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The Lottery Winners surprise Mancs with a pop-up set and ticket giveaway at The Castle Hotel

Yet another reason we love this lot.

Danny Jones Danny Jones - 10th July 2024

If you happened to be at The Castle Hotel pub in the Northern Quarter on Tuesday evening, you’ll likely have been counting your lucky stars when you saw The Lottery Winners wander for a little surprise set.

The indie-rock four-piece from Leigh, Wigan, are playing Kendal Calling again this year and they decided to head over to an NQ favourite to make a special announcement.

As it turns out, not only will they be playing the popular Lake District festival but after revealing that frontman Tom Rylance will be serving as the pub landlord for their brand-new on-site boozer, ‘The Stagger Inn’ (very, very good), they also decided to treat some Mancs to a little post-work treat.

Sneaking in through the back door, The Lottery Winners appeared behind the bar and began pouring a few pints for the local punters before kicking off a surprise pub quiz and getting out the acoustic guitar for a quick little ditty.

Finally, we were actually in the right place for once.

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As you can see, the fun didn’t stop there; the pub quiz wasn’t just for a laugh (although we did have fun even from all the way at the bottom of the leaderboard), it was actually to win VIP passes to Kendal Calling this August and after ending in a tie-break, it all came done to ultimate decider: necking a pint.

We might have fancied our chances if we made it this far but, alas, twas not to be and the winning team proudly collected their well-earned prize.

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But once again, they still had another surprise up their sleeve, as Tom then revealed to the other two finalist that they would also be getting tickets to Kendal 2024.

Come on, how buzzing would you be?

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We can’t wait for this year’s festival – it’s genuinely become one of our favourite festival full stop and the prospect of quite literally falling through the door of The Stagger Inn to be served by Tom Rylance is top funny an opportunity to pass up.

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There are still tickets left is you’ve never been before and fancy giving a go, and trust us, you won’t regret it one bit.

You can see the full lineup for Kendal Calling 2024 down below:

Kendal Calling releases 2024 lineup – including Noel Gallagher, Paolo Nutini, The Streets, and more

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Lineup of adults-only events announced for this year’s Manchester Science Festival

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

Manchester Science Festival is back for 2024 later this week, and there’s loads of events on the lineup especially for adults.

In case you missed it, Manchester‘s massively-popular Science Festival confirmed that it would be making a grand return for 2024, and would be offering visitors the unique opportunity to become a genuine part of history through a wide range of hands-on events and activities – including getting to explore the extremes of nature, human capability, and creativity.

The full programme of immersive events for the exciting festival was released last month, and organisers say it’s all about “tackling the extremes of our world” this year.

Manchester Science Festival – which is produced and staged at Manchester’s legendary Science and Industry Museum in the heart of the city centre every other year – is one of the UK’s largest and most popular science festivals.

The lineup for 2024 only goes to prove why that’s the case, as there’s something for people of all ages to get stuck into, but this time, we’re shining a spotlight on the events on the lineup that are only for the grown ups to get involved with.

Here’s some of the stand-out events.

Manchester Science Festival is back for 2024 next week / Credit: Science Museum Group

Conversation: Does AI have a place in space?

Science and Industry Museum

18 October – £7

This is your chance to join STEM champion, social entrepreneur, and computer scientist, Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, and the UK Space Agency’s Head of Space Exploration, Libby Jackson OBE, as they discuss how their worlds collide, and explore important questions like can AI be applied to space exploration? What can you trust AI to do in space? and how will it better our lives back on Earth?.

The opportunities seem endless with the likes of rover navigation, satellite design and lasering space junk – but are we just talking science fiction? Or is this reality?

Cosmic Quiz

Science and Industry Museum

19 October – £7

Fancy being the star of the Cosmic Quiz? As part of a weekend curated by Dr Anne Marie Imafidon MBE and Libby Jackson OBE, this is your chance to compete for the top prize in a dynamic evening of surprise rounds, pop-up performances, and ‘laid-back cosmic vibes’, where you’ll be challenged on all things space and artificial intelligence. 

Compete on your own, or with a team of up to four, in an out-of-this world event produced in collaboration with The Quiz Team, featuring specially-commissioned content from The Poetry Place.

There’s lots of adults-only events on the lineup / Credit: Science Museum Group)

Museum After Hours

Science and Industry Museum

26 October – £10

If you were hoping to explore everything on offer at the Science and Industry Museum without all the kids running around, then this is your chance, because one of the Museum’s most-popular events, Museum After Hours, is back for a special Manchester Science Festival edition, and it means you get to dive into a world of extremes and gain exclusive after-hours access to the headline experience, State of Mind.

You can explore Squidsoup’s immersive art installation set within the atmospheric 1830 Warehouse, move between rhythmic lights and sound in an abstract and playful representation of our digitised world, and even catch the premiere of new works from artists Liam Ashworth and Luca Agathogli, presented in partnership with Venture Arts.

The events bar will also be popping up on the night, and will be selling a range of wines, beers, and non-alcoholic drinks to sip on while you explore.

Manchester Science Festival announces jam-packed full lineup for 2024

Manchester Science Festival 2024 kicks off on Friday 18 October and runs right through to Sunday 27 October – with tickets now officially on sale, including to all of the adults-only events throughout the 10 days too.

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Find out more and grab yourself some tickets here.

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A new festive light maze is heading to Cheshire for the first time this December

Thomas Melia Thomas Melia A new festive light maze is heading to Cheshire for the first time this December. Credit: Supplied

A brand new attraction is making its way to Cheshire for the first time ever this December with the hopes to get us all into the festive spirit.

Just outside of Manchester, titled ‘Spectrum: A World of Illumination’, this spectacular never-seen-before trail is lighting up Cheshire with a month-long residency in Knutsford.

Running every day in December besides Christmas Day, plus a few extra dates in November, the spectacular display will be inviting guests along for 30 out of 31 days in the yuletide month. 

The immersive maze will feature moving giant candy canes, overhead Christmas-inspired installations like a laser show, and tunnels of light. 

Visitors are encouraged to get stuck in with hidden objects and handles and buttons which lead to secret rooms and festive treasures to be found and explored throughout the attraction.

You can even create a Christmas carol medley of your own and sing to your heart’s content with a section of the trail featuring sound tubes.

There’s a mostly open top too, so you can look up into the night sky as you explore the maze. 

There’s not only a feast for your eyes but also for your Santa bellies too as a selection of hand-picked food vendors will be supplying tons of festive goodies to warm your soul.

A new festive light maze is heading to Cheshire for the first time this December. Credit: Supplied
A new festive light maze is heading to Cheshire for the first time this December. Credit: Supplied

Spectrum: A World of Illumination caters to everyone offering spaces for guide dogs, quieter time slots for those wanting a calmer experience and accessibility all-round where possible.

This is expected to be one of the best Christmas activities of the year, designed by specialists Access Events, who have some impressive feats behind them.

The multi award winning company has had involvement and created some of the most impressive light features to date including the Weather Project at the Tate, the e-Sports arena build, and turning the Berlin TV Tower into a football. 

They’re so certain this event will do well there’s already news and information about a 2025 event between Access Events and Royal Cheshire Show Grounds.

Tickets for ‘Spectrum: A World of Illumination’ are already on sale and those of you who are eager to start planning your Christmas calendar can get tickets from Eventbrite.

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