We’ve got some good ones this weekend, with festive drinks, acoustic music, large-scale light projections and pop-up print shops all on the freebie radar.
Live acoustic music at Pot Kettle Black
New kid on the block, coffee shop Pot Kettle Black, hosts a live acoustic guitar session from local musician Mark Stelfox this Friday. Having only opened back in October, this marks one of the first live music gigs hosted by PKB, but the plan is for it to become a regular fixture within the weekly calendar. The coffee shop is also running a promotion called #fillmycupfriday, where people can get a free festive drink on arrival if they manage to get their hands on one of the #fillmycupfriday cups that are being handed out between 5pm and 6pm at shop’s entrance.
Fri 11 Dec, Pot Kettle Black, Unit 14, Barton Arcade, Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2BW, 5 – 8pm (music starts 5.30pm), FREE, @PKBcoffee
Enlighten Manchester Festival of Light Art
Supported by Arts Council England and Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces, Enlighten Manchester is a pilot festival of light art, which will enjoy its major outing in 2015 to sit alongside the UNESCO International Year of Light. The festival will illuminate Piccadilly Gardens with a series of innovative, large-scale works and projections from local, national and international light artists. Spanning four days, festival highlights include Chris Lowe of Subluminal, who teams up with Iceland’s Myrkraverk to transform the exterior Manchester Art Gallery’s historic building with a stunning light show, as well as Secret Cities: Immersion, a tour of the city with Andrew Brooks taking in everything from the noisy bustling streets to the peaceful roof tops of Manchester’s tallest towers.
Thu 11 – Sun 14 Dec, Piccadilly Gardens and surrounding areas, 4.30 – 8pm (Sun 14 4.30 – 6.30pm), FREE, www.curatedplace.com
Fred Aldous Pop-Up Print Shop (pictured)
This Sunday Manchester’s loveliest, most eclectic arts, craft and design supplies store, Fred Aldous, teams up with one of the city’s key cultural events, Manchester Print Fair. For one day they collaborate to bring you The Pop-Up Print Shop, which sees Fred’s classroom space opened up to local artists and designers for a festive day of printed goodness. It’s a perfect chance to get one up with unique and interesting Christmas gifts, whilst supporting the various creative bods of Manchester including Matt(H)Booth, Aliyah Hussain, Jake Beddow and Simon Misra.
Sun 14 Dec, Fred Aldous, 37 Lever Street, M1 1LW, 11.30am – 4.30pm, FREE, www.facebook.com
Know of any free events coming up? Email jess at manchesterwire dot co dot uk with the deets.
- Words:
- Jess Hardiman
- Published on:
- Mon 10 Nov 2014
