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It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole year since we last gave you a list of New Year’s Eve parties, but time marches on and it’s already time to ring in another new year.
As is usual with Manchesterthere’ll be lively celebrations going on in all corners of the city, from the tiny club nights that go til dawn to the world-famous series drawing tens of thousands into one room.
Some of the city’s biggest parties – like The Warehouse Project’s New Year’s Eve club night at Depot Mayfield – have already sold out, but there are plenty more events to sink your teeth in to.
There’s loads going on in Manchester on 31 December, with tickets still available for a lot of the city’s biggest parties.
Here’s our pick of the crop…
Homoelectric New Year’s Eve at New Century
Inside New Century food hall in Manchester. Credit: The Manc Group
© Photography by Rob Jones (www.instagram.com/hirobjones)
One of Manchester’s best-loved club nights will be taking over the newly-reborn New Century for an almighty New Year’s Eve party.
Homoelectric’s NYE party promises ‘an evening of cosmic grooves, street soul, slo mo dance, boogie, black heart disco, us garage, house, technoid outerspace sonic science and bass buggin’ rawness’.
They say: “It seemed perfect timing to host a very special homoelectric at this venue on New Years Eve and do something completely different from our normal dark basement back street affair.
“This our last homoelectric party of the year. To say we are excited is an understatement.”
You can read more about it hereand book your tickets (priced from £22.50 plus fees) with Skiddle here.
Viva La Refuge at The Refuge
New Year’s Eve at The Refuge. Credit: The Refuge
Famed for its all-in lavish parties, The Refuge won’t be holding back as it rings in 2023, promising to ‘turn up the heat a little’.
They’re promising to add a dash of tropical energy to Manchester, with afro-latin music, deep house and disco, explosions of color and immersive performances.
Artists will include Hannah O’Gorman and Isaac Williams aka DJ collective, Nossa, and Levi Love.
Dine and Dance tickets are sold out but you can still get Let’s Dance tickets £30 here – including a glass of prosecco if you rock up before 9pm.
Dance into the Future at Ramona
Credit: Ramona
Fast becoming a fan favorite for a night out is Ramona and the Firehouse, located in an old MOT garage just of Swan Street.
By day it’s pizza and margaritas, but by night, it’s glitterballs and catwalks.
31 December will be their ‘biggest party yet’ in the Ramona festival tipi, featuring live performances including Age of Glass, guest DJs and dance tents.
Tickets cost £27.50 and are available through Lake tickets.
Funkademia New Year’s Eve at Mint Lounge
One of the city’s longest-running club nights is getting stuck in to all the New Year’s Eve action, right through to 4am on 1 January.
Funkademia has been running since 1995 and is heading back to its spiritual home Mint Lounge with disco and funk bangers all night long.
From Michael Jackson to Aretha Franklin to James Brown to Chaka Khan to Stevie Wonder to Snoop Dogg to Prince to Diana Ross to Chic and Sister Sledge and everything in between, you’ll absolutely not want to leave that dance floor.
Tickets start at £6.60 if you’re quick – visit Skiddle for yours.
Keep It Unreal Nye: Mr Scruff + Mc Kwasi at Band on the Wall
You know it’s going to be a good Manc knees-up when Mr Scruff is on the bill, and especially when that bill is taking place at the legendary Band on the Wall.
Alongside MC Kwasi, they’ll bring in the new year with a six-hour DJ session of jazz, soul, hip hop, funk, disco, deep house, reggae, afrobeat, latin, electro, techno, new wave and ‘plenty of goodies that don’t fit into any category’.
Band on the Wall stresses that all are welcome to party, ‘regardless of age, nationality, mobility, gender or sexuality’ – which is what we like to hear.
Find out more and grab tickets for £28.25 at bandonthewall.org.
Love Noughties NYE Banger at Manchester Academy
It’s going to be a wave of noughties and 90s hits all night long at Manchester Academy this New Year’s Eve.
Love Noughties UK & 90s Mixtape will present NYE Banger, with an all-star DJ line-up playing RnB, Soul, Hip Hop, Dancehall, Garage, UK Funky and more.
Tickets are £16.75 and on sale now with Skiddle.
90s Baby New Year’s Eve at Albert Hall Manchester
More 90s vibes now – because why not – as the beautiful Albert Hall is turned into a nostalgic dance party.
90s Baby will feature a wide range of the decade’s biggest live acts and DJs, from Alex Party (best known for her massive hit Don’t Give Me Your Life to Baby D (Let Me Be Your Fantasy).
Rounding off the star-studded line-up is N-Trance, Phats & Small and K-Klass with some throwback DJ sets.
Final tickets, priced £28.00, are on sale now through Skiddle – and there’s a group discount of four tickets for the price of three if you round up some mates.
Hidden NYE at Hidden
UK Garage will be the order of the night at Hidden, one of Manchester’s most-loved clubbing venues.
Explore the four rooms, from the courtyard through to the graffiti-covered walkways that lead to the basement den, a Blue Room and Hangar Space, while you count down to midnight (and beyond).
The party will continue through to 4am.
Final release tickets are £22.25 each and on sale now here.
Featured image: Photography by Rob Jones (www.instagram.com/hirobjones)
Gigs & Nightlife
Snoop Dogg FINALLY confirms new tour dates with massive gig in Manchester
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Snoop Dogg has announced a massive gig at the AO Arena in Manchester in 2023 as he finally reconfirms tour dates.
The legendary rapper was meant to perform here in 2020 but had to move it due to the pandemic, and then pushed his show back again earlier this year.
But now his UK and Ireland tour is all set for next spring, with some huge names coming on tour with him – including Xzibit as a special guest for England and Scotland.
Also joining the tour will be West Coast hip hop Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound, Obie Trice and D12, plus Irish rap duo Versatile.
With more than 25 years under his belt in his rap career, Snoop Dogg (previously known as Snoop Doggy Dogg and, briefly, Snoop Lion) will be performing from his massive collection of 19 solo studio albums and five collaborative albums at the AO Arena.
His singles included Drop It Like It’s Hot with Pharrell, Gin and Juice, and What’s My Name?, collaborating with the likes of 2Pac, Miley Cyrus, Bruno Mars, Stevie Wonder and Drake over the course of his career.
He was first discovered by Dr Dre in the early 1990s, and his debut album Doggystyle (produced by Dre himself) climbed straight to the top of the Billboard hip-hop charts.
Now, he has the distinction for having the most Grammy nominations of any music artist— 17 to date—without having won one.
His success has spilled onto the screen too, with appearances in films like Starsky & Hutch and Training Day.
He’s also the face of that inescapably catchy Just Eat advert…
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In 2015 he launched Leafs By Snoop, making him the first a-list celebrity to brand a line of cannabis products.
Snoop Dogg’s tour will bring him to Manchester in March 2023, alongside tour dates in leedsGlasgow, London, Dublin, Belfast and Birmingham.
Ticket presale starts at 9am on 22 December 2022 and general sale is from 12pm – get your Snoop Dogg tickets through See tickets here.
Snoop Dogg UK and Ireland 2023 tour dates
- 14 March – Belfast, SSE Arena
- 15 March – Manchester, AO Arena
- 16 March – Glasgow, SEC Hydro
- 21 March – London, O2 Arena
- 26 March – Dublin, 3Arena
- 27 March – Leeds, First Direct Arena
- 28 March – Birmingham, Resorts World Arena
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Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden is opening a Stockport bar with his wife Katie
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Tom and Katie Ogden are teaming up to transform a derelict space in Stockport into a speakeasy-style bar.
The Blossoms frontman and his salon owner wife have snapped up a building on Lower Hillgate that will soon be the home of Bohemian Arts Club.
Sprawling across three floors, there’ll be an intimate cocktail bar on the first and second floors, with a hidden entrance off the cobbled street of Coopers Brow.
Bohemian Arts Club will have a hair salon on the ground floor that will be the second site for Hazel Grove brand Bohemian, manned by a highly-experienced style and color team.
The run-down building is undergoing a huge renovation, with the couple taking inspiration from speakeasies they’ve encountered while touring the world.
Tom told The Manc: “We’ve been lucky enough to visit some incredible bars all over the world and it was always a dream of ours to open our own.
“When we found this charming little venue in our hometown of Stockport we knew we’d found a gem.
“It’s been a long process renovating the venue but we’re getting there and in 2023 we’ll be opening the doors and look forward to welcoming everyone in for a drink or two.”
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The news comes just days after Blossoms wrapped up their UK tour, which included four massive shows at the O2 Apollo in Manchester.
The Stockport-formed group chose to screen the World Cup quarter final inside the venuesoothing all the broken hearts with a lively set and a surprise appearance from Miles Kane.
Blossoms also stunned fans last week by popping up at the legendary Night & Day Cafe for an intimate set at the Co-op Live’s countdown party.
Bohemian Arts Club is set to open in Stockport in early 2023 – you can visit www.bohemianartsclub.com/ or follow @bohemianartsclub on Instagram for updates.
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