Special Edition shines a spotlight on Greater Manchester’s unique cultural celebrations and communities

Special Edition is StreamGM’s second streaming series - profiling the very best, one-off cultural events taking place across Greater Manchester

From festivals, events and performances; Special Edition captures the beautiful diversity of Greater Manchester culture, telling the stories behind the events with interviews and exclusive access.

Special Edition is curated to represent the very best cultural events taking place across the city region, beaming them into homes across the world, giving a global platform to our local, cultural communities.

The First Special Edition features Black Gold Arts and their Whitworth Park Takeover.

Special Edition gives you an insight into the two day outdoor music and arts festival with live music, DJs, dance, performance and cabaret.

Black Gold Arts is a Manchester-based arts organisation working predominantly with working-class people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community and their allies.

Founder of Black Gold Arts, Darren Pritchard said: “StreamGM has given us a chance to share our work with a wider audience. Any positive exposure that organisations like ours helps not only us but all the artists involved. Being the first episode of Speical Edition is an absolute honour!”