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Manchester’s newest bowling venue Wynwood Lanes is giving away 100 FREE sessions on opening week
Emily Sergeant
An exciting new bowling venue is opening in Manchester this week, and they’re giving away 100 free bowling sessions to celebrate.
Manchester get ready, as Wynwood Lanes is taking over the legendary Dog Bowl site and giving it a full Miami makeover.
Think five upgraded bowling lanes, pool tables, basketball hoops, sun drenched tunes, poolside cocktails, smoke machines, and a brunch menu from Kong’s NQ that’ll have you salivating before you’ve even sat down.
Wynwood Lanes will be running on a ‘unique’ day-mode and night-mode model.
This means that by day, guests can expect fresh brunch dishes and low-fi tunes, with children welcome until 7pm, and then when it’s in night mode, the Miami heat is turned up with party beats, celebratory smoke machines, late night snacks, and bar games.
As mentioned, fuel for the fun comes from Manchester legends Kong’s NQ, but this time with a Miami twist, so expect Cuban sandwiches, lime chicken avo arepas, tacos galore, and Miami-style brunch plates.
A boozy bottomless brunch will also take every Saturday and Sunday from next Saturday 30 August, with 90 minutes of Miami plates and free-flowing cocktails from £39.50 per person – with the option to upgrade to bowling for just a tenner
With the grand opening date just days away now, Wynwood Lanes wants to start things off with a bang… or you know, a strike.
In a bid to do this, they’ll be giving away free bowling sessions to the first 100 people through the doors on bank holiday Monday (25 August) from midday through to 11pm – with up to six players allowed per group.
Wynwood Lanes is open from 4pm tomorrow (Friday 22 August).
Read more:
- Beloved bowling bar Dog Bowl to close after 12 years ahead of major transformation
- Everything you need to know about Manchester Pride 2025
- Bolton Food and Drink Festival returns for its 20th anniversary this bank holiday weekend
Bowling prices will start at £9 (or totally free if you’re one of the first 100 to book for opening weekend), so follow this link to grab access to bowling booking slots when they’re released, and secure your lane before they’re gone.
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Manchester Mardi Gras lineup and stage times in full – the ultimate guide to Pride 2025’s new event
Danny Jones
This year’s Manchester Pride festival is nearly here, and with the organisers introducing an all-new addition to the celebrations in the form of Mardi Gras, 2025 is going to be unforgettable.
Promising to be bigger, better and bolder than ever, this new entire sub-section/spin-off/side-event (whatever you want to call it) is designed to up the party atmosphere even further over the long August bank holiday weekend.
For anyone as yet unaware, Manchester Pride 2025 will not just boast the usual parade, Gay Village Party and numerous other specific events in and around Canal Street, but an entirely new series; this year, Mardi Gras is taking over Depot Mayfield and Freight Island too, promising a whole host of shows.
So, without further ado, let’s get stuck into what’s on where and when, shall we?
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The Mardi Gras lineup for Manchester Pride 2025
Now, for starters, you can see the full lineup down below, including the likes of blockbuster headliner Nelly Furtado, who was announced as the final act for the closing night of Mardi Gras 2025 last week.
The are plenty of other big names playing Pride this year – take a look for yourselves.
It’s also worth noting that wristbands for Mardi Gras still grant you entry to all of this year’s Gay Village Party events, too.
Mardi Gras stage times for MCR Pride 2025
Next up are the stage times, and while we can certainly lay everything out for you, as with any festival, having to painstakingly check all of the clashes is up to you.
However, if you download the official Manchester Pride app for 2025, they have a helpful feature to do that for you as well.
You can see a full map of where to find the main Mardi Gras hub down below.
How about those set times then, eh?
Depot Mayfield
| Saturday, 23 August | Sunday, 24 August |
| DJ Mother – 3-30pm The Ivy Groove – 3:30-3:35pm Tysie Blaque – 3:35-15:40pm Black Betty – 3:40-4:30pm Jsky – 4:30-4:50pm Rikki Beadle-Blair – 4:50-4:55pm Booty Luv – 4:55-5:25pm DJ Sequinella – 5:25-5:55pm Sonique – 5:55-6:20pm Andi – 6:20-6:25pm Jaii Andrews – 6:25-6:30pm Coco Cannell – 7-7:10pm Jaii Andrews (second set) – 7:10-7:15pm Gok Wan – 7:15-8:45pm Slapped Peach 8:45-8:50pm Harry Kieta – 8:50-8:55pm Cadbury Parfait – 8:55-9pm Mr Blaque – 9-9:05pm Billy Porter – 9:05-9:55pm Ghetto Fabulous Dance Party – 9:55-10:25pm Leigh-Anne – 10:45-11:30pm | Anna Phylactic – 2:45-2:50pm N-Trance – 2:50-3:20pm Louis III – 3:30-4pm K-Klass – 4:10-7:10pm Louisa Johnson – 5-5:40pm Banksie – 5:20-5:35pm Tayce – 5:45-18:00 Big Freedia – 6:30-7pm Tulisa – 7:20-7:50pm Olly Alexander – 9:40-10:40pm Nelly Furtado – 11:30pm-12:30am |
Freight Island
| Sat, 23 August | Sun, 24 August |
| Bongo’s Bingo – 4-5pm Red Bull ‘Dance Your Style’ – 5:15-35pm Yshee Black – 5:35-5:50pm Shanika Sunrise – 5:55-6:10pm Bailey J Mills – 6:15-6:30pm Red Bull ‘Dance Your Style’ (second set) – 7-7:20pm Charity Shop Sue – 7:20-8:05pm Queenz: ‘Drag Me To The Disco’ – 8:15-9pm Dean McCullough’s Pop Machine – 9:15-10:15pm The Danny Beard Show – 11:33pm-12:28am | Bongo’s Bingo – 3:45-4:45pm Lucky Roy Singh – 5:20-5:25pm Tequila Thirst – 5:25-5:30pm Fortune – 5:35-5:40pm Minara el Waters – 5:40-5:45pm Lady Imelda – 5:45-5:55pm DJ – Club Zindagi – 6-6:30pm Singh/Raj/Fortune/Kaan/Awas – 6:30-6:35pm Sitara Malik – 6:35-6:40pm Awais – 6:40-6:45pm Saki Yew – 6:45-6:50pm Raj – 6:50-6:55pm Duniya Dhoom – 6:55-7pm Khaan – 7-7:05pm Buffer – 7:05-7:15pm Zahirah Zapanta – 7:15-7:20pm Amirck Channa – 7:20-7:25pm DJ – Club Zindagi (second set) – 7:25-7:55pm House of MCR ‘Pride Edition’ – 9pm-12:04am |
Concourse
| Sat, 23 August | Sun, 24 August |
| DJ Loz Newy – 2-3pm Choke On My Pronouns – 3-4pm Stnly – 4-5pm Fly Gir$$ – 5-6pm Runaway x Banksie – 7-10pm Monopoly Phonic – 10-10:30pm Bestley – 10:20-midnight | Kris Herbert – 2:45-3:45pm Chris Blackmore – 3:45-4:45pm Kate Meyher – 4:45-5:45pm Stephani B – 5:45-6:45pm Yvette Lindquest – 6:45-7:45pm Oxy Danger – 7:45-8:45pm Dave Cooper b2b Forbid – 8:45-9:45pm DJ Paulette – 9:45-10:45pm ALTÉGO – 10:45-midnight |
Freight Island (Garden Stage)
Sat, 23 Aug
- Jamie John Warren – 3-4pm
- Swagga – 6:30-8:30pm
- Styli – 8:30-930pm
- DJ Jess Rose – 9:30-11pm
Sun, 24 Aug
- Michael Maddison – 7-8pm
- Mix-Stress Presents ‘Kaleidoscope’ – 8-11pm
The Garden Stage is often the quieter, more laid-back part of Freight Island, but there’ll still be plenty of entertainment to be found there this bank holiday…
That’s just about everything you need to know ahead of the inaugural edition of Mardi Gras as part of the annual Manchester Pride celebrations.
We hope you all have a wonderful time this weekend – look out for one another, be happy, unapologetically yourselves, and show this city in its best light like you every year.
And last but not least, you can find out everything else you need to know from our complete MCR Pride 2025 guide right here.
Read more:
- Full list of road closures set to be in place for Manchester Pride Parade 2025
- Bolton Food and Drink Festival returns for its 20th anniversary this August bank holiday
- Drag Race UK winner Kyran Thrax plans ‘perfect’ Manc day out ahead of hosting all-new event
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