White Hotel (Manchester)

The White Hotel is an independent arts and music venue and nightclub in Salford, England. It was founded in 2015 in an industrial unit that was previously a vehicle repair garage and is located in the shadow of HMP Manchester. It is named after DM Thomas’ 1981 erotic novel The White Hotel.

It has built a reputation for revitalizing Manchester’s nightlife, its community driven approach acting as a hub for experimental music scenes and its anarchistic approach to conventional commercialism.

In 2018 the venue staged a word for word re-enactment of the funeral of Diana Princess of Wales, complete with funeral procession and a Mexican Mariachi band performing Elton John’s Candle In The Wind.

In 2023 the venue staged the theatre production Being Purple Aki, a one woman show based on Akinwale Arobieke.

Artists and musicians that are frequently associated with the venue include Afrodeutsche, Anz, Blackhaine, Iceboy Violet, Space Afrika, Rainy Miller, Austin Collings and Manchester Collective.

HEAD II is The White Hotel’s subsidiary record label that was founded in 2020 and takes its name from a painting by the artist Francis Bacon. In 2021 HEAD II released Blackhaine’s 'And Salford Falls Apart’ record and Rainy Miller’s 'Desquamation (Fire.Burn.Nobody)' record in 2022.

In 2021 the team behind The White Hotel opened a sister site, Peste, a bar, bookshop and event space in New Cross, Manchester, England.

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