A Budding Spring

Bud Garden Centre is re-opening on Friday 2nd March, and to celebrate they are running a Seed Swap on Saturday.  A thrifty way to get your spring off to a budding start!

Levenshulme Film Club

Levenshulme Film Club is relaunching this week with a great new food and drink offer, the film Inception will be shown on Friday 10th at Inspire on Stockport Road.  


The film & food offer includes a Panini/Pizza, Wedges & Salad plus a glass of wine/bottle of beer/Hot drink all included with the ticket Price!  All for £7.50 per person, sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

Meal Deal from 6pm – 7.30pm, film begins at 7.30pm. Drinks available afterwards.

The lovely LFC folks are open to suggestions about future film screenings and are also looking for volunteers if you'd like to help out.  Contact levenshulmefilmclub@gmail.com

Irish Spring

As the daylight begins its stretch into early evening, you know that spring is on its way. I don’t know about you, but that always makes me want to go out and do something fun. If only it weren’t so cold, especially in the morning! (That said, the frost on Greenbank Playing Fields is certainly a pretty sight and the dog loves to roll around on it.) As the rays of sunshine extend, I think of evenings filled with music and laughter, interesting places to visit, things to see, things to do.

In one month’s time – and this is, of course, a short month, so there’s not long to go – the sun will set a few minutes before 6pm and the traders will be dismantling their stalls after the first of four days’ trading in the Manchester Irish Market in Albert Square. That’s right – it’s time for this year’s Manchester Irish Festival!

The festival runs from from Friday 2^nd March to Sunday 18^th March and is of particular interest to Levenshulme, given that quite a number of its residents are Irish or have some Irish ancestry (myself included). This is reflected in the fact that, of the nearly eighty venues running Irish Festival events across Manchester and nearby towns such as Stockport, Altrincham and Oldham, thirteen are in Levenshulme!

In addition to ALL FM -- which regularly features the “Full Irish” show on Sunday afternoons -- Levy people will be spoilt for choice at the following places:

M19 Bar
Union Inn
Cringle Fields
The Energy Box Sports Centre at Levenshulme High School
Hennigan’s Sports Bar
Isis Cafe
Inspire
Sacred Heart Church Social Centre
St Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Parish Centre
St Peter’s Church
The Horseshoe

There is something for everyone at the Manchester Irish Festival. Whether you’re into playing darts, photographs of Mayo, Irish films or an all day party on St. Patrick’s Day (and, let’s face it, who isn’t?), you’ll have a great time in Levenshulme.

I hope to catch a few events myself. Even if my co-editor and I are only able to make it to a few of the exciting things going on, we will make sure we write about them – and we’ll certainly make sure you’re kept up to date with what’s planned each day.

See you there!

Music Video Fame for Levy!

Music video featuring Levenshulme Station!

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