Graeme Parks, legendary House DJ has been a major part of the Haçienda Classical shows which have performed around the UK since 2016 to rapturous response where he performs live alongside the Manchester Camerata Orchestra, Peter Hook and special guest vocalists to a set of classic and contemporary club tunes. This show has had incredible reviews and gives the audience chance to hear classic club tunes like you’ve never heard them before with a full orchestra, live percussionists and a choir. Graeme performs some lead vocals at some shows too.
The show opened the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2017 and has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Castlefield Bowl in Manchester, the Isle Of Wight Festival and lots of other arenas and festivals around the UK as well as in Dublin, Dubai and Switzerland.
Graeme’s recently released compilation album “Long Live House Volume 01: 1980s” is a triple CD or double vinyl album of early house cuts from 1985 to 1989 which were all massive tunes for Graeme in the early days of house. Released in December 2018, reaction to the album was huge and led to Graeme launching his own Long Live House club nights.
Graeme has also produced a music documentary called “Embrace The New” with director Glenn Hanstock which features Marshall Jefferson, Johnny Marr, Shaun Ryder, Peter Hook, Rowetta, Clint Boon, Melanie Williams with others in the line up.
Celebrating over 25 years on the radio with shows on Kiss, Galaxy, Key 103, Radio City, Juice FM, Forth One, BBC Radio Manchester and more, Graeme’s years of experience help him understand the specialist skills required by a radio DJ: ‘A lot of radio shows or DJs just play the same big tunes. You can’t simply pretend you’re in a club, you have to talk to the audience and put your personality and knowledge across without sounding like an idiot.’ 
His weekly Graeme Park presents The Long Live House Radio Show airs on scores of radio stations both in the UK and overseas and brings in a big audience with his mix of new and older tunes mixed together like only he knows how. He recently produced a documentary “The Making Of The Haçienda Classical” for BBC Radio Manchester and in July 2021 Graeme returned to daytime radio as the Breakfast presenter on Mom’s Spaghetti radio, the home of hip hop, house and happiness, until the end of 2023.
Throughout the global Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 Graeme kept himself busy livestreaming and he was an integral part of Stream GM, which broadcasted three online Haçienda House Party events to a global audience of millions. Each show featured a massive line-up of DJs as well as Haçienda Classical performances with the Camerata Orchestra, musicians and singers all performing remotely. Graeme also DJ’d on the Stream GM platform for 12 hours as part of his All Day Long live stream.
Graeme was very proud to receive the Innovation Award at the annual Scottish Music Awards for his work with Haçienda Classical. The awards took place online with Graeme performing remotely with the Manchester Camerata.
Graeme has celebrated his 40th Anniversary as a DJ with a series of special extended DJ sets throughout the year.
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