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Northern Quarter institution Shack is slashing prices in January – including in its new basement bar

Shack and its basement bar Lost Weekend have launched some massive discounts for January.

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 12th January 2022

The first month of the year is always a good time to grab a bargain meal out, with restaurants and bars across the city slashing their prices to entice us all out of our post-Christmas slumber.

The Northern Quarter institution Shack – which moved across to a new site on High Street a couple of years ago – is no exception.

The popular bar and grill is knocking its food bills in half throughout January if you dine between Monday and Friday.

That means 50% off burgers (including the massive Shack Attack burger and the Salt and Pepper chicken stack), buttermilk chicken, loaded fries and mac and cheese bowls.

  • Food at Shack in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Credit: The Manc Group
  • Food at Shack in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Credit: The Manc Group

It also means half-price brunches, with full breakfasts, chicken and waffles, and French toast all on the menu.

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The 50% off discount is available to anyone who books in advance, though even if you fancy a walk-in Shack will knock 20% off your food bill.

Shack’s usual deals – like its happy hour drinks offers and the weekend bottomless disco brunch (£30 per person with prosecco, mimosas, bellinis and selected beers, or £40 to upgrade to bottomless pornstar martinis and frozen margaritas) – are still available too.

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The fun carries on in its new basement bar, Lost Weekend, too.

  • The Lost Weekend basement bar at Shack in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Credit: The Manc Group
  • The Lost Weekend basement bar at Shack in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Credit: The Manc Group

The underground late-night bar is kitted out with pool tables, beer pong, air hockey and more – and they’re offering free gaming all month.

Visit between Thursday and Saturday and you can play for free, and enjoy two cocktails for £10 all night long.

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There’ll be a small food menu on offer at Lost Weekend too.

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Looking ahead to next month, Shack is planning a massive Superbowl party.

They’ll be screening the all-American sports event through the night (kick-off isn’t until 11.30pm UK time), including the half-time show which this year will star Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar.

You can see the full Shack menus and make a booking for 50% off food at shackbarandgrill.co.uk.

Featured image: The Manc Group

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Manchester streaming platform StreamGM unveils four-part creative industry careers podcast

Thomas Melia Thomas Melia

A new four-part podcast by StreamGM featuring some of Greater Manchester’s top creatives has launched with the aim of powering creative careers.

Produced by Rebecca Swarray, a.k.a. ‘RebeccaNeverBecky’ – the founder of the Manchester events and arts collective – this podcast is designed to “ignite and elevate creative careers in music.”

Swarray deep dives into the current Manc music scene and beyond with the help of fellow insiders who vary upon each episode.

There are four parts in this latest series and there’s lots to cover, especially in an industry that’s ever-changing and ever-challenging.

Some of the guests and speakers you can expect to listen to on ICAM.
Some of the guests and speakers you can expect to listen to on ‘ICAM’ (In Conversations and Masterclasses)
Credit: StreamGM/The Manc Group

Listeners can expect to learn all about ‘Women Behind The Music’ as part of the In Conversations and Masterclasses series with Sophie Bee, Sara Garvey and Kat Brown.

The next episode delves into another key music industry area, ‘Promoters, Venues And Events’, which is broken down by Baz Plug One, Strutty, Tashadean Wood and Liv McCafferty.

‘Artist Development And Management’ features Karen Boardman, Karen Gabay, Damian Morgan, and Via Culpan deep in discussion.

The final episode in this four-part series is ‘Videography And Photography In The Creative Industries’, which sees Johan Reitan, Alice Kanako and Ahmani Vidal talking all things visual.

These four features will be an incredible resource for any creative talents as it put together by professionals for upcoming professionals of any age from any background, race, gender and walk of life.

After all, that’s what is all about, right?

Abbreviated to ‘ICAM’, the podcast is certainly one to check out, with for aspiring artist managers, producers, photographers, promoters—anyone driven to make their mark in music and events.

These podcast sessions understand industry challenges, explore career journeys, creative influences, crisis management and lots more creative field concerns.

You can find the first episode in full down below:

The first episode of the new limited StreamGM podcast.

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This run of shows is the second instalment by StreamGM: Greater Manchester’s phenomenal streaming platform dedicated to all things music, nightlife and culture.

Whether you’re a budding creative arts talent or just curious to find out insights into this wonderful innovative industry, you can listen to all the episodes from the series directly on StreamGM HERE.

Elsewhere in Greater Manchester music news, another very special event is kicking off very soon:

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One of Manchester’s oldest surviving Victorian mills to be repurposed into ‘distinctive’ rental homes

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

A multi-million funding deal has been agreed to repurpose one of Manchester’s oldest surviving Victorian mills.

After £55 million plans to reimagine Talbot Mill into a 10-storey apartment block began back in May of last year, social impact developers Capital&Centric have now agreed a £37 million deal with Paragon Bank to finance the restoration of the historic mill and repurpose it into 190 new distinctive properties for rent.

Built in 1855 overlooking the canal, the imposing red-brick mill on Ellesmere Street in the Castlefield neighbourhood was the product of Manchester’s textile boom.

One of the city’s last massive mills to be restored, it was Talbot that spearheaded the rapid transformation of the Cornbrook area from undeveloped land to a powerful industrial hub in the late 19th century, before going on to dominate the local cotton industry in the early 1900s.

It was even used as a mushroom farm in the 1980s, while more recently, it has been the set of a period drama and a massive art exhibition.

But when the restoration is complete, over half the development will be newly-built and will offer residents of the nearly 200 ‘distinctive’ apartments a lush hidden garden, with plenty of green spaces to meet and hang out, while still managing to celebrate the mill’s past and retain loads of original features.

Capital&Centric is developing Talbot Mill as an investment, which it will retain for rent once finished.

This is something the developers have already done successfully on a number of sites in recent years, especially in its lengthy run of restoring Manchester’s iconic listed buildings and mixing the old in with the new.

One of Manchester’s oldest surviving Victorian mills will be repurposed into ‘distinctive’ rental homes / Credit: Capital&Centric

“We love to restore and repurpose historic buildings,” explained Tom Wilmot, who is the joint managing director at Capital&Centric.

“But as one of Manchester’s oldest mills, Talbot Mill is something a bit different, so we’re buzzing to be bringing it back to its former glory, [as] it had a huge role to play in the industrial revolution in the city and now it gets to be part of the city’s future.

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“We’re retaining as many features as we can, to keep the history of the mill alive and so that our residents can enjoy becoming custodians of the past whilst enjoying all the trappings of modern-day living.”

Featured Image – Capital&Centric

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