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New movies added to immersive drive-in cinema experience ‘Scare City’

Organisers of the upcoming drive-in Halloween drive-in cinema experience have confirmed that the scares are starting early.

The Manc The Manc - 25th September 2020

Organisers of Manchester’s upcoming Halloween drive-in cinema experience have confirmed that the scares will be starting earlier than anticipated.

Park N Party – the team behind the Scarecity event – has confirmed the addition of half a dozen extra films to the schedule.

Screenings will also begin 72 hours earlier than originally planned – with six horror flicks playing across three extra days.

Scarecity – which sees terrifying performers swarming on unsuspecting viewers’ during each evening of car park entertainment – will now launch on Friday 9 October.

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The new schedule includes the following films:

  • Annabelle Comes Home – Fri – 09/10/20 – 20:00
  • The Witches – Sat – 10/10/20 – midday
  • Coco – Sat – 10/10/20 – 16:00
  • Halloween 2018 – Sat – 10/10/20 – 20:00
  • Hotel Transylvania – Sun – 11/10/20 – 16:00
  • The Grudge – Sun – 11/10/20 – 20:00

Scarecity will run right through to November 1 – screening classics such as The Ring, Blair Witch Project, Get Out and It.

Tickets are priced at £35 per vehicle.

Food and drink is also available to purchase on site; served and distributed in compliance with COVID-19 safety precautions.

You can reserve your spot at ScareCity online now via Eventbrite.

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There’s a ‘not snobby’ cheese tasting evening coming to Manchester this autumn

Thomas Melia Thomas Melia

An evening dedicated to celebrating all things cheese is coming to a Manchester city centre pub this autumn.

Leeds-based cheese company Homage2Fromage launched its cheese-focused company back in 2011 as a monthly service highlighting all the delicious dairy offerings.

Since this, Homage2Fromage has gone on to host incredible events and activities, including an all-you-can-eat cheese festival right here in Manchester back in 2023.

Now, the cheese fanatics return with a brand-new event titled ‘Extreme Cheese’, where it’s bringing lots of creamy and crumbly varieties to local Manchester city centre pub, The Wayfarer. 

You can expect to sample eight dairy delights, with some expected to be ‘very strong’, as the company adds ‘fromage not for the faint-hearted’, so if you like your cheese strong, then this one’s for you.

Homage2Fromage host cheese tasting experiences across the country including Manchester / Credit: Supplied
Homage2Fromage host cheese tasting experiences across the country including Manchester / Credit: Supplied
Homage2Fromage host cheese tasting experiences across the country including Manchester / Credit: Supplied

This cheese provider offers tasting experiences up and down the country, including prime spots in the north like Halifax, Harrogate, Leeds, and Sheffield.

The newest cheese-inspired event is set to be no different, with an itinerary packed regarding all things cheese.

You can grab a drink on arrival, and as soon as you hear ‘CHEESE’ the tasting begins, followed by scoring and, most importantly, an informative chat where you learn all about this dreamy delicacy.

For those who are cheese aficionados, the company even lets you host your own cheese event and provides everything you could ever need – including that golden flavour-packed good stuff.

If you’d rather put your hosting skills to one side though, and just simply tuck into some of the best cheddar varieties there is, then you can do just that at this upcoming cheese testing evening this autumn.  

Read more:

Homage2Fromage is bringing an exclusive cheese tasting evening, ‘Extreme Cheese’, to Manchester city centre at The Wayfarer on 24 September, and you can find tickets HERE.

Featured Images – Publicity Pictures (via Supplied)

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Blackpool Pleasure Beach announces its famous ‘late night riding’ is back this summer

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has announced that its famous ‘late night riding’ event is making a grand return this summer.

Don’t quite feel ready to say goodbye to summer just yet, and want to cling onto that laidback lifestyle for a little longer?

Well luckily the Lancashire seaside town’s beloved theme park has just announced that it will be bringing back its ever popular ‘late night riding’ hours for one Saturday only later this month, and tickets are now on sale.

It’s not just us calling it ‘late night riding’ for nothing, by the way, that is genuinely what Blackpool Pleasure Beach has decided to name the event.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s famous ‘late night riding’ is making a comeback / Credit: Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Anyway, on Saturday 23 August, Blackpool Pleasure Beach will be open from 10am right through until late in the evening, so thrill-seekers can enjoy their favourite rides under the town’s twinkling lights once the sun has gone down.

“Enjoy the fantastic atmosphere as the park sparkles and shines in the dark,” Blackpool Pleasure Beach said as it announced the event‘s return.

While Blackpool Pleasure Beach is always a great day out during the daylight hours anyway, Late Night Riding gives you the chance to ‘brave your favourite rides in the dark’, and experience the park like never before.

Staying open until late means there’s even more hours to ride into the night on the UK’s tallest rollercoaster, the Big One, check out the twists and turns of ICON in the evening, enjoy a night race on the Grand National, and ride on the the Big Dipper at dusk.

There’ll also be a show-stopping fireworks display on the day at 10pm.

The spectacular fireworks displays have a different theme each Late Night Riding event, and always fill the skies above the rollercoasters, rides, and attractions of the park with plenty of colour, while special shows, themed music, and live entertainment fill the park below, all to make sure that visitors have the most immersive experience

The popular event will return for one night only later this month / Credit: Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Tickets for Late Night Riding on Saturday 23 August are available online, and will set you back £35 for an online ticket or £50 on the day.

If you’re unable to make this month’s Late Night Riding though, don’t worry, as you’ll have a chance to visit in a couple of months time when the event returns again in late November

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Find out more and book your Late Night Riding tickets here.

Featured Image – Blackpool Pleasure Beach

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