r/manchester • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago

Sticky The Out & About, Visiting & Moving to Manchester Weekly Thread

Visiting for a weekend and need a spot to eat? Local and trying new places? Moving to Manchester? Gig or Event on? This is your advice and recommendations thread. Please also use this thread for all your questions about visiting or moving to Manchester. Read through the previous questions below, as many of the major questions have also been answered already by other members of the subreddit.

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u/kagoolx 3d ago

We (m&f, 40) moved to Manchester recently (Ancoats) and it’d be great to meet some more people, especially if you’re in a similar boat.

Is there any recommendations for meetup groups or similar to meet people with similar interests?

I play guitar and produce some music (original and covers) that would fun to collaborate on if anyone here is keen to play music or sing (being any good is totally optional). Also happy to teach some guitar if you’re looking to learn or get unstuck with your own playing.

Other interests: Pub sessions, cooking, music, dogs, hiking, exploring the city, games like shuffleboard / escape rooms, travel.

Generally just building a community of pub-going sound people would be great!

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u/CMastar 3d ago

There's an offical discord forr the reddit that has meetups.

There's also meetup.com which is good for interest-specific events.

Getting down to some music open-mics might be a good idea for you?

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u/kagoolx 3d ago

Great thanks, all good suggestions and I’ll check them out. Cheers!

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u/dnalpant 22h ago

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has any card boxes that they don’t need. I am moving at the end of the month abroad and trying to find some. Otherwise where could I ask? I live in the city centre.

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u/not_r1c1 22h ago

The larger supermarkets used to give them out if you asked or even sometimes just have piles for people to take, but not sure if that's still a thing. Nearest large supermarket to the city centre is probably Sainsbury's on Regent Road, or ASDA on the Princess Parkway?

If you live in a big block of flats you might want to ask on the Facebook group or similar for the building, people are always moving in and out of those places and might have some boxes they've just used for moving 

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u/dnalpant 22h ago

Thank you!!

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u/Mammoth-Purchase2240 19h ago

has anyone tried the running clinic at Uni of Salford or similar in GM such as ProGait? thanks