Families can kick-off the summer by going behind the scenes at Manchester City’s Stadium to “experience the magic”.
With schools across the UK now out for the six-week holidays, and parents and carers on the lookout for some exciting activities to occupy the little ones during the extended break, Manchester City’s popular tours of the Etihad Stadium are running throughout the summer – and tickets are now available to book.
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The immersive tours are expertly-guided by City’s Tour Guides and filled with interesting stories, facts, and anecdotes from throughout the club’s history.
Some of the activities fans can be getting up to throughout the 75-minute Manchester City Stadium Tour include asking a virtual Pep Guardiola questions in the famous Press Conference room, and exploring the stadium’s exhibition space with holographic content and plenty of silverware.
They’ll even get to learn how the players prepare for a big match, feel what it’s like to walk down the legendary glass players’ tunnel, go pitch-side to get a “Pep’s-eye view” of the stadium from the dug outs, and so much more.
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Manchester City’s popular tours of the Etihad Stadium are running throughout the summer / Credit: Tom Flathers (via Getty Images) | Manchester City
They can also watch the City story come to life in an immersive 360 degree cinema suite, and see what happens on matchdays in the Home Team dressing room with an audio-visual show.
By far one of the stand-out experiences on the tour has to be the chance to go inside the dressing room of the Premier League Champions and see the shirts of the entire squad hung up over their lockers – including those of new signings Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Stefan Ortega Moreno, and Kalvin Phillips.
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And for those who really want to know what it’s like behind the scenes and experience the proper pre-match buzz, then you can also book a tour that actually takes place on a matchday.
Families can kick-off the summer by going behind the scenes to “experience the magic” / Credit: Manchester City
Not only is the Manchester City Stadium Tour well-loved and known for being the most immersive tour experience in Premier League football, it’s now got an award to prove it, as it’s been rated in the top 1% of Tripadvisor experiences in 2022 – so it’s really becoming a must-see for anyone visiting Manchester.
Tickets for the Manchester City Stadium Tour will set adults back just £25 each, while it’s £15 for those under 18, and anyone under the age of five can go for free.
From drone shows to free ice lollies – what went down at Parklife 2025
Daisy Jackson
It’s been a few days since Parklife 2025 wrapped up, and now that we’ve all caught up on sleep we’re looking back on some of the highlights you might’ve missed.
With such a stacked line-up of live music, it would be impossible to have seen everything – from that sizzling final set from Charli XCX to Morgan Seatree’s emotional hometown show, plus viral sensation Interplanetary Criminal filling Matinee and D.O.D. getting the whole Big Top dancing.
One moment that you couldn’t possibly have missed if you were on the ground at Parklife festival was a surprise drone show which dazzled overhead on Saturday night.
As rap legend 50 Cent wrapped up his huge headline set on The Valley stage, and The Hangar came alive to the sound of Pawsa, fans got an extra special treat way up in the skies.
Hundreds of drones came together in an impressive, illuminated aerial display, starting with a 10-second countdown that stopped festival-goers in their tracks.
The drones then flew in formation to create iconic shapes like a yellow JD Sports duffle bag, an adidas shoebox, and the shape of a slowly-rotating Climacool trainer – and what a trainer it is.
The adidas drone show on Saturday nightadidas handed out Climacool-branded lollies and slushies50 Cent on The Valley stageadidas handed out Climacool-branded lollies and slushies
That wasn’t the only bit of attention the Climacool footwear got at Parklife either – thankful fans were treated to free Climacool branded ice lollies and slushies on their way into the festival on Saturday.
As the sun beat down on Heaton Park (bar the odd brief downpour, classic Manchester), adidas and JD Sports arrived in an ice cream truck with the coolest drop at the festival.
There was a helping hand from social media sensation Yombo to hype up the crowd before the festival had even got started.
The Climacool has a textile lining and upper work, with a perforated midsole to allow airflow and keep your feet fresh – perfect for any city adventure (and pretty perfect for a day at Parklife, we discovered).
If the Climacool trainers have caught your eye – either in the sky, at the Climacool ice cream truck, or on social media – then the good news is you can now shop them for yourselves.
Manchester bar announces huge giveaway of margaritas to celebrate first birthday
Daisy Jackson
A cocktail and shuffleboard bar in Manchester city centre is throwing a weekend-long party to celebrate its first birthday, and there are free cocktails up for grabs.
Electric Shuffle is kindly offering to give all of us presents for its birthday, with an epic free margarita giveaway.
That’s alongside an almighty party that includes resident DJs, live music performances, giveaways, exclusive offers, a cracking happy hour and a free photobooth.
The Deansgate activity bar, which has 15 interactive high-tech shuffleboards to play, each one loaded with different game modes, is celebrating one year in the city centre between Friday 20 and Sunday 22 June.
They’re throwing a three-day-long celebration, kicking off at 5pm on Friday with a giveaway of margaritas for the first 250 guests through the doors.
Then there’ll be an Electric Shuffle birthday prize game, where each slide of the puck could unlock prizes like bar tabs, brunch tickets, branded merch, cocktails, pizzas and more.
Singer-songwriter Luke McColl will be playing live during the evening, and you’ll be able to dive into a free photobooth all evening.
Electric Shuffle ManchesterFood and drink at the premium gaming barElectric Shuffle Manchester turns one
Moving on to Saturday’s celebrations – expect happy hour deals all day long, like £4 pins and £7 Sarti Spritzes, complimentary shuffleboard hire (you need to pre-book HERE), a special late brunch session between 5pm and 7pm, and more prize giveaways.
This part of the birthday party will be soundtracked by resident DJs and a live set from Elle Graham.
And if you thought that was the end of the party, you’re mistaken.
On Sunday, Electric Shuffle will host free shuffleboard all day long.
All summer, there’ll be a Margs and Margs deal, where you can get two margarita cocktails and a margarita pizza for just £25.
Electric Shuffle’s first birthday celebrations take place between 20 and 22 June.
Emily Sergeant -
4th August 2022 
