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Manumission (event)

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Owner
  
Jose Maria Etxaniz

Genre(s)
  
Dance Music

Type
  
Club night

Capacity
  
10000 (privilege)

Location
  
San Rafael, Ibiza, Spain

Operator
  
(Manumission), Not for profit

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Manumission was a series of parties held in Ibiza, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. The events were created by Mike and Claire Manumission (or McKay) along with Mike's brother Andy McKay.

Name

The event founders describe Manumission a lifestyle. The word Manumission means "release from slavery" and in the party people were free to do whatever [they wanted] to do.

History

Manumission started in as a mixed gay event held at Club Equinox in January 1994 in the Gay village, Manchester, UK it was forced to close due to gang warfare involving drug dealers before moved to the Ku Nightclub, Ibiza later that year. Ku changed its name to Privilege Nightclub in 1995. The events continued until in 2006, and were resumed at a different location in 2007, before finally ending in 2009.

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Manumission (event) Wikipedia