The Fall Futures and Pasts

06/06/2026

Day 2: Chairs enter the hall this morning for the first full day of the festival. It all kicks off at 10:30am with the walking tour and premiere of The Dave Bush Tapes. Big thanks to Daryl and Paul for getting us off to a cracking start yesterday, and to Steve (x2), Paul, Si and Brian of Lost in Music, and Look Back Bores (+ Si) for awesome performances. And also to all who came for creating such a special atmosphere. It was magic. Here's to Day 2. Wall-to-(Band on the)-Wall magic all day. Get in early.

05/06/2026

Festival Day 1. Doors open at 4:30pm to allow people time to get their wristbands. We'll start with some welcome videos in the main hall before Daryl introduces the weekend. There will be a merch stall selling the festival fanzine, Load a Bloody Nowt, A3 festival posters, Das Gruppe on the Wall and a selection of Route Fall titles, plus a selection of Popstock LPs on vinyl, CD and cassette. There's t-shirts too. Tonight is standing only in the main hall. (Saturday and Sunday will be mixed seating and standing.) Wishing safe journeys to all making your way today. Look forward to meeting you all later.

04/06/2026

Information on the artwork exhibited at the festival this weekend, plus artist biogs and order links if you'd like to own any of the art on display.

Biogs and order links for artists exhibiting at Futures and Pasts Festival

03/06/2026

Introducing the festival fanzine, Load O Bloody Nowt, edited by Michelle Hickman (8bitnorthxstitch). It'll be for sale on the merch stall over the weekend.

03/06/2026

The Fall Futures & Pasts: An Interview With Simon Wolstencroft About The Band's 50th Anniversary Celebrations & More.

Simon Wolstencroft, formerly of The Fall and other notable bands, performs at the three-day event The Fall: Futures and Pasts at Manchester, UK’s Band on the Wall from the 5th to the 7th of June, 2026. I caught up with him at The Alchemist in Salford’s MediaCity to talk about his illustrious and...

02/06/2026

Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot.

The Fall frontman’s play about a papal plot appalled critics when first staged in 1986, with Leigh Bowery starring as a cardinal. Now Hey! Luciani is back – but does it make any more sense 40 years on?

02/06/2026

T-shirts will be handed out on Friday night to those who got one in the bundle with Early Bird weekend passes. There is a handful of spares which will go on sale at the merch desk. First come first served.

02/06/2026

Paul Hanley talks Futures and Pasts Festival amongst a plethora of Fall activity.

Having been lucky enough to have witnessed The Fall live several times from the early 90’s onwards, it’s easy to see why they were, and still are, one of the most revered bands to ever emerge from Manchester. “We are The Fall, northern white crap that talks back” they famously announced on t...

31/05/2026

Timetable for the weekend

Full programme info here: https://linktr.ee/fallfuturepast

30/05/2026

This time next week, the festival will be in full swing. There's only a handful of tickets left. This is our last nudge. Please don't miss out.

Info: https://linktr.ee/fallfuturepast