Unfortunately, it’s not that kind of street party. But it could be, it’s all up to you!
On May 27-28th, Manchester will host over 200 musicians, dancers, and performance artists as part of its bank holiday extravaganza, Eurocultured Festival 2007. It’s a free, 2-day outdoor street festival celebrating arts and diversity. Datarock from Norway will headline the main stage on Sunday, followed by Portugal’s Buraka Som Sistema. Czech Republic will repped by Swordfishtrombones, while Gypsy legends Mahala Rai Banda rep for Romania, and PPE reps Slovakia. According to Fly, Manc will also be treated to a rare combination of dj culture coming together :

The Balkan Beats collective bring a Gypsy soundclash to the mix as Brighton’s DJ Satellite takes on Brussels based DJ Gaetano Fabri with beats from Eastern Europe and live performance by Nambo-Zambo.

Lineup also includes :
Breaks LDA (Portugal),
DJ FIGHTEX ( austria / vienna ),
DJ SKAPE ( austria / vienna ),
DJ GRUYERE ( barcelona / spain )
Yelle (Live) (first ever UK performance),
Nesky Mami (Live)
Disco Drive (live)
Modernaire (Live)
I-F (CBS, Holland)
Loud E (CBS, Holland)
Unabombers (Electric Chair)
David Walker (Nish Nash Nosh)
Neil Scott (El Diablo’s Social Club)

AND MANY MANY MORE!!!
There is also mad painting, graffiti, breakdancing, turntable competition, and all that good stuff. It’s the kind of place you can feel good about going to with the folks, and then losing them in the crowds.
Get all the info, including individual venues and lineups at http://www.eurocultured.com/. But, be warned, it redirects to a myspace page…
Also see BBC’s Manchester Euroculture page.