All Entries in the "Socialise" Category
Lose Your Cool!
Swingin’ Leicester: famed for the Elephant man, Gary Lineker, Englebert Humperdink and orange cheese, will be playing host to a rather exciting weekender this summer: Lose Your Cool! This 3 day festival of far-out fuzz and fun is happening over August bank holiday at the Firebug in Leicester, perfect for getting hot and bothered to [...]
Free Picnic!
Tis the season to be out and about in the fresh air and sunshine and the lucky people of Manchester City are in for a treat on 28th July, with a free lunchtime picnic. Hurrah! The free picnic will take place in Spinningfields from 12.00pm to 2.00pm on Wednesday 28th July and TV presenter and [...]
Ibiza Rocks App
There really is an app for everything! Ibiza Rocks have announced the launch of an exclusive app for BlackBerry smartphones, which provides the ultimate guide to getting the most out of your holiday in Ibiza with listings, gig reviews, interviews with Ibiza Rocks talent and the latest news on trends throughout the season. Stay up [...]
Woman crushed by knitted boulder!
A woman crushed by a knitted boulder – synchronized swimming in Piccadilly Gardens – 100 Dorothys marching in unison – Scratch’n’Sniff cinema… these are some of the sights set to take over Manchester City Centre on 17 July as part of the city’s micro-festival of bizarre behaviour. Described by organisers as “an outbreak of cheeky, [...]
Chris Lake and Tocadisco
Through super catchy reworks of The Egg and Mylo a few years ago, Tocadisco aka, Roman Boer muscled his way into the thriving electro house scene and has since become one of it’s high ranking elite. Since his 2004 debut single “Nobody likes the records that I play”, Tocadisco has continued to show he’s far [...]
Pandora unveils its Leicester store
Pandora, the Danish Jewellery brand, has launched its first ever store in Leicester and to celebrate they are offering customers an exciting chance to win a piece of Pandora Jewellery. On Friday 25th June – for one day only – the entire Pandora shop window will be adorned with beautiful gold jewellery boxes. The first [...]
Cellar Door- Below 5th Birthday
A little over a year ago, the Rainbow- one of the coolest music venues in Birmingham- was facing closure, and was rallying support from music loving friends that eventually reached the echelons of Birmingham’s elite and even Westminster. After extensive renovation, a roof was built and a new era of underground clubbing magic dawned with [...]
BRMB Walkathon
Fancy getting your paws on some trainers signed by the Prince of Darkness or 69 favourite Beverley Knight? And hands up who’d like to raise some money for a very worthy charity at the same time? All of you? Excellent; then read on. The likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Beverley Knight, Ellie Goulding, Robyn, Train, Gabriella [...]
Back to the 70′s…
We here at 69 like to think of ourselves as an intellectual bunch; it’s not all about cocktails and catwalks here you know. Sometimes we need a break away from the parties (only a short one, mind) and something to stimulate the little grey matter. Well lucky us, we have the National Space Centre right [...]
CSI: Last Chance
You may remember that we got a little over-excited about the CSI Experience coming to Birmingham a couple of months ago; suckers for a bit of detective-work as we are. Well, this month is going to be your last chance to try your hand at cracking a case at the UK premier of the CSI [...]
Hungry Hungry Pigeon
Its fairly obvious that we love a good festival here, and we love ones with a name like Hungry Pigeon and a bird in a plane logo even more! Hungry Pigeon are proud to present Athlete as their 2010 headline act and they will be performing in Piccadilly Gardens outdoor stage on May 29th. Athlete [...]
Pop along to pop-up-shop
Where has the sunshine gone? Well, the sunshine still seems to be here, but its blimmin’ freezing out there. The weekend is set to be more of the same so wrap up warm and get yourselves out in the sun to snap up some huge offers available this Saturday 15 May in Leicester’s St Martins [...]
Best of Leicester Comedy Festival Tour 2010
We love the Leicester Comedy Festival and are feeling a little bit of comedy-withdrawal since February’s 17 day extravaganza of funny. Well, we won’t for much longer now the Comedy Festival is off on tour. Comedy fans across the UK will be able to enjoy the best bits of Leicester Comedy Festival 2010 as organisers handpick the best [...]
Smirnoff Black
Smirnoff Black is introducing the Modern Gentleman Masterclasses at Cloud 23, Manchester on June 8thand 9th. At these events, guys will have the chance to brush up on their know-how on mixology, style and grooming. Guests are invited to reserve their complimentary place at these exclusive evenings, which include: Two complimentary classic Smirnoff Black vodka cocktails from the [...]
Africa Oyé 2010
Africa Oyé is the UK’s largest free celebration of African music and culture and takes place annually in Liverpool. Beginning in 1992 as a series of small gigs in the city centre, the event has gone from strength-to-strength, moving to its present Sefton Park home in 2002 to cope with demand. Now in its nineteenth [...]
Summer Sundae launches first ever “Summer Sundae Song Club”
For the first time audiences flocking to this year’s Summer Sundae Weekender festival can take to the stage, as part of a specially commissioned festival song club. Festival audiences will rehearse on the Friday and Saturday, with participants then performing a handful of well known songs to a packed comedy tent on the Sunday. The [...]
Coterie
Are you bored with what’s on offer in your city, looking to meet similar people, who love good music, food & drink & live entertainment, all set in beautiful countryside locations? If your answer is yes, then Coterie is the perfect choice for you this summer! The first Coterie event is set in the beautiful [...]
