Manumission (event)

Manumission

Privilege Nightclub, later at Amnesia nightclub
Location	San Rafael, Ibiza, Spain
Owner	Jose Maria Etxaniz
Operator	(Manumission), Not for profit
Type	Club night
Genre(s)	Dance Music
Capacity	10000 (privilege)
Record attendance	13000 (privilege)
Opened	1994
Closed	2008

Manumission was a series of parties held in Ibiza, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. The events were created by Mike, Andy Manumission (or Mckay) and Dawn Hindle.[1] [2]

Name

The event founders describe Manumission as a lifestyle. The word "manumission" means "release from slavery" and in the party, people were "free to do whatever [they wanted] to do".[1]

History

Manumission started in as a mixed gay event held at Club Equinox [3] in January 1994 in the Gay Village, Manchester, UK. It was forced to close due to gang warfare involving drug dealers[4] before moving to the Ku Nightclub, Ibiza later that year.[1] Ku changed its name to Privilege Nightclub in 1995. The events continued until in 2007, and were resumed at Amnesia the same year, before finally ending in 2008.

References

1. "Mike & Claire Manumission". BBC. BBC Radio 1. 1999. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
2. "Meet the Hoteliers: Dawn Hindle, owner of legendary Ibiza party hotel Pikes". The_Standard. The_Standard. 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. Stewart, Iain (2003). Ibiza and Formentera. Rough Guides. p. 271. ISBN 9781843530633.
4. Walsh, Peter (2004). Gang War. Lytham: Milo Books Ltd.