To celebrate the beginning of the festive season and the return of its celebrated seasonal bakes, Greggs has announced it will be hosting a series of Festive Bake Brunches across the country this November.
The first-of-its-kind brunch event will see the ever-popular UK bakery chain dish out sharing platters loaded with sausage rolls, festive bakes and sweet treats, alongside a selection of Greggs-inspired alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) drinks.
Think a sausage roll sour, Greggspresso martini, sugar strang daiquiri, Greggs no-Aperol spritz and festive fizz, all served within a 75-minute time frame.
Kicking off in Manchester on 19 November, Greggs’ Festive Bake Brunch will see guests enjoy festive sharing platters alongside drinks including fizz and seasonal cocktails across three sittings.
Image: Greggs
Image: Greggs
Popping up in London, Manchester and Newcastle, the new Festive Bake Brunch events by Greggs will officially start the bakery’s countdown to Christmas.
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Attendees can expect a party atmosphere, with Hunsnet bringing entertainment to brunchers through a full DJ set, live performances, and Christmas medleys.
Festive Bake Brunch by Greggs marks the highly-anticipated return of the Festive Bake and Vegan Festive Bake, both of which will be available in Greggs shops across the UK from Thursday 10 November.
Offering hundreds of guests the chance to snap up exclusive tickets to the events, a £5 booking fee per person will apply to each reservation made and will be refunded upon attendance.
The booking link for Festive Bake Brunch by Greggs will go live on Greggs social channels on Friday 4 November at midday.
To find out more about the Festive Bake Brunch, you can visit the Greggs website here.
Festive Bake Brunch by Greggs
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MANCHESTER
Date: Saturday 19 November
Timings: 75 minute slots are available to book between 13.00– 18.15
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Price: £5 per person booking fee (refunded upon attendance)
Address: 54 Oldfield Rd, Salford, M5 4LZ
Nearest Station: Salford Central
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What a night spent reliving our childhood.
Now, I don’t want to exaggerate or seem biased, considering this is one of my favourite film trilogies of all time, but this could be the best stage show I’ve seen in a long while.
We all know how High School Musical goes, right? Set at East High, we follow Troy and Gabriella (the star basketball player, and the geeky new girl) who meet over New Year, and then become ‘star-crossed lovers’ when back at school as they’re part of two different ‘cliques’.
The duo mess with the ‘Status Quo’ when they audition for the school musical. But will they stick to what they know? Or become stars of the stage? I’m sure you know the ending.
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From the costumes and the characters, to the memorable songs (there’s actually 52 songs in this production, including a mega mix at the end), they’ve kept right to the script of the films – and that’s exactly what we wanted to see.
Of course, the biggest throwback of them all is Kaycee Stroh – who originally featured as Martha Cox in the film trilogy – taking the role as Ms Darbus, and she was just as incredible as we expected her to be. And to see her do the iconic dance in the finale was unbelievable, 13-year-old Amy was screaming.
Also featuring Jason Donovan as Coach Bolton, Tobias Turley as Troy, Leonor Correia as Gabriella, Caitlin Tipping Sharpay, and Luke Bayer as Ryan, it was a proper impressive cast all round.
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Fontaines D.C. have just announced their biggest headline tour to date, including a massive arena gig here in Manchester.
The wildly popular Irish rock band are set to play a whopping 20 arena shows across Europe and the UK this autumn.
The tour has been announced in celebration of their upcoming fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, which is set for release this October.
Fontaines D.C. will hit the road just five days after the album drops, kicking off their European tour in Lisbon on 21 October.
Then they’ll make their way over to the UK, with shows in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow, Birmingham and London.
Fans in their home country of Ireland are told to stay tuned for live news very soon.
As we speak, Fontaines D.C. are warming up to play one of the country’s biggest festivals, with headline slots at Reading & Leeds Festival.
They’ve already released Marianne, the first single from their new album, and frontman Grian Chatten says of the album: “The album itself is a dopamine chamber. You step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you.”
The new record has been recorded between London, the English countryside, and Palermo, where Chatten recorded vocals in a makeshift booth built from mattresses and cushions.
He said: “There’s a poignant sense of us being on the brink of some other kind of form of humanity, or non-humanity.”
Tickets will go on general sale at 10am on Thursday 3 September, with pre-sale live from 10am on Tuesday 1 September.
You can access tickets for Fontaines D.C. in Manchester HERE.
Fans who pre-order Dopamine Chamber from the official store by 6pm on Monday 31 August will gain access to the UK pre-sale.
Fontaines D.C. UK tour dates in full
Friday 20 November – Liverpool, UK – M&S Bank Arena
Saturday 21 November – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
Sunday 22 November – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
Tuesday 24 November – Leeds, UK – First Direct Bank Arena
Wednesday 25 November – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
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