Horsforth Brewery’s Easter 2023 Weekend Beer Festival

Showcasing the best in beers from independent breweries in Leeds and across the UK from 7 to 9 April. The 3rd Beer Festival will include beers from Horsforth Brewery’s own range, ginger beer brewery DMC, Harrogate Brewing Co., Northern Monk, Truth Hurts, and also Craft Beer Newcastle who will be bringing a selection of the best beers from the North East. Mark […]
Chow Down: It’s Back – Bigger and Better

Chow Down returns with a new Urban Garden, new Chow Down Brunch and Taco & Tequila Festival. The new Urban Garden will be the largest garden in the City Centre. Chow Down will also feature an improved Tipple Cocktail Bar, a larger and tastier food selection, and new events like All Day Parties, Dog Social […]
AireCon Returns to Harrogate 9 – 12 March

One of the UK’s largest analogue gaming festivals is bigger than ever in 2023. AireCon, born in Leeds and based in Harrogate, has been extended by one day, and is taking more floor space at Harrogate Convention Centre to increase capacity for over 80 exhibitors for over 40 hours of gaming. The online G.A.M.E System […]
The World of Independent Publishing

Ink Slingers – The First Farsley Literature Festival, included this panel event on its programme, so Sunday 30 October saw me at The Constitutional, a club offering comedy, theatre, spoken word and music. The independent publishing event brought together five panellists, each one a representative of independent publishers across the North of England, namely And […]
An evening with Linton Kwesi Johnson at Howard Assembly Rooms

Gary Younge was the ideal person to interview Linton Kwesi Johnson. Both are accomplished wordsmiths, analysers of society and campaigners for justice. A clear mutual respect exists between the two men, which made for easy but informative conversation. The event at Howard Assembly Rooms, part of the Out of Many Literature Festival, was organised by […]