It was revealed earlier this month that the laid-back Greek island lifestyle and Mediterranean sunshine would be coming right here to Revolution Parsonage Gardens in Manchester, after being sadly postponed on a number of occasions last year due to ongoing restrictions amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
And in reaction to the popularity of the announcement, a second event will now take place on Sunday 22nd August 2021.
Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s unveiling of the government’s “irreversible” roadmap for lifting England’s current national lockdown, this immersive brunch experience – hosted by The Brunch Club in partnership with Revolution – will have you singing, dancing and testing your movie trivia knowledge with a bunch of themed quizzes in the aim of trying to win some of the exciting prizes up for grabs.
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There’ll also be a costume competition, all of the greatest Mamma Mia tunes blasting out, and of course a few sing-alongs accompanied by “a great band” thrown in there too for good measure.
Along with an inclusive menu of grilled brunches, avocado toast and pancakes – with options available for vegetarians, vegans and those following a gluten-free diet – this is also a bottomless brunch, meaning you can sip on a tipple or two, from Aperol Spritz and Prosecco, to Bloody Marys, a range of beers and and so much more, all while you sing-along to your heart’s content.
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Alternatively, you can skip the booze and just stick to the brunch by itself if you wish.
This sounds like it’s bound to be the perfect post-COVID Sunday in the city that you won’t go forgetting any time soon.
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The Mamma Mia-themed Dancing Queen! Brunch is landing in Manchester on Sunday 22nd August 2021.
The Brunch Club has worked closely with Revolution to make this event happen, and those who book will be kept continuously updated with any changes over the coming months.
Tickets are available from £35 per head, and you can grab yours here.
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Pulp at Co-op Live, Manchester – tickets, times, setlist and more for UK tour
Thomas Melia
Britpop band Pulp is heading over to Manchester for a night of singing along right through to ‘Sunrise’ or until Co-op Live’s curfew.
Jarvis Cocker and co., known more famously as UK cult classic band Pulp, are heading on the road, stopping off at various arenas up and down the country.
Their latest discography addition, their comeback LP, More, just debuted on the UK’s Official Album Charts and in pole position, no less: a very impressive feat that makes that a total of three number ones in their career.
Their eighth album is remarkable in more ways than one, as not only has it become a talking point in the music world, it’s also the band’s first new release in 24 years – an absolute banger as well, by the way.
Cocker and his bandmates are no strangers to the North either, much like our friends over at The Sheff, the Pulp frontman and several members of the lineup, both past and present, are Steel City natives.
As Britpop lovers and fans of the band ourselves, we’re buzzing about their chart-topping return, but no way as proud as their home city.
Pulp gig guide – all the key info you need to know
Pulp’s last visit to Manchester took place at Castlefield Bowl when they played a show as part of the impressive summer music series, Sounds of the City. Fast forward to 2025, and now they’re taking on the region’s biggest indoor entertainment and live music arena.
Let’s all imagine this picture of Jarvis is him checking the road signs on his way to Manchester
Are there tickets left for Pulp at Co-op Live?
If you’re suffering from ‘The Fear’ of not getting your seat ahead of Pulp’s ‘You Deserve More’ tour, there are limited seats for the Co-op Live show in Manchester HERE.
Don’t wait around, though; these won’t be around for long.
And if you fancy feeling all special and setting yourself apart from the rest of the ‘Common People’ for once (not that the mixer isn’t still the best place to be), why not treat yourself to a luxury concert experience thanks to SeatUnique, where you have access to your own private lounge?
Pulp 2025 ‘You Deserve More’ tour setlist
Spike Island
Grown Ups
Slow Jam
Sorted for E’s & Wizz
Disco 2000
F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E
Tina
Farmers Market
This Is Hardcore
Sunrise
Something Changed
The Fear
O.U (Gone, Gone)
59 Lyndhurst Grove
Acrylic Afternoons
Do You Remember the First Time?
Mis-Shapes
Got to Have Love
Babies
Common People
A Sunset
What are the stage times for Pulp in Manchester?
Pulp are set to perform at Co-op Live, Manchester on 21 June.
Co-op Live has a strict curfew of 11pm, meaning everyone can stay for the final ‘Slow Jam’ or two without worrying about getting home too late.
Anyone attending can expect the doors to open at 6:30pm with a kick-off time of 7:30pm, which gives you an hour to turn to your friend and ask, “‘Do You Remember the First Time’…we watched Pulp?”
Pulp x Co-op Live afterparty
If you’re not ready go home after the encore and you really do think ‘You Deserve More’, you can always cop yourself a ticket to the afterparty inside Co-op Live’s Backstage Club’ too.
With a DJ set to play indie favourites straight after the show and until late, the party doesn’t stop until you say it does. Tickets are available now.
We recently got to experience it ourselves on our last visit to the arena to watch the one and only Lionel Richie, and it certainly left an impression on us.
We didn’t meet him backstage, but he did call us his ‘cousins’…
How to get to the venue
Tram
For those of you heading to Co-op Live, you’ll be glad to know it’s right next door to a rather famous big blue stadium and its integrated Metrolink stop.
Head along the light blue or orange lines directly to the Etihad Campus or Ashton-under-Lyne, and you can get off the tram literally spitting distance from the arena. You can find the full map HERE.
Trams run frequently on the Ashton-Eccles line to the Etihad stop, with services leaving every six minutes from the city centre, and until 1:00am on Fridays and Saturdays.
Bus
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You can find the full list of bus routes HERE, with the one in closest proximity to the venue being the 53 bus, which runs from Cheetham Hill through to Higher Crumpsall, Old Trafford and Pendleton, leaving just a two-minute walk to Co-op Live. You also get free Bee Network travel with any valid event ticket.
Getting there by car and parking
If you’re driving, there is limited parking available at the venue, but this must be pre-booked ahead of time, and there are designated drop-off areas.
The postcode is M11 3DU and you can follow the signs towards the wider Etihad Campus as you get closer; directions to the adjacent drop-off points will also be signposted.
Keep in mind that congestion on the roads close to the stadium is expected to gather around two hours prior to any event, so if you are travelling on the road, these are the suggested times they provide come event day, though estimates will obviously vary:
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Alan Turing Way (both directions): plan an additional 20 minutes into any journey by road.
Hyde Road (eastbound): expect an additional 15 minutes to be added to your journey.
Mancunian Way (westbound): plan for an extra 10 minutes of travel time.
There are also three park-and-ride facilities near Co-op Live, but be advised that the Velopark and Holt Town stops will be closed post-event to help safely manage crowds:
Ashton West (Ashton line) – 184 spaces and 11 disabled spaces
Ladywell (Ashton-Eccles line) – 332 spaces and 22 disabled spaces
Walk/cycle
Lastly, Co-op Live is only a half-hour stroll from Manchester Piccadilly, and you could even walk along the canal all the way to the front door if you fancy taking the scenic route.
Greater Manchester now also offers the option to hire bikes via the Beryl app, with riders able to locate, unlock, get to their destination and then safely lock up the bike all through an easy-to-use app. There are hire points just near the south-west corner of the Etihad Stadium on Ashton New Road.
For more information on all travel options, you can check out the enhanced journey planner.
A free open-air cinema is opening in the heart of Manchester’s skyscraper district
Daisy Jackson
A free open-air cinema is opening in Manchester city centre this summer, screening everything from film to sporting and cultural events.
Audiences will be able to recline in deck chairs surrounded by one of the city’s best views – the glittering towers of New Jackson.
With a backdrop of the modern Manchester skyline and food delivered to your seat from the acclaimed Medlock Canteen, Screen on The Square will be a go-to hangout for Mancs this summer.
This new opening at New Jackson will also have its own licensed outdoor bar.
It’s all launching at New Jackson this weekend, Renaker’s world-class skyscraper district and thriving new neighbourhood that’s taken shape at the southern side of Manchester city centre.
Films on the schedule will include family favourites like Big Hero 6, Frozen, and Finding Nemo; cult classics such as Cool Runnings, Grand Budapest Hotel, and Back to the Future; and major musical blockbusters such as Mamma Mia and La La Land.
As well as a packed programme of film screenings, Screen on the Square will be showing major summer events like Glastonbury, Wimbledon and the UEFA Women’s EURO competition.
There’ll be family-friendly matinees and morning screenings, as well as later evening movie nights.
Screen on the Square will take place on The Square at the base of Deansgate Square towers
Screen on The Square will run from Saturday 21 June until Sunday 14 September, at The Square at Deansgate Square in New Jackson.
It’s the latest cultural and community offering from the new neighbourhood, which has transformed Manchester’s skyline with world-class skyscrapers.
The New Jackson district includes Deansgate Square, The Blade, Three60, Crown Street, and Contour, and (once fully complete) will bring 6,400 homes. The neighbourhood already includes public spaces, a primary school, play area, NHS medical centre, health and wellness clinic, hair salon, cookery school, padel courts and loads of independent restaurants and bars.
Full listings for Screen on the Square are below, and HERE.
Screen on The Square programme*
Saturday 21 June, 3pm – Wall-E
Saturday 21 June, 7pm – Back to the Future
Sunday 22 June, 10am – Big Hero 6
Sunday 22 June, 7pm – Tron: Legacy
Friday 27 June, 12pm-11pm – Glastonbury
Saturday 28 June, 12pm-11pm – Glastonbury
Sunday 29 June, 12pm-11pm – Glastonbury
Wednesday 2 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Iceland v Finland
Wednesday 2 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Switzerland v Norway
Thursday 3 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Belgium v Italy
Thursday 3 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Spain v Portugal
Friday 4 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Denmark v Sweden
Friday 4 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Germany v Poland
Saturday 5 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Wales v Netherlands
Saturday 5 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: England v France
Sunday 6 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Norway v Finland
Sunday 6 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Switzerland v Iceland
Monday 7 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Spain v Belgium
Monday 7 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Portugal v Italy
Tuesday 8 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Germany v Denmark
Tuesday 8 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Poland v Sweden
Wednesday 9 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: England v Netherlands
Wednesday 9 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: France v Wales
Thursday 10 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Finland v Switzerland or Norway v Iceland
Friday 11 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Italy v Spain or Portugal v Belgium
Saturday 12 July, 12pm – 7pm – Wimbledon
Saturday 12 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Sweden v Germany or Poland v Denmark
Sunday 13 July, 12pm – 7pm – Wimbledon
Sunday 13 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: England v Wales or Netherlands v France
Wednesday 16 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Quarter Finals
Thursday 17 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Quarter Finals
Friday 18 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Quarter Finals
Saturday 19 July, 3pm – Sing
Saturday 19 July, 5.30pm – Mamma Mia
Saturday 19 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Quarter Finals
Sunday 20 July, 10am – Kids’ Morning: School of Rock
Sunday 20 July, 7pm – La La Land
Tuesday 22 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Semi Finals
Wednesday 23rd July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Semi Finals
Emily Sergeant -
30th March 2021 
