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BLACK FRIAR’S ANNUAL PIE FESTIVAL WHERE THOUSANDS ARE MADE AND SOLD EVERY YEAR RETURNSThe Black Friar's annual pie festi...
08/01/2026

BLACK FRIAR’S ANNUAL PIE FESTIVAL WHERE THOUSANDS ARE MADE AND SOLD EVERY YEAR RETURNS

The Black Friar's annual pie festival has been going since 2021, and it’s a sure-fire way to banish those January blues.

Head Chef Ben Chaplin has created a menu featuring both comforting classics and avant garde creations this year, priced at ÂŁ10 each, with sides at ÂŁ3.

You’ll find four favourites at the centre of it all, including a vegan-friendly mushroom keema pie topped with an onion bhaji and a confit garlic chicken and leek pie.

There’s also a truffle dauphinoise pie, and a traditional meat and potato pie, which will be supplemented by changing specials like a breakfast pie, lasagne pie, and even a pigeon pie.

You can also grab a huge sharing pie to be enjoyed by up to four people, choosing from the fillings above, or the likes of ox cheek and bone marrow or confit garlic chicken - you need to pre-order these 24 hours in advance.

And the best thing about this January offering is it runs all through February too


Get booked in via the LINK IN COMMENTS.

06/11/2025

THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS SO IMPRESSIVE THEY’VE BEEN LITERALLY STOPPING TRAFFIC

The Black Friar know what they’re doing when it comes to Christmas decorations.

The pub has a yearly transformation to get in the festive spirit, in which the entire building is adorned with twinkling lights, trees, decorations, and present towers, to go alongside the cosy corners with roaring fires.

This year has seen more than 3,000 baubles decorate the venue, with the festive glow-up so impressive it’s been stopping traffic on Blackfriars Road.

You can now book the Winter Tavern, a private feasting space filled with rugs, candles and open fires, as well as the Cabins outdoors - bespoke cosy pods for groups of up to 8 to drink in, free to hire.

The Black Friar has also teamed up with Salford Rum on a limited edition bottle, available to buy from 17 November.

If you want to get in the festive mood, simply head down and take it all in. You won’t be disappointed


Book a table via the LINK IN COMMENTS.

ED SHEERAN ANNOUNCES RUN OF ARENA SHOWS LATER THIS YEAR WITH ONE IN MANCHESTEREd will be hitting the road in December 20...
03/09/2025

ED SHEERAN ANNOUNCES RUN OF ARENA SHOWS LATER THIS YEAR WITH ONE IN MANCHESTER

Ed will be hitting the road in December 2025, with the upcoming shows being a rare chance to see the stadium-selling superstar perform in more intimate venues.

The arena tour comes to Manchester on 7 December, where he’ll be playing at the Co-op Live.

Co-op members get early access to tickets, with the presale going live at 10am on Wednesday 10 September. General sale launches at 10am on Thursday 11 September.

Become a Co-op member to get early access to tickets here: https://bit.ly/4m1oBSa

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE ANNOUNCE HEADLINE SHOW AT CO-OP LIVEFlorence + The Machine are returning to Manchester next year,...
29/08/2025

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE ANNOUNCE HEADLINE SHOW AT CO-OP LIVE

Florence + The Machine are returning to Manchester next year, with a transcendent performance at the Co-op Live.

Expect haunting vocals, sweeping melodies, and the kind of raw emotion that only Florence can summon, when they come to town on 20 February 2026.

Co-op members are first in line for tickets, with the Co-op Member Presale going live at 10am on 3rd September. General sale will follow at 10am on 5th September.

Become a member and get early access here: https://bit.ly/3URPuwD

MANCHESTER CHRISTMAS MARKETS ARE RETURNING TO ALBERT SQUARE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2019While summer is still going strong ...
28/08/2025

MANCHESTER CHRISTMAS MARKETS ARE RETURNING TO ALBERT SQUARE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2019

While summer is still going strong (sort of), there's been some HUGE festive news already: the Manchester Christmas Markets will be returning to Albert Square for 2025.⁠

This will be music to the ears of Mancunians, who’ve been waiting patiently for the markets to return to the Town Hall.

A Taste of Christmas will open on Albert Square from Friday 7 November 2025 until Sunday 4 January 2026, bringing the space back into the heart of the city's countdown to Christmas festivities and staying open throughout the festive season.⁠

The offerings at Albert Square include an enormous 50-metre-high Ferris Wheel giving a Santa's sleigh view of the ongoing work to restore the Alfred Waterhouse designed Town Hall.⁠

There’ll also be a vintage Carousel for kids, alongside other Christmas fairground-style attractions, and a festive mini-market with wooden chalets selling crafts and gifts, alongside independent food and drink vendors.⁠

Manchester's Christmas Markets will open across the city on Friday 7 November and close on Monday 22 December, except for A Taste of Christmas on Albert Square and the stalls at Cathedral Gardens which will remain open throughout the Christmas period until 4 January 2026.

GET FREE PIZZA WITH TOPPINGS INSPIRED BY FAMOUS BEARS LIKE PADDINGTON’S MARMALADE SANDWICH SLICEIf you like your pizza w...
27/08/2025

GET FREE PIZZA WITH TOPPINGS INSPIRED BY FAMOUS BEARS LIKE PADDINGTON’S MARMALADE SANDWICH SLICE

If you like your pizza with unusual toppings, then we have just the thing for you this weekend.

AO is launching Bear’s Pizza, a pop-up van dishing out free pizzas inspired by famous fictional bears’ favourite foods.

This means everything from marmalade sandwiches to edible ants and scotch eggs, as well as banana, and porridge.

To claim a free slice, all you have to do is BYOB (Bring Your Own Bear, be that a teddy, a picture, a storybook, or otherwise) - don’t worry if you don’t have one, because AO will be handing out bears to anyone missing a furry friend.

You’ll then be able to sample unusual pizza toppings, like the Marmalade Sandwich Slice, a traditional pizza dough base smothered in tangy-sweet marmalade and topped with a slice of fluffy white bread.

There’s also a porridge-based slice for the Three Bears (creamed oats cooked in milk, dolloped on a base of blueberry compote and topped with a drizzle of honey) and The Bear’s Necessities slice - a sweet papaya base topped with bananas and toasted coconut flakes, and finished with a sprinkling of edible ants.

To claim some free bear-themed pizza, simply head down to Spinningfields Square this Sunday, 31 August, from 11am - available while slices last.

19/08/2025

Mention you’re heading to visit Carrs Pasties to anyone from Bolton, and you’ll get the same reaction as if you’d said you were heading to W***y Wonka’s chocolate factory. That’s the level of devotion these pasties inspire.

Carrs has been woven into Bolton life since 1938, when Nellie Carr started selling her homemade pasties from the tripe shop she ran with husband Joe on Halliwell Road. The tripe didn’t last, but the pasties did – queues of mill workers soon made their meat-and-potato the fuel of the local cotton industry.

Three generations on, brothers Joe, Liam and Matt Carr now run the business, which makes over four million pasties a year from its Manchester Road factory. Their golden, thin-crust classics now feed fans at Bolton Wanderers (they’ve got their own family stand at the stadium) and even Anfield.

While a curried pasty, a cheese-and-jalapeño number and a steak option have joined the line-up, the formula remains simple: locally sourced fillings, crisp pastry, and the kind of consistency that’s made them a North West staple - weddings, christenings, birthdays simply don’t happen in Bolton without a few Carrs Pasties on a trestle table.

You can grab one from their four Bolton shops – or even nationwide too these days.
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📍Various locations
💰 Pasties from £2.45

Scottish rock legends Biffy Clyro are returning to the stage in support of their 10th studio album Futique. Simon, Ben a...
24/07/2025

Scottish rock legends Biffy Clyro are returning to the stage in support of their 10th studio album Futique.

Simon, Ben and James will bring their signature volume and raw energy to the stage at Co-op Live on 17 January 2026.

Co-op members will be first in line for tickets, with the Co-op pre-sale launching on Tuesday 29 July at 10am.

Become a member here: https://bit.ly/4f3QVl3

Aldi has confirmed the Aldeh sign at its Prestwich store WILL remain in place following an outpouring of public support,...
24/07/2025

Aldi has confirmed the Aldeh sign at its Prestwich store WILL remain in place following an outpouring of public support, including a letter from the local MP 👏😂

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