Legendary Chicago house DJ Mike Dunn will make his debut appearance in Manchester at a daytime rave to help the city's homeless.

The American spinner is stopping off in Manchester as part of a short European tour and will headline the Tpot Christmas Party, at Stage & Radio, on Portland Street in the Northern Quarter.

The Sunday party will begin at 3pm on December 4 and organisers hope clubbers will dig deep to help them raise substantial funds to support the growing homeless community in Manchester - who are increasingly vulnerable as winter temperatures plummet.

Entry to the event is free, and joining Dunn on the line up to take the party into the small hours are Seelie, Adam Metcalf, and the club's resident DJs Tom Craven and Adam Ross.

On the party's Facebook page, Metcalf joked: "Can't wait to kick things off here in just over a weeks time! Tpot Xmas party! Guaranteed quiet one!"

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Tpot is an regular Manchester clubbing event that hosts daytime house music parties on Sundays in venues all over the city.

The event was originally planned as part of international fundraising efforts to save London nightclub Fabric, which has now had its licence restored.

So the organisers have turned their attention to issues closer to home and are asking people to help raise awareness about homelessness by tweeting about the event with the hashtag #savelives.

This week, two people believed to be part of Manchester's homeless community lost their lives in a building fire in Chinatown.

The MEN has pledged to support and publicise the Manchester Homelessness Charter at appropriate opportunities. If you are affected by issues surrounding homelessness in any way, or if you want to do something to help, you can go to: streetsupport.net