited to BOOK THIS BOG!

thank you so much MARCY AND RO for your donation and your allyship.

10/05/2023

An announcement and apology regarding wheelchair access at our party on the 15 July

We had a quote online for an accessible toilet. The company then told us the quote didn’t account for the necessary Fri-Mon hire which significantly raised the price.

We’ve shopped around and can’t find a single accessible portaloo that we can hire without putting us in significant debt - even if we raised our break even to sell out.

We want to be accountable for this failure to meet accessibility requirements for our community’s wheelchair users so are making this post to apologise and explain.

We thought we could make this work this time but it’s proved not possible and we are truly gutted not to reach the standard we hold ourselves to usually.

The flagship festival will always be accessible and we will commit to doing more thorough budgetary research in future so this does not happen again.

Please note if you are a wheelchair user that the venue has level access and accessible turning points but no accessible toilet yet.

If you want to discuss this further email us at [email protected]

With love and apologies,
Tranuary