Are you a big dachshund fan? Do you love seeing lots of little sausage dogs in the same place? Are you looking for your little pup to make some sausage friends?
Well, you’re in luck – the Dachshund Pup Up Cafe is back.
After what can only be described as a smash-hit success when it first visited our city back in 2018, the dachshund pop up cafe – or we should say ‘pup up cafe’ – is returning to a popular Manchester city centre bar and restaurant venue next month, and it’ll be filled with hundreds of sausage dogs.
Last year, over 250 sausage dogs visited the cafe to join in on the fun.
And this time round, 2022 will be bringing new toys, goodies to buy, and tons of new photo opportunities and props.
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The Dachshund Pup Up Cafe is back in Manchester next month / Credit: The Pup Up Cafe
Hundreds of sausage dogs and their owners are set to descend on Revolution Parsonage Gardens.
The Dachshund Pup Up Cafe has managed to secure the the whole second floor of the spacious venue for all the dogs to roam free and enjoy some wholesome fun.
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Sausage dog owners and dachshund fans can mingle with many furry little friends – up to 75 a session – take part in a range of competitions, and stock up on dachshund-related goodies, all while the pups themselves enjoy unlimited dog treats, unlimited free puppuccinos, and play to their heart’s content with ball pits, tunnels, toys, and many other fun props.
It already sounds like it’s going to be a pretty jam-packed day, and there’s even more fun to be announced in the coming weeks too.
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Hundreds of sausage dogs and their owners are set to descend on Revolution Parsonage Gardens / Credit: The Pup Up Cafe
If you fancy joining The Pup Up Cafe for “a sausage mad day”, then tickets will set you back £9 if you’re a sausage dog owner, and £12 if you’re just a dachshund fan who’s keen to go along for the fun anyway.
The Dachshund Pup Up Cafe will arrive in Manchester on Sunday 5 June from 10am-5pm, with multiple sessions throughout the day.
Mesmerising FREE outdoor light trail Lightwaves returns to Salford Quays next week
Emily Sergeant
One of the most mesmerising light trails in the North West is returning to Salford once again this festive season.
After having successfully lit up MediaCity like never before in recent years, and going on to become an undeniable winter season highlight in Greater Manchester, Lightwaves Salford is set to return for another year from next week, and will be joining the growing list of light trails already in place across the region and beyond.
Presented by Quays Culture, the full festival will run from Thursday 5 through to Sunday 8 December – but there’ll be a special extended run of the showstopping water-based ‘Monad’ artwork until 22 December.
This year, Lightwaves Salford will feature 14 illuminated artworks along a 2km fully-accessible trail around MediaCity and Salford Quays.
The mesmerising immersive experience will include installations of different scale, all making use of light, sound, and technology in innovative ways.
The ‘Monad’ will act as the centre piece, overlooking MediaCity’s iconic Piazza.
Some of the other installations visitors will get to see light up the night sky this year include ‘SomniUs’, which is a huge interactive piece of art constructed using more than 6km of LED lights suspended 3m above the audience, as well as ‘The Matter of The Heart’, ‘Stellar Waves’, ‘Entwined’, and ‘On the Wave of Light’.
Another particularly special installation this year is called ‘The Light Within’, which has been commissioned by Quays Culture, and designed and produced by students at the Academy of Live Technology by harnessing the students’ skill in cutting-edge creative technology.
Lightwaves is returning to Salford Quays with loads of mesmerising installations next week / Credit: MediaCity | Laszlo Toth
Set to be premiered at this year’s event, the artwork explores the impact that light has on our wellbeing in a “playful and interactive way”.
Lightwaves Salford is part of the Quays Culture Programme, which is a partnership initiative on a mission to “animate” public spaces and bring “extraordinary” art and culture events into the heart of the community for everyone to experience free of charge.
The event will run from Thursday – Sunday 8 December, with the ‘Monad’ installation open until 22 December.
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Dance legends Basement Jaxx are coming to Castlefield Bowl next summer
Danny Jones
Dance and electronic legends Basement Jaxx are coming to Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl next year for a massive outdoor show.
Summer 2025 is shaping up nicely.
The iconic DJing duo, famed for everything from disco and New York house to pure big-beat bangers, first formed back in 1994 and have created some of the most well-known hits to ever come out of the UK electronic scene.
Be it ‘Where’s Your Head At’, Do Your Thing’, ‘Romeo’ or one of their many other chart-toppers, they’ve been filling dancefloors all over the world
Starting from the base back in Brixton down in the capital, the expert disc jockeys and producers – real names Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe – are the latest act announced as part of the month-long festival Sound of the City Festival.
The SOTC 2025 lineup is looking absolutely stacked, with the likes of Rizzle Kicks, Bloc Party, Elbow, Hacienda Classical and more already confirmed for the big summer celebration, but with Basement Jaxx now joining them too, it really is going to be a party atmosphere.
For the younger ones amongst you who might be wondering whether you know their music or not, even if you’re not sure of the song titles and can’t readily hum the tune etc., we promise you’ll know plenty of these once you hear them.
Jaxx and co. are set to arrive at Manchester’s much-loved amphitheatre next July, the Castlefield Bowl show will be one of their first proper live headline shows in over a decade, along with slots at the likes of Latitude Festival, Wilderness and Camp Bestival, as well as just a handful of other dates.
Speaking on the announcement, one-half of BJ, Buxton, said: “After a few years DJing around the globe, it’ll be great to return to the live stage and the Live Show Experience; to connect to people with life-affirming energy and give people a great time.”
He went on to add: “It feels like 2025 is the beginning of a new era for many and I think that’s probably true for Basement Jaxx too.”
Basement Jaxx will be landing at Castlefield Bowl on Saturday, 12 July 2025 and tickets go on sale this Friday, 29 November from 9am onwards.
Emily Sergeant -
3rd May 2022 
