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Look inside Manchester city centre’s huge new ‘fun’ hotel

Daisy Jackson - 9th December 2021

A new hotel has opened in Manchester city centre, promising a ‘fun and endless adventure’ – and affordable bedrooms.

Moxy Manchester is a nine-storey hotel in the heart of Spinningfields, where guests are greeted with a cocktail as they check in.

It sees a former hat factory converted into a contemporary 146-bedroom hotel, clad in metal panels.

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Inside, the hotel has been kitted out with a bar and hangout space, where guests can make use of a foosball table, board games and card games.

Bar Moxy has been decorated with Manchester-style illustrations and illuminated signs, plus bright furniture and a wrap-around bar, and DJs playing every night.

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Bar Moxy in the new hotel in Manchester. Credit: Supplied

The bar will serve a menu of light bites and cocktails, including house specials like the Disco Diva, a sharing cocktail of vodka, limoncello, elderflower and prosecco, served in a disco ball.

The hotels are designed with social media in mind, displaying a digital Guestbook of photos and videos taken by Moxy guests.

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The rooms themselves are pet-friendly, and include walk-in showers and TVs with Netflix.

KE Hotels’ newest opening has rooms that start from just £99.

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There’s some FREE festive craft workshops taking place at MediaCity this Christmas

A handful Christmas-inspired workshops are happening down at MediaCity, and lots of them are free to take part in.

Starting tomorrow (11 December), anyone who’s looking to get artsy in the run up to the big day can try their hand at three different Christmas activities, and have a go at making and creating items to keep and treasure forever.

There’s a free ‘Bauble Bar’ where you can learn how to make those brilliant hanging ornaments that make your tree gorgeous.

This workshop is suitable for all skill sets, which means you don’t have to be the next Da Vinci to design one of these little trinkets, as a friendly host will be walking round the class to help everyone make a beautiful creation to take home with them.

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The second free event is a Christmas card making workshop, where there will be stationery provided for you to create some cute and snazzy designs, so get ready to freestyle your own drawings if you’re confident, or hone your craft by following the range of patterns and templates that will be on-hand for you to trial.

This final crafty class gives visitors the opportunity to create a two-layer wreath that’s sure to become part of your annual festive decor.

The ‘Christmas Wreath Making’ class provides all the materials you could need, but due to the cost of this, this isn’t a free event and tickets are a reasonable £10 instead.

/ Credit: | Ksenia Ya | Jonathan Borba (via Unsplash & Pexels)

/ Credit: | Ksenia Ya | Jonathan Borba (via Unsplash & Pexels)

All of these fun Christmas activities are happening at innovative event space, Hot House, which is designed to host creative workshops like these festive-themed crafts.

Although the ‘Bauble Bar’ and the ‘Christmas Card Making Workshop’ are both free, booking a ticket to secure your space is still required.

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Everyone interested in any event or all three can book a ticket to here.

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Northern Quarter craft beer bar Fierce Bar announces sudden closure

Thomas Melia Northern Quarter craft beer bar Fierce Bar announces sudden closure

Northern Quarter craft beer bar Fierce Bar announces sudden closure

A much loved independent craft beer bar in the heart of the Northern Quarter is set to close before the end of the year.

Fierce Bar, which opened in Manchester city centre in 2020, has been a firm favourite for Mancs and visitors alike with their range of beers and IPAs.

The Fierce Beer company has established itself as a leading force within the beer community winning ‘Scottish Brewery of the Year in 2021’ and numerous Scottish Beer Awards.

Their wide range of drink flavours pay homage to varieties from the USA and offered people who frequented their Thomas Street site in the Northern Quarter were treated to a refreshing taste of the transatlantic.

The Thomas Street bar had previously been home to 57 Thomas Street, a bar operated by Marble Brewery, which also operates The Marble Arch.

In a post on social media which opens with, “Some sad news…”, the company have stated: “We face continually spiralling costs that unfortunately mean it’s going to be unsustainable to continue operating the venue viably going forward”.

There’s still some hope as beer brand have also announced: “This is not the end for Fierce Beer south of the border though; we’re continuing to keep an eye on the market and aim to get back as soon as we can with a new physical location.”

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Anyone wanting to continue the bar’s legacy in Manchester can sport the indie establishment’s range of t-shirts, hats and funky glasses, some of which adorned the walls.

Being a Scottish born and bred brewery, if you’re still after your alcohol fix, you can still visit their two other locations in Edinburgh and Aberdeen next time you’re heading up north.

The last day of trade for Fierce Bar will be 20 December where the founders Dave and Louise will be heading to the Manchester site say a sad goodbye.

As it will be the final night of service ever, the team are urging anyone to pop down for a pint or two to commemorate the Manchester home.

It’s a shame to see such a well-used city centre social space shutting its doors, however Fierce Beer loyalists fear not as their online website is still very much alive and thriving here.

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