Quite a range going on this week: Wednesday night, alcohol-free vegan bar Hinterland hosts Create and Play, an adult play session involving Lego and art materials. Lose your inhibitions and join in the creativity. Follow writing prompts. Build. Draw. I’ve not been to this yet. Will I? Maybe. Wednesday, 7-9pm.
Thursday night: I’ve revived the Manchester Psychology Social Group after a break. I’ve found a venue that I believe to be alcohol-free, quiet enough, healthy enough and central to the city on Mosley St off Piccadilly Gardens. Soup Co seems just the right match. We need a topic though! Thursday, 6:30pm.
Saturday night: balls to Valentines. Let’s have a house music club night instead. La Discotheque travel the country bringing their brand of disco house to cities across the UK. Think stiltwalkers, confetti, singers, DJs, familiar names from house music and dancers with… shiny disco balls for heads. I’m looking forward to it. I still need to buy a ticket. But there is a meetup with Manchester Nightlife and one other attendee has signed up. Make it 3 of us! I’m really looking forward to Miguel Campbell and Horse Meat Disco gracing the decks. It’s a nice early event from 3pm too, so no need for taxis or coming home in the wee hours.
Amidst everything that there is to look forward to, the Manchester nightlife scene is still taking a battering. Revolution on both Oxford Rd and Deansgate Locks have closed for good. Revolution de Cuba on Peter St has also closed down. I always knew it as insanely popular with huge queues to get in, but regardless, I couldn’t stand the place. There was just something about it that seemed incredibly generic. 80s-inspired Simmons on Deansgate has also bit the dust. A story that I will probably tell for the rest of my life is that I kissed a Playboy model there once. At the risk of burning a bridge…
Menagerie has also closed, months after moving from Spinningfields to Manchester Hall on Bridge St. Such a shame. A favourite bar in both locations. According to The M.E.N, they’ll reopen in a THIRD location. We’ll see.
On the blog: a writeup of Sheffield Comic Con, a journaling writeup and a Jamaican recipe. Also a new project that might get me in a spot of hot water. Again, to be seen.
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