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Beloved Holi Festival returns to Leeds in 2023 – and it’s bigger and more colourful than ever

The annual event is bringing cultures together.

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One of Leeds’ best-loved – and most colourful – events of the year is back for 2023, and it’s going to be bigger than ever before.

Holi Festival – known as the Festival of Colours – is a joyous celebration of peace, love, happiness and equality through live music and bright colours. 

Leeds Holi Festival 2022 was a triumphant success and saw 1,200 Holi Lovers making it the biggest Colour Festival in Yorkshire, but this year, Holi Festival are kicking it up a notch and are bringing 2,500 people together to celebrate – making it the biggest open air colour festival in the UK.

The event commemorates forgiveness and peace and is widely celebrated in India and adopted around the world for celebration.

Beloved Holi Festival returns to Leeds in 2023 / Credit: Leeds Holi Festival

Holi Festival celebrates the welcoming of spring and is seen as a time for people, no matter what caste or ethnicity, to get together and enjoy a feeling of togetherness, community and happiness.

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This year’s celebrations in Leeds are set to involve the traditional dry powder paints, as well as the serving of street food, live DJs and performances right in the heart of the city.

Red is the sign of love, yellow is synonymous with healing properties, blue is the colour of Lord Krishna, and green symbolises new beginnings – and through the use of these vibrant colours, Leeds Holi Festival aims at bringing different cultures together with different genres of music under one roof.

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It’s set to be bigger and more colourful than ever before / Credit: Leeds Holi Festival

Eshaan Kapoor, founder of Leeds Holi Festival said: “Our purpose is to bring different cultures together, spread love, positivity through music, colours and food. It is best known around the world for the powder that friends and families throw on each other and it’s the festival of love, peace and happiness.”

Holi Festival’s main sponsor this year is Leeds-based taxi firm Amber Cars – who will be providing festival goers safe journeys to and from the event with no added surcharge.

“We are proud to sponsor such a vibrant, unique festival and be part of Leeds Holi Festival,” said Tarlochan, Regional Director at Amber Cars.

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“Amber cars will be providing safe rides to all festival goers making their journey safe and secured”.

is a joyous celebration of peace, love, happiness and equality/ Credit: Leeds Holi Festival

British-Pakistani singer-songwriter, Zack Knight, will be headlining the event and providing the ultimate party tracks for guests to dance all day whilst being covered head to toe in bright colours from Ministry of Colours.

Other sponsors include Kirkstall Brewery and Slingsby Gin, with Punjabi Heaven from Roundhay providing delicious street food for the day. Through finding Yorkshire-based sponsors, the festival aims to bring like-minded people together to make Holi Festival one of the biggest events in the Leeds calendar.

Holi Festival will take place on 11 March 2023 at Beaverworks from 12.30pm till 7.30pm.

Tier one and two tickets have already sold out for the seven hour event, but remaining tier three tickets are still available to grab.

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For more information, visit the Leeds Holi Colours Festival 2023 Instagram Page.

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Manchester dentist loved by celebs is knocking £1000 off popular Invisalign treatment

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A luxury dentist in Manchester is offering Invisalign treatment with a massive saving this month. 

Ruh Dental, which counts the likes of Molly-Mae Hague and Helen Flanagan as patients, will be offering packages with more than £1000-worth of savings. 

The special offer is part of the boutique dental practice’s Invisalign Open Week, with discounts on the hugely popular clear brace system which straightens teeth discreetly. 

Most cases are able to be completed within six months, with noticeable differences in just three months. 

Invisalign can close gaps, and fix overbites and misaligned teeth with less clinic visits than traditional ‘train track’ braces. 

Molly-Mae Hague reviewing her treatment with Ruh Dental. Credit: YouTube
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Anyone who books in for a consultation and takes up treatment during Invisalign Open Week will save over £1000, thanks to a free consultation (worth £75), free 3D digital scan and simulation of your teeth (worth £300), £400 off aligners, free Vivera Retainers worth £500, and free teeth whitening worth £175. 

The open week will run between 29 March and 5 April, with the offer valid for five days after the consultation. 

Ruh Dental is based in the heart of Spinningfields and is trusted by the likes of Jill Scott, Helen Flanagan and Olivia Attwood. 

The private practice has no waiting lists, with patients seen ASAP, and focuses on restorative and cosmetic procedures.

Its dental team is led by the award-winning Dr Billal Arshad, an expert in his field who trains colleagues nationally and internationally and is famed for his attention to detail and artistic flair. 

Another Ruh Dental deal currently running is a Mother’s Day offer, where you can claim a free afternoon tea at The Ivy and a free hygiene appointment when you refer your mum for an appointment with Dr Arshad. 

To find out more and book your Invisalign consultation, visit ruhdental.com/invisalign-open-week-page. 

Featured image: YouTube, Molly-Mae Hague

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The former university campus that’s now one of Manchester’s coolest and greenest places to live

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The transformation that’s taken place in parts of Manchester in recent years is staggering, from huge skyscrapers to ultra-modern office blocks – but it’s part of the old university campus that’s gone undergone the most impressive makeover of all. 

Kampus has taken part of the old Manchester Metropolitan University campus and turned it into a bustling neighbourhood that prides itself on its lifestyle offering. 

There’s obviously the restaurant and bar scene that’s taking shape around the central garden, which shows off some of the city’s best operators. 

But residents of the beautiful and modern apartments also have access to a gym that rivals the commercial gyms in town, a cinema room, private dining spaces and terraces.

The food and drink scene at Kampus

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Nell’s at Kampus. Credit: The Manc Group
Pollen at Kampus
Pollen at Kampus. Credit: The Manc Group

Kampus has already drawn on some seriously big local names from around Greater Manchester, with plenty more to come. 

Nell’s – the New York-style pizzeria from the team behind Common & Co – was in first, with its huge, glass-fronted restaurant and bar. 

Then came more – Yum Cha, with its incredible menu of dim sum; Beeswing, where it’s all about the wine and the small plates; Pollen, the award-winning bakery with giant loaves and perfect croissants. 

Most recently, Great North Pie joined the Kampus neighbourhood, serving its incredible pies that are stuffed with ingredients from around the north west. 

And the hoardings are up for others still to come, like queer cocktail den Red Light and the new ‘creative destination’ Maker’s Quarter. 

The amenities at Kampus

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The cinema at Kampus. Credit: The Manc Group

Renting a flat at Kampus doesn’t just get you a flat (though, those are pretty special) – it also gets you access to all the amenities built here by developers Capital & Centric and HBD.

Residents can rent out the private cinema room for movie nights or to watch major sporting fixtures with friends and family. 

There are also private dining spaces to help you step up your dinner party game (we all know the struggles of trying to host a big dinner in a one-bedroom apartment), which has a high-spec kitchen as well as huge dining tables. 

The lounges and terraces around Kampus are there for residents to socialise and relax together, including rooftop spaces.

At ground level, it’s all about the canal-side garden that’s open to all and surrounded by restaurants, bars and cafes. Huge green plants pour out over the footpaths and benches and in summer, the garden is always hosting some sort of pop-up event. 

And there’s Little David Street, a once-forgotten cobbled street that was closed completely for over a decade, but is now restored to even-better-than-its-former glory and steadily filling up with cafes.

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Inside Kampus in Manchester. Credit: The Manc Group

Kampus has five pet-friendly buildings centred around the garden, each one offering something a little different. 

The Grade II-listed Minshull Warehouse was once a Victorian shipping warehouse, now turned into an apartment building that still shows off its original features. There are similar homes in the Minto & Turner historic red-bricked warehouse. 

The original 1960s tower block has been upgraded – ‘a tamed brutalist beast’ – with modern interiors but still original touches like exposed concrete and original waffle ceilings. 

Then there are the North and South blocks, the former topped with a rooftop village of Dutch houses that have transformed the skyline. 

To find out more about Kampus and to book a viewing, visit kampus-mcr.co.uk.

Featured image: The Manc Group

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