Shotty Horroh / Flexplicit / Hypes / Xp / Bigz / MG / Viollet / Briggzy / Hoodman / Misfits Music

Original Sin / Skism / Reso / Raasclarke / Yesi / Pleasure / Logan D / Gni

Read the first of our festival reviews of this summer season; Gottwood, a small music festival in Anglesey Wales

A new night for the Old Skool! In the former Overdraught bar MCs Chris Jayo, Frisko (Oh My God/ Religion) and Crystalize (Spellbound) all veterans on the mic, with DJs Direct and Ric-O-Chet providing the perfect blend of jungle flavours & liquid favourites, this is definitely going to be worth another check!

US rapper Saigon in an intimate show at the Roadhouse. Support comes from Natural Curriculum & DJ Konny Kon (Broke'n'English)

Further provision of future-beats (should any be needed) from the Hit-&-Run camp, back at factory251 for the night, for a Parklife AfterParty. Selective Hearing boys Versa, Shadowfax & Bam provide perfectly pitched soundtrack, followed by Dark Sky (how apt -Ed.), and tonights headliner Von D. Special unannounced guest is grime maestro MRK-1 with MC Zinc

A typical Manchester Festival! Following on from a glorious day of sunshine on Saturday, the day named after the fiery ball in the sky itself was a damp & drizzly affair. Still, it's not like a bit of northern weather is going to stop our intrepid reporter Gary Brown. In front of his lens today: DJ Shadow / Marky / Nero / Joker / Hype / Prophecy / Emalkay / Redlight + Dread MC / SBTRKT / Loadstar / Citizen (live)

PARKLIFE!! Running between Hospitality tent and APE vs Metropolis: MF Doom / High Contrast / London Elektricity / Andy C & MC GQ / Subfocus & MC Wrec / Netsky & MC AD / Danny Byrd & Dynamite MC / Toddla T & DRS / Caspa & Rod Azlan / Mistajam / Digital Soundboy Soundsystem / Shy FX / Breakage ft. Jess Mills / Camo & Krooked 

Back to Area51 (now dodgyly renamed) Deansgate Locks with wicked Rich Reason set + Joy Orbison back on the bill, Problem Child doesn't let go. New RinseFM mix-cd under his belt, Youngsta + MC Toast up the temperature... followed by D-Bridge (Bad Company / Exit Records), who plays another genre-defying set. Resident MCs Strategy, Chunky & Tonn Piper take turns hosting 

Squeezed in between HIt-&-Run Monday and mid-week Problem Child... Mr David Ram-Jam RODIGAN rolls into town! Support comes from DJ Zinc

One of those nights where, even though downstairs offered Jenna G & Riot Jazz (live) + Gentlemans Dub Club (live), I stayed upstairs all night!! Phaeleh was holding court when I arrived. Lovely, but I had only come for one producer, one producer only, one half of Fracture-&-Neptune Charlie (Fracture) Feiber. Local boys Pyrex & Dynamix go B2B until it's time to go home