Scare City is set to return to the North West for its fifth year, and is promising its “most immersive” horror experience to date.
After having firmly cemented itself as the region‘s favourite horror event every time spooky season rolls around, Scare City has announced that it’s getting ready for “another year of terror” over in Lancashire, and tickets are now on sale.
As the nights draw in and the temperatures begin to drop, Scare City will be taking over the grounds of the abandoned Camelot Theme Park, just as it has done for the past three years following the success of its initial 2020 launch as a drive-in cinema, from this September.
And this year’s event is set to feature a selection of terrifying zones – some familiar, some brand new.
The ‘Slaughter House’, where Camelot’s resident cannibal lives, the ‘Junkyard’, and the terrifying ‘Reaper’s Reach’, are some of the zones visitors can expect at the immersive walk-through attraction when it opens in a couple of months.
As mentioned, a number of familiar faces will be making an appearance this year, with the return of Carni Valley set in the darkened depths of the huge abandoned theme park being one of them, alongside the launch of a brand-new zone ‘Arakhne’.
‘Arakhne’ is set to be a “horrifying spider experience” where visitors enter the spider queen’s web of fear with her cluster of sinister creatures.
Scare City will return to the abandoned Camelot Theme Park for “another year of terror” this autumn / Credit: Supplied
‘Basilica of Galgani’, ‘Infirmary’, ‘Vallis Mortis’, and ‘Contained’ are the other zones on the lineup.
With cannibal butchers, cults, and a serial killer’s dumping ground all on the cards, organisers say anyone brave enough to grab tickets to this year’s Scare City will get to experience “unadulterated terror” and leave Camelot believing in “pure evil” and “devilish deceit”.
Don’t worry though, if you need a bit of a break from all the terror, then once you’ve made it halfway around the attraction, you’ll arrive at the aptly-named the ‘Resurrection Zone’, so you can take a moment to fuel up on the feast of food and drink freshly-prepared by on-site vendors, all ready for the second half of the harrowing Halloween spectacular.
2024 is promising to be Scare City’s “most immersive” horror experience to date / Credit: Supplied
Scare City 2024 will take over Camelot Theme Park, in Charnock Richard near Chorley in Lancashire, from Thursday 26 September and run until mid-November.
Tickets are now available to book at £26.95 for standard entry, or £36.95 for the ‘Gold Entry’ (both plus a £2.45 booking free), which allows you to fast-track queues at the main entrance and at all zones, if you just can’t wait any longer to be scared.
Get your hands on tickets via the Scare City website here.
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Aspiring artists can get their work displayed on one of the biggest digital screens in Manchester
Danny Jones
Are you a budding artist looking to get your work seen or know some who is? Well, you might want to pay attention because there’s an opportunity to have your creation seen by countless passers-by and on one of the biggest displays in the entire UK over at the Printworks.
If you’ve passed through the much-loved hospitality and leisure complex over the past year or so, you’ll have noticed their roof is now no longer a roof at all, really; the striking ceiling is now a constantly moving image and the largest of its kind in all of Europe.
Meaning that anyone who got their artworks on there would effectively be securing one of the biggest displays and public installations on the continent.
As Printworks themselves put it: “This isn’t just a screen; it’s an artistic stage viewed by millions of visitors every year, with the power to turn a single artwork into a 360-degree sensory experience.”
With that in mind, they’re giving one lucky individual the chance to grab the spotlight and see their creative expression plastered on the 1,000m² wraparound LED canvas.
“Supporting emerging talent and seeing fresh, creative perspectives is always inspiring, and I can’t wait to see what these young artists bring to the table! It was so surreal seeing my artwork on the digital.”
Past installations have included the ‘Spaces Up-Above’ exhibition by world-renowned light artist, Rupert Newman, as well as an International Women’s Day showcase by Heitzman herself, as a fellow Manchester-based creative.
In case you need a better idea of the sheer scale of this screen and why this is such an exciting opportunity for up-and-coming local artists, here’s how they celebrated Oasis returning to Manchester for their Heaton Park reunion gigs this week:
Synchronised with sound and added motion effects, the competition is now open to students who are currently enrolled in college, university or art school.
Better still, you don’t even have to be from or based in the area to take part – this is a nationwide competition hoping to spotlight the best talents in the UK.
All you have to do to enter this exciting competition in Manchester is simply provide Printworks your details and upload your artwork of choice HERE by Sunday, 3 August.
Nostalgic ready-to-drink Breezer makes UK return after a decade
Daisy Jackson
An iconic ready-to-drink favourite has launched back into the UK – oh yes, Breezer is back.
First launched in the 1990s, Breezers – then pitched as an ‘alcopop’ – were a staple on dancefloors and at barbecues right across the UK.
And now Bacardi has decided to bring these delicious, fruity, easy-drinking bottles back to British shores.
There are three new flavours to try as Breezers return to your fridges – Zesty Orange, Zingy Lime, and Crisp Watermelon.
And Breezer launched back into Manchester last night with a suitably memorable party, turning a spot in the Northern Quarter into a corner shop.
The ‘local Cornerbop’ was stacked with your usual essentials, plus shelf after shelf of these colourful glass ready-to-drink bottles.
Inside the Breezer ‘Cornerbop’ corner shop in ManchesterBreezer is back, in three new flavours
The Breezer relaunch party saw Tarsza and Rennie Peters spinning nostalgic anthems with a modern twist at a pop-up party in a corner shop.
Steve Young, business unit director for Bacardi in the UK & Ireland, said: “We know there is a lot of love for Breezer in the UK, and we are confident a new generation of consumers will fall in love with the new Breezer.
“RTDs are booming, however, the Flavoured Alcoholic Beverages category could do with a bit more excitement. By bringing back Breezer we’re definitely putting the fruity taste into FAB.”
The iconic ready-to-drink classic is back – and better than ever.
Emily Sergeant -
31st July 2024 
