Manchester City is giving fans the chance to tour the club’s impressive stadium facilities this half term.
And there’s a “one-off” interactive, chocolate-themed twist to it.
With schools soon to be out across the region, and parents and carers therefore likely on the lookout for some exciting activities to occupy the little ones, Manchester City has announced that it’s launching new Easter-themed tours of the Etihad Stadium for two-weeks only – and they’re in partnership with Cadbury too, just to make it that little bit sweeter.
Running from Monday 4 – Sunday 17 April, the Easter Egg Hunt Stadium Tours give you the chance to “treat the family to some Easter fun,” Manchester City said.
Football fans can find the hidden eggs around the state-of-the-art stadium with club mascots Moonbeam and Moonchester, and then submit their scores to be in with the chance of winning some mouth-watering Cadbury chocolate prizes courtesy of the beloved confectionary company.
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The Easter Egg Hunt Stadium Tours give you the chance to “treat the family to some Easter fun” / Credit: Manchester City
This means that you can enjoy all the features of the regular stadium tours that take place all year-round – which are expertly-guided by the City Tour Guides, with all the behind-the-scenes areas brought to life with interesting stories, facts, and anecdotes – but while being part of an Easter Egg hunt to win a range of prizes.
Some of the activities fans can be getting up to throughout the Easter Egg Hunt Stadium Tours include asking a virtual Pep Guardiola questions the Press Conference room, and exploring the stadium’s exhibition space with holographic content.
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.
Fans will get to feel what it’s like to walk down the famous glass players tunnel on a matchday during the tour / Credit: Manchester City
They’ll even get to understand how the players prepare for a big match, feel what it’s like to walk down the famous 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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Tickets for the Easter Egg Hunt Stadium Tours will set adults back £25 each, £17 for those 18-21, students, and over 65s, £15 for those under 18, anyone under the age of five can go free, and there’s also a family pack of two adults and two U18s for £64.
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 -
30th March 2022 
