A
jumble of interesting finds this week.
Thursday
night saw the launch of Viper, a new mobile
phone app promoting nightlife deals in Manchester, and is 'designed
to upgrade your night & put the best bars within reach.' As a
winner of one of their competitions a few months ago, I got invited to Neighbourhood.
Had a fab time at the launch of @viper last night! So good to catch up with these guys @misJORGIEPORTER @Toolyboy @MrkieronR 💚 pic.twitter.com/SGQ8Tz6vTE— Jsky (@jskychat) September 15, 2017
I
must have been there either too early or too late, as I didn't see
any of these people, and I would have liked to. Still, a good night.
Because
we were stood in an area the staff needed to use, we got an upgrade
before any of us had downloaded the app-
they move us to our own table! Respect! Lovely staff and venue.
Looking
forward to seeing a few nightlife deals on the app over the next few
months.
Saturday
daytime I dropped into the
#icecaverave in
Albert Square, home of the new Coors Light installation. A temporary
nightclub / human freezer sits right under the town hall, with a
drinks stall outside for waiting customers. I rolled up thinking my
mate was DJing- it turned out I was a full week early. Oh well. I was
given a coloured wristband with a timeslot, and waited for my colour
to be shouted out. In the meantime a gay knock-off chubby Chris Hemsworth lookalike repeatedly hit on me. Oh well. Eventually my
colour was read out, I queued up and was given a quilted poncho and
sent into the coldest club I have ever been in.
Ice
sculptures adorn the bar, which you'd have to use elbow grease to get
to, but if it wasn't so busy you'd be too cold. Even so, a lively
two-step is not just an impulse to the great house music- it's a
survival requirement.
The
#icecaverave runs 'til Sunday 24th.
Later
that night I dropped into the new refitted Birdcage
for Stopout Saturdays, with
Manchester Cool Bars.
The club's first night after a recent refit, Stopout had been
promising Love Island's Jamie Jewitt making an appearance, but
he's been stalled 'til next week (there'll be another meetup).
Although
quite different to what I'd normally do on a weekend, The Birdcage
was a fun night with a young, good-looking clientele. No drag shows
this time, (to my relief I might add) but the new booths, wallpaper
and VIP glass partition (which we could seemingly wander between
unrestrictedly) look much better. It isn't a whole lot different,
mind- the club has the same layout and same Capital Radio-style music
output.
And
on Twitter: DJ Todd Terry (It's Over
Love, Jumpin', Something's Goin' On) thinks I'm going to step between
a baboon and a badger, and win. I'd pass on that, thanks!
Also, I
got a retweet
off Calum Best, currently on Celebs Go Dating.
That
is your lot! Hardly a dull week.
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