Launched in February 2018 to celebrate Manchester label Gizeh Records’ diverse roster, Gizehfest has quickly expanded to two editions for 2019 with a second event in Eeklo, Belgium, in February alongside the core event at the Soup Kitchen in March. Known for not focusing on any one genre of music, Gizeh is bringing together an…
Cricket fans around the world are looking forward to this summer’s big event, the 12th one-day World Cup, which will be held in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July. First contested in 1975, the tournament format has changed over time but in 2019 will comprise all 10 teams playing each other in…
The leading pop-culture event organiser in the UK, MCM Comic Con has four events lined up in the UK this year… in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Scotland. First up is Birmingham, taking place from 23-24 March at the NEC, which is followed by London in May, Manchester in July and Glasgow in September. At the…
On the first weekend of February Cardiff will become a blaze of pageantry as the Welsh hordes do battle with the likes of Zelda, Deadpool, Thor and Mystique to see who will be the first to get to the bar. A day after the Dragons take on Les Tricolores in Paris on the opening night…
What do you get if you cross a professional make-up artist, specialising in prosthetics, with a locations manager on productions such as the Harry Potter films and TV series Byker Grove? Answer, Britain’s hairiest culinary conquistadors… Dave Myers and Si King, aka the Hairy Bikers. Big hearted, down-to-earth cooks with a love of good food,…
After a a six-year break from touring, Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert is back on the road in 2019 with a new show, The Book of John. The tour kicks off on Saturday, 2 February, at the William Aston Hall in Wrexham and spans 52 venues over six months, with two nights at both London’s Eventim…
Alongside the mass of modern breweries and beer styles, a wall of wooden casks will greet traditionalists at Manchester Central in January when the north’s biggest beer festival comes to town. For more than 50 years breweries have been moving progressively to racking beer into metal casks and today these dominate the market but a…
A new festival heads to Manchester’s city centre in March when You Are Not Alone takes over the city on Saturday, 30 March 2019. The line-up and venues will be announced over the coming months, but a host of local favourites have already shown support for the multi-venue event in aid of charity Manchester Mind.…
Ink it into your calendar, Manchester plays host to the Tattoo Tea Party from 2-3 March this year. Celebrating everything that is wonderful about the tattoo scene in the UK and Ireland, the 2019 Tattoo Tea Party will be held in EventCity, next to The Trafford Centre. The convention, now in it’s eighth year, hosts…
It may be all quiet on the racing front at Cheltenham until the National Hunt season gets under starter’s orders on 27 October but in the meantime you can still take a punt at the racecourse by dusting down your antiques and taking them along on Saturday, 22 July, when there’s a Real Deal to…
