Manchester Music History: Explore MADchester Era

Embark on a thrilling musical journey through Manchester’s iconic music scene. Solve challenges, unlock stories, and explore the history and culture of MADchester. Discover the locations that shaped bands like The Smiths, Happy Mondays, Oasis, and Madonna. Book now!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Johnny Roadhouse Music - You will get to this place by following a clue and solving a puzzle. Once here, you can spend as much time as you wish until starting to follow the next clue.
What's Included
  • 24/7 customer support
  • Full availability: 24/7, every day of the year
  • A city exploration game available on your phone (Questo app)
  • Safety: It’s self-guided, open air and you will avoid crowds
  • Flexibility: start, take a break and continue at your own pace
What's Not Included
  • Entry tickets to attractions (not needed to complete the tour)
  • A tour guide.
Additional Information

Uncover the secrets of Manchester by cracking clues and unveiling narratives on your mobile device. Delve into the captivating exploration adventure, navigate through the historical period of MADchester which gave Manchester its musical fame in the 80s & 90s. Make your way to the site of the Sex Pistols concert in the 70s, which sparked it all. Filled with tales of abduction, insolvency, and Barbados, this guide offers insight into bands like The Smiths, Happy Mondays, Oasis & even Madonna.

Key features include:

• Discover less frequented places like Refuge Machester, O2 Ritz and others.
• Be captivated by a uniquely spun tale from our highly skilled writers.

• Experience a new kind of adventure, a perfect blend of a tour, outdoor escape game, and treasure hunt.

Upon reservation, you’ll receive an email detailing steps to download and play the game on your device. We suggest individual tickets for the best experience, although the game can be played on a shared device.

Location
123 Oxford Rd
Oxford Road
• Go to 123 Oxford Rd, All Saints, Manchester M1 7DU, UK (game starting point). • Bring a charged phone. • Open the Questo app and follow the instructions. • You must have downloaded the app and created an account first, using the same email you made the purchase with.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Alison_w
Jun 16, 2024
Great fun, interesting, engaging and relevant tour! - We loved the fun and educational tour - having been to Uni in Manchester in the 90s it was good to visit old haunts for a pint (or two) in our own time. Modern - the pubs arnt but so authentic you ferl like time has stood still. Loved that the tour took us down alleys where there were the vibrant clubs and nightlife and also gave us some building history too - a lot of which I never knew. I enjoyed the vintage area (spent too much money) and walking down the paths of Oasis, Stone Roses, The Smiths etc back in the day. The questions kept us on our toes. The only negative was the GPS was slightly sketchy in places due to the high rise buildings but we got there in the end and its difficult to do much about that. Definitely will do these tours in other places - good fun, engaging and great value for money. Liverpool next 🤔
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Warrencb9700vw
May 9, 2023
Solving clues is a nice touch - Learned a lot and really enjoyed it! Some great and interesting stories about the coolest music city in the world!
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Vasittanase
Mar 15, 2023
Cool concept - great way to explore the hidden stories of the music scene in Manchester, you'd be MAD not to try it
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Robfv365xn
Mar 7, 2023
Great fun - Really fun and found out loads about the city's music scene (even after living here for 20 years!) Found out I walk past these places most days and had no idea.
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867loug
Feb 28, 2023
Loved it! - This was such a fun tour; we found out all about the history of the music scene in Manchester while completing some fun challenges.
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Trionam539
Jan 9, 2024
A good game for music fans. - If you ever wanted to know more about the music scenes in the 80s/90s Manchester, then this is a great game. Even my boyfriend (who is from Manchester) didn't know some of the stops/facts. We made a few stops in bars along the way too.
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