Posts from the ‘Blog’ Category
ZOOman, aka Luke Jones from ZOO magazine, popped into the Ballroom last Friday as we became day nine of his 30 day ZOOman Has September campaign. Luke set himself the challenge of trying 30 different challenges in 30 days. Each task must be something that he has never done before and it is all in [...]
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Woof woof – after a week in boot camp in the Lake District with my Grandma I was entered into the Patterdale Show. Being a Patterdale Terrier the Ulswater town of Patterdale is my spiritual home so I was very excited woof woof!! It was weird at first as there were lots of other dogs [...]
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Bank holiday weekend was a huge celebration for Manchester Pride as it celebrated its 21st anniversary and we were right in the middle of the action as sponsors, along with Velvet, of the Coronation Street float which led the parade through the city centre. It was touch and go for a while as we waited [...]
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Our weekly Thursday night The Kennel Club with Luke Unabomber and friends is causing a real stir on Manchester’s favourite soap – Coronation Street. We love catching a glimpse of the poster on the show as the cast go about their drama packed lives. This week our friends on the cobbles have been showing their [...]
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When we heard about the fantastic I Love MCR campaign from Marketing Manchester we knew exactly what we had to do to get involved and raise some money for Manchester charities – make a celebratory milkshake of course. We got our heads together to discuss what food stuff is most symbolic of Manchester and came [...]
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The lovely people at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival have shortlisted us as their Best Bar for a second year running and we are thrilled! Last year we were pipped at the post by our NQ neighbours Common so this year we are not ashamed to say that we would LOVE to win. With [...]
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Last Wednesday was Black Dog Ballroom’s Summer Party where we launched our new website. Attendees were also given the chance to sample our new range of classic New York style burgers and they went down a treat with all who came. Our live Twitter wall proved how popular the burgers were with one satisfied customer [...]
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Bruce was so excited when he heard that his doggy idol Snoop Dogg was coming to the Manchester International Festival and he had to extend an invitation to come party with him in our private members’ Ballroom. In his honour we have added another G to our sign for the week and our friends at [...]
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The Black Dog Ballroom owners Jobe and Ross headed off for a trip to New York recently in the name of research and development! By all accounts most of the weekend was spent in Williamsburg, Brooklyn eating burgers, drinking cocktails and bowling into the early hours. The Black Dog Ballroom takes a lot of its [...]
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On Monday 23 May we hosted the launch of the latest creation from the people at Stolichnaya Vodka – Gala Applik. In their words, this delicious new flavoured vodka offers a fresh red apple taste with a hint of citrus that is sure to satisfy every sweet temptation. The event saw the bar transformed into [...]
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