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Mathew Street Fringe returns for third year!
Now in its third year, the Mathew Street Fringe event, which takes place in Liverpool, celebrates the city’s original musicians in the venues that support new music all year round. From Saturday 28 to late on Monday 30 August, venues taking part in the Fringe will be buzzing with the sounds of the best up [...]
Vote now for Miss England!
Is there anything better than a good old-fashioned beauty contest? No, is the answer you’re looking for. Especially when some of the girls competing are from some of our very favourite cities! Miss England 2010 is taking place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole (at the NEC) over a two‐days period on the 31st August & [...]
Lose Your Cool! This weekend
Swingin’ Leicester: famed for the Elephant man, Gary Lineker, Englebert Humperdink and orange cheese, will be playing host to a rather exciting weekender this Bank Holiday: 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 [...]
Wedding Open-Day at Friar’s Well Estate
Tis the season to be married and now’s the time for wedding extravaganzas to pop up all over the country to help with planning your special day. Brides and grooms planning their wedding in 2011 are invited to a free open day on Bank Holiday Monday August 30 at the beautiful Leicestershire country estate venue [...]
Wedding Fayre Engagement at the Light
Tis the season to be married and now’s the time for wedding extravaganzas to pop up all over the country to help with planning your special day. For those of you t’up North, The Light, the retail and shopping centre in Leeds are set to host a three-day wedding fayre. So whether your big day [...]
James Martin headlines Liverpool’s Festival of Food
From strutting his stuff on the Strictly dance floor to becoming the housewives choice on Saturday morning TV, top chef James Martin now has his sights set firmly on Liverpool as he oversees proceedings at this year’s Liverpool Food & Drink Festival. James will be guest celebrity chef at the festival launch day on Sunday [...]
Yorkshire Musicians ‘Sing for Life’
Musicians and charity work go hand in hand, think Live Aid, Band Aid…and now we have ‘Sing for Life’ where a whole host of Yorkshire musicians are coming together in aid of Cancer Research UK. On Saturday 18th September (between 1pm and 3pm), 30 Yorkshire based up-and-coming and already-quite-famous musicians will descend on Meadowhall Shopping [...]
Garden Party for green-deprived brummies!
As lovely as Birmingham is, there’s no denying that there isn’t much in the way of leafy green-ness to be had in the City. Well, fear not as the lucky people of Birmingham are being treated to a very special Garden Party on Thursday 26th August. The chic French beer, Kasteel Cru, is travelling the [...]
Artsfest on the hunt for volunteers
Are you feeling selfless and fancy taking part in one of the biggest arts events in the calendar? Well then, artsfest in Birmingham is on the lookout for anyone with an interest in the arts to volunteer at this year’s free festival on 10-12 September 2010. Each year hundreds of people help out at artsfest [...]
Kelis brings her Milkshake to Manchester Pride
Pride season is upon us and US chart topper and general all-round superstar Kelis is the final big name signed-up to appear at the Manchester Pride festival next month! The Brit award-winner and twice Grammy nominated Milkshake and Acapella singer will headline the Sunday night (29 August 2010) of the Big Weekend celebrations where she’ll [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
