The Boardwalk has witnessed the UK debuts of Primal Scream, Sonic Youth and Courtney Love’s band Hole. Big names such as Oasis, M People, Pulp, The Verve, Suede, Blur and the Stranglers have also appeared, along with DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, Todd Terry and Pete Tong and comics Steve Coogan and Peter Kay.
The basement rehearsal studios were as famous as the club. Acts who rehearsed at The Boardwalk included Terry Hall & Colourfield, Nico from the Velvet Underground, Simply Red, The Fall, James, The Railway Children, Manic Street Preachers, ACR and Happy Mondays. The Happy Mondays’ residence is immortalized in the new film about Factory and The Hacienda - 24 Hour Party People. Shortly to be released, scenes for the film were shot inside the then-empty Boardwalk building.
According to the joint agents Chesterton, Manchester and DTZ Residential, the site is likely to attract residential redevelopment as well as new leisure developments, to complement Deansgate Locks. And if you’re interested, then you need in the region of £850,000 to stake a claim. Manchester has not seen the significant sale of a famous Manchester nightclub since that of the Hacienda in 1999.
