Students in Greater Manchester will be able to bag some big savings next week when Manchester Arndale’s popular event returns to the shopping centre.
The MCR Student Social will feature massive discounts, live entertainment, competitions, games, and loads more as it welcomes new and returning students to the city.
Top brands like Levi’s, Urban Outfitters, The North Face, Space NK, and Victoria’s Secret will all be getting involved, with up to 30% student discount on offer.
And there’ll be huge unbeatable offers on Manchester Arndale’s food, drink and entertainment offerings too, like 50% off at Doner Shack.
The brand new HOP Vietnamese, which serves street-food-inspired bites from its colourful restaurant on Market Street, will also be slashing its prices in half.
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You and your student pals can get competitive at Immersive Gamebox, or head to Urban Playground to try your hand at ITV’s The Cube.
Over on Market Street, our very own Audio North will be spinning tunes from a DJ truck – come say hi and get your requests in at @audio.north.
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Another live DJ will also be in position at Halle Place, which is home to some of the shopping centre’s best restaurants.
The MCR Student Social is back at Manchester Arndale this month. Credit: The Manc GroupThe MCR Student Social is back at Manchester Arndale this month. Credit: Manchester BID
And keep your eyes peeled for roaming activations, where you can win big prizes and grab exclusive goodies.
Inside the many stores at Manchester Arndale there’ll be more games, giveaways, free samples and prizes. Just grab a leaflet on the night to see what’s on around the city centre destination.
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Students will be able to get to grips with their new favourite retail hotspots, whether they’re browsing for accessories for their digs in Flying Tiger or TKMaxx, doing the big shop in Aldi, shopping in River Island and Monki, or having a night out in Roxy Ball Room or King Pins.
Many of these offer big student discounts all year round, but for one night they’ll be pulling out all the stops.
The MCR Student Social is the ultimate chance for new and returning students to grab amazing deals and experience the best of the city.
It’s back at Manchester Arndale on Thursday 26 September 2024 – see more here and follow @manchesterarndale on Instagram for the latest updates.
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Grammy-winning disco legend Purple Disco Machine is heading to Manchester for a huge gig
Daisy Jackson
Legendary German nu-disco and house producer Purple Disco Machine has a huge Manchester gig on the horizon, hot off the back of the release of his Paradise album.
The Grammy Award-winning artist’s latest release is packed with collaborations from some of the biggest names in music, including Nile Rodgers, Metronomy, Jake Shears, Duke Dumont, Sophie and the Giants, Nothing But Thieves and more.
And now he’s bringing his unforgettable disco vibes to a dance floor on our home turf, with a massive gig lined up at O2 Victoria Warehouse.
Set to take place on Friday 7 March, Purple Disco Machine will promise an incredible night of sizzling dance and house music, with support from Dan Shake, Oden & Fatzo Live!, and Urbi.
His irresistible sound includes hits like Hypnotised, Dished (Male Stripper) and, never one to miss a trend, an addictive remix of I’m Just Ken from the Barbie soundtrack.
His other remixes have included tracks for Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim and Britney Spears.
And of course there’s that Grammy win for his remix of Lizzo’s About Damn Time.
On Paradise, he’s released tonnes more addictive disco beats, notably Substitution with Julian Perretta, and Honey Boy with Nile Rodgers.
And live, Purple Disco Machine has cut his teeth on the British festival circuit, including recently joining Fisher at his headline Gunnersbury Park show in London.
Now a multi-platinum-selling artist, with more than two billion streams worldwide, the Paradise tour is set to take Manchester by storm.
Purple Disco Machine will be at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester on Friday 7 March – you can get tickets HERE.
A club night dedicated to the emo anthems of your youth is heading to Manchester
Daisy Jackson
Manchester, prepare to dust off your stompers and dig out your fingerless gloves, and get ready to party to the biggest emo anthems into the early hours.
A club night dedicated to 00s Emo Anthems is heading back to one of the city’s most iconic venues this spring.
Black Parade will be taking over the O2 Ritz Manchester for a night of pure noughties punk, running all the way from 9pm until 1am.
That’s four hours packed with party anthems from the likes of My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182 and loads more.
On Friday 11 April, Black Parade will promise a playlist that’s filled with hits from the biggest names in emo.
That list also includes Taking Back Sunday, Bring Me The Horizon, Panic! At The Disco, The Used, All American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Linkin Park, Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Pierce The Veil and loads more.
Black Parade has been running for eight years in venues all over the UK, even featuring at the mighty Download Festival for all that time, taking the prime spot in The Doghouse.
Black Parade, a club night dedicated to 00s emo music, is heading back to Manchester
And now it’s Manchester’s turn to rock out like it’s 2005 again.
I can’t be the only one who still remembers all the words to I Write Sins Not Tragedies, surely…
If you spent your teenage years sleeping beneath a poster of Gerard Way and scouring the shops for that perfect checkerboard belt for your skinny jeans, or if you just developed a love for this elite genre of music at any stage of life, this is the club night for you.
Maybe just step away from the boxed black hair dye this time around…
Black Parade – 00s Emo Anthems will take place at the O2 Ritz Manchester on Friday 11 April, from 9pm to 1am.
Daisy Jackson -
20th September 2024 
