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A FREE Chinese festival with traditional street food is coming to Manchester’s Chinatown

There will also be traditional Chinese lion dancing, street kung fu lessons, and archery sessions across the weekend…

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Manchester’s Chinatown is set to host a FREE three-day-long ancient moon festival to commemorate the national Chinese tradition.

After a three-year break, the Manchester Moon Festival will be coming back to Manchester to bring the cultural atmosphere of the traditional celebration to the city.

The ancient moon festival – sometimes known as the mid-autumn festival – is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar with a full moon at night, and has been celebrated in China for over 3,000 years.

According to Chinese legend, the Moon Festival relates to the legend of Chang’e, the Chinese Moon goddess of immortality.

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In one legendary tale, Chang’e flew upward past Heaven and chose the moon as her residence, meaning that Chinese people use the Moon festival to respect and make offerings to the goddess.

The festival traditionally brings together families and communities to give thanks and pray with quality food, drink and an array of celebrations and festivities.

And next week, Mancunians will be able to immerse themselves within these historic traditions thanks to the return of the Manchester Moon Festival.

From Friday September 9th – Sunday September 11th, local businesses will be dishing up some incredible Chinese street food in Chinatown’s central car park, including Wang Wang BakeryPinWeiChatime Manchester, and many others.

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Alongside the delicious selection of Chinese cuisine, visitors will also be able to join in with traditional Chinese lion dancing, street kung fu lessons, and archery at its archery game stall.

A mystery Chinese legend is also expected to make an appearance at the festival, so make sure to stay posted for further announcements from the organisers.

The Manchester Moon Festival will be open from 2pm – 9pm on Friday September 9th, and from 12pm – 9pm on Saturday and Sunday, September 10th and 11th.

The festival is completely free to enter – for more information, visit the official Manchester Moon Festival website.

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Free one-day Christmas festival returning to Stockport to kick off festive season

Get in the festive spirit in Stockport!

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Stockport’s free, one-day Christmas festival is returning this festive season, with 200 performers and more than 50 shows.

Spectacular Sunday will return to the town on November 17th at various sites and venues.

Following the success of last year’s event, hundreds of performers will take over Stockport, with everything from giant roller-skating presents to a living snow globe and roaming Christmas dolls.

There will also be street theatre, including grumpy Christmas grandads, a gigantic balloon man and water show.

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Produced by carnival arts organisation Global Grooves and organised by Stockport Council, Totally Stockport, Merseyway and Stockport Market, the town centre will be buzzing with Christmas excitement.

Events will be happening in iconic Stockport locations like Market Place, Underbanks, Merseyway, Redrock and Suffragette Square.

A grand finale in Merseyway will bring together the brass bands of Stockport, ending the day with a huge flash mob and rendition of All You Need Is Love.

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Cllr Singleton, Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture and Sport, said: “We’re so excited to bring this event back after last year’s amazing success.

“It’s such a fun way to get everyone in the festive spirit and really shows off what makes Stockport special – our sense of community and joy.

“With loads of free performances and activities, plus a chance to enjoy the newly improved areas of Merseyway, it’s a perfect day out for families.

“Stockport’s Spectacular Sunday is all about having fun, making memories, and starting the holiday season in style.”

Spectacular Sunday is happening from 11am to 5pm on Sunday November 17th – find out more HERE.

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Boom Battle Bar: Ultimate games destination for perfect birthday, stag do or work party

Boom Battle Bar has got it all!

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If you’re stuck for somewhere to go this Christmas party season, or for any birthday, stag or hen do, or even a regular weekend with your mates, we’ve got the perfect spot.

Boom Battle Bar is a massive games bar in the Printworks, with axe throwing (£45 – £80), shuffleboard (£15 – £25), augmented reality darts (£40 per lane), beer/prosecco pong (£30 per table), and even karaoke booths (£6 – £9 per person).

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They also do a bottomless brunch at weekends, alongside a street food offering, including halloumi fries, parmesan and truffle mac and cheese bites, chicken tenders, wings, loaded bacon parmesan fries and dirty BBQ loaded fries.

There’s an impressive array of drinks as well, with cocktails like the Basic B*tch, Honey It’s Time To Party, and GOAT Punch, as well as plenty of beer, wine and even big sharers.

Get yourself booked in HERE.

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The Cube Live adds three exciting new games for the perfect team day out

Everything you need for an incredible day out

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Urban Playground has taken things to the next level, revealing three brand new games for thrill-seekers to sink their teeth into.

The Manchester Arndale entertainment venue, which is already home to an impressive array of games, has added even more fun to the line up.

From mini golf to arcade games and loads of food and drink, Urban Playground has everything you need for an incredible day out.

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They’ve now added three new games to The Cube Live experience, ahead of the upcoming Christmas party season.

‘Pass’, ‘Exit’ and ‘Locate’ are the three new nail-bitingly tense games, and you’ll recognise them all from TV.

In Pass, two players rapidly weave a foam brick back and forth between free-standing poles, avoiding knocking the poles over as they go – requiring agility and great communication.

Exit sees two players work together manoeuvring a ball out of a maze testing their patience to the max.

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Lastly, Locate is a single player game where players must memorise an illuminated white square’s location, before placing a block on it while blindfolded.

They’re all deceptively straightforward, while also fiendishly addictive, and perfect for a team day out.

Get booked in HERE to try the new games for yourself.

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