Red Cardinal Music are hosting Manchester’s Alternative Freshers Fair

Red Cardinal Music Freshers Fair 2019 - Font Manchester - Red Cardinal Music

Freshers Week is one of the most exciting weeks of the academic calendar, especially for brand new students moving to the city! Red Cardinal Music will be hosting Manchester’s Alternative Freshers Fair at Font on Wednesday 18th September. The event will help freshers, and those who want to learn more about the rock and metal scene, to find out about Manchester’s best alternative clothing brands, tattoo artists, clubnights, live gig promoters and more. Exhibitors include Deadbolt Club, Almost Famous GN, Polefire, Whistle Punks Urban Axe Throwing, ZERO CLUB, Bad Luck Clothing, ShinDigger Brewing Co., Futureshock Wrestling, The Bit Squad, Manchester Anime Con, Jump The Shark, Siren Asylum, Main Events, LGBT Foundation, Studio IX Tattoo, Fireball […]

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The Bit Squad are hosting a Mario Kart N64 Tournament at The Font Chorlton

The Bit Squad - Font Chorlton - August 28 - Red Cardinal Music

The Bit Squad will be throwing regular gaming parties at The Font in Chorlton on the last Wednesday of the month starting August. The first event will be on 28th August from 7pm-11pm with a Mario Kart N64 tournament. The back area of the venue will be taken over by a Free Play Zone set up with various consoles from your childhood including Sega Mega Drive, N64, Playstation 2 and more. If there is a specific game that squad members would like to play, bringing your own console or games is welcomed. Red Cardinal Music DJs will be playing music throughout […]

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Teenage Dream returns for a cheesy freshers party

Teenage Dream - Freshers Party - The Font - September 2019 - Red Cardinal Music

After a fun cheeese-filled launch party, Teenage Dream will be back at The Font – the Manchester city centre venue – for a Freshers Party on Saturday 21st September. Teenage Dream DJs will play a mix of guilty pleasures, power ballads and cringeworthy chart toppers from the 80s, 90s and 00s all night. No request is too cheesy! The friendly mixologists at The Font will be mixing up cocktails all night, including exclusive poptails for Teenage Dream. During the late night happy hour from 11pm there will be selected 2 for 1 cocktails and 3 jagerbombs for £7.50. Join the […]

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Zero Club are throwing The Crow Special at The Night & Day Cafe

Zero Club - The Crow Special - Oct 19 - Red Cardinal Music

To celebrate all things Halloween and October, Zero Club will be commemorating 25 years of the cult movie, The Crow on the 25th October at The Night & Day Cafe. The Crow was released in 1994 under a cloud of controversy and melancholy, as lead actor Brandon Lee died during the filming due to a defective blank in a scene involving shooting. Albeit grisly, this adds to the gothic magic of the movie’s appeal given the story and overall tone. The movie went on to achieve true cult status all over the world, and the appeal was further enhanced with […]

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Jump The Shark Quiz Nights move to Mondays

Jump The Shark Quiz Night News - Red Cardinal Music

After gaining a cult following despite a small fortnightly Wednesday slot, Jump The Shark Quiz Nights is moving to Mondays at The Thirsty Scholar with a weekly slot and a new format. Previously, the event had run between 6pm and 9pm on a fortnightly basis and only featured 5 rounds but the new format allows for a whole night of pop culture quiz party games. Jump The Shark is a quiz event firmly rooted in pop culture, whether it be a certain genre of movie, a musical movement or a TV series with a cult following. The new format allows […]

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Deadbolt is hosting a Manchester Freshers Party with Sean Smith

Deadbolt Manchester Freshers 2019 with Sean Smith & Wasted Kollective - Red Cardinal Music

Alternative night Deadbolt are celebrating the start of the university year and welcoming new students with a two room Manchester Freshers Party at Night People on Friday 27th September featuring guest DJ Sean Smith. Sean originally made his name in former post-hardcore band The Blackout but is now making waves with his new band Raiders and his podcast Sappenin’. The Deadbolt DJs and Sean Smith will be playing the best in emo, metal, rock, pop punk and alternative anthems in room one. Wasted Kollective will be hosting room two with their mix of dubstep, grime and drum and bass. The club […]

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Guilty pleasures night Teenage Dream is launching in Manchester

Teenage Dream - Launch - The Font - August 2019 - Red Cardinal Music

Red Cardinal Music are collaborating with The Font to launch a brand new monthly night of pop and cheese – Teenage Dream – in their Manchester City Centre venue on Saturday 24 August. Teenage Dream DJs will play a mix of guilty pleasures, power ballads and cringeworthy chart toppers from the 80s, 90s and 00s. The Font is a bar best known for its range of quirky and affordable handcrafted cocktails. During Teenage Dream their mixologists will be serving exclusive themed poptails alongside their regular cocktails. Liam Connolly, founder of Red Cardinal Music, said: “Teenage Dream aims to unashamedly bring […]

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Deadbolt is hosting a Liverpool Freshers Party with Sean Smith

Deadbolt Liverpool Freshers Party 2019 with Sean Smith - Red Cardinal Music

Deadbolt is back at The Shipping Forecast on Friday 20th September for a Liverpool Freshers Party to celebrate the start of the university year and welcome the new students with guest DJ Sean Smith. Sean originally made his name in former post-hardcore band The Blackout but is now making waves with his new band Raiders and his podcast Sappenin’. The Deadbolt DJs and Sean Smith will be playing the best in emo, metal, rock, pop punk and alternative anthems. There will be Deadbolt favourite party games such as beer pong and limbo to win prizes throughout the night. Join the […]

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Deadbolt launches in Milton Keynes at The Craufurd Arms

Deadbolt Milton Keynes Launch - Craufurd Arms - Aug 2019 - Red Cardinal Music - Craufurd Arms

Deadbolt is launching at The Craufurd Arms in Milton Keynes on Saturday August 17th with their trademark chaotic clubnight full of party games, giveaways and fun alternative music. Milton Keynes has a great alternative scene and has spawned fantastic bands such as Tesseract, Hacktivist and Heart of A Coward – the second Deadbolt Festival headliner. Party goers can expect to hear a blend of lively and upbeat alternative music. The night will feature Deadbolt founder and DJ Liam Connolly who will be working with a local guest DJ to bring the famous North West Deadbolt music policy in the down […]

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Deadbolt are throwing a Manchester Comic Con Afterparty

Deadbolt Manchester Comic Con Afterparty 2019 - The Bread Shed - Red Cardinal Music

On Saturday July 27th, Deadbolt is hosting a Manchester Comic Con Afterparty at their original home  – The Bread Shed! MCM’s Manchester Comic Con 2019 has a fantastic line up of special guests such as Michael Rooker (Guardians of The Galaxy and The Walking Dead), Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones, Derry Girls, and Rogue One) and Jen Brown (RWBY, Red Vs Blue, Camp Camp and DC Universe Online). For the Manchester Comic Con Afterparty Deadbolt will be joined by Dungeons & Flagons Table Top Gaming, The Bit Squad Retro Console Zone, Main Events Wrestling Gaming and make up artist If […]

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