Watch the Hacienda 40th Anniversary rave LIVE stream

Tonight the spirit of the Hacienda will be alive once again - as ravers come together to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Manchester superclub. A special event is being held in the basement of the very site where the Hacienda club, hailed the "greatest on Earth" during the 80s and 90s, was first opened on Whitworth Street West back in 1982.

Key figures and DJs that played the venue will return for the 40th anniversary rave for an epic eight hour set. Tickets went on sale for the charity event, but sold out within minutes of going on sale last week.

However, a live stream will be showing the event in its entirety tonight, from 6pm thanks to Stream GM, and the link will go live on this page tonight if you scroll below. The feed is entirely free to watch, but donations are being encourage to support the two charities being supported at the event tonight - the Christie hospital charity and The Legacy of War Foundation.

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The Christie charity has long been one of The Hacienda’s supported charities, while Factory Records’ co-founder Alan Erasmus' recent mission to Ukraine was in conjunction with and fundraised for Legacy of War Foundation, and so the event continues that support of the charity.

Taking place in the same location as the hallowed dancefloor itself, the event will see a gallery of the Hacienda ’s finest past residents come together on the night. That will include from the earliest days of the club DJs Hewan Clarke and Graeme Park, Jon Dasilva, Tom Wainwright, DJ Paulette, Aaron Mellor, K Klass who play live, and surprise guests on the night.

The 40th anniversary party is an expanded event