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City centre bar wins late night alcohol licence

21st, December 2011 by

A Preston club will be allowed to serve alcohol until 3am all week, despite being in a council saturation zone. Fishers Bar, previously known as Wall Street, will extend its hours after Preston City Council’s licensing sub committee approved them last week. The bar is within the city centre saturation zone, which seeks to limit the number of venues selling alcohol in the area. Fishers [...]

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In focus: Preston’s live music scene

21st, December 2011 by

When it comes to Preston’s music scene, two words simply spring to my mind – “vibrant” and “diverse”. Preston has had a vibrant live band scene since ages ago, and now is no big different. There might be no common ground on why this is the case, some Prestonians or live music lovers however may put this down to some facts like Preston as a [...]

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City centre club bids for late night booze licence

13th, December 2011 by

A Preston club will bid tomorrow morning to extend its drinking hours to 3am every night of the week. Fishers Bar on Fishergate, which used to be known as Wall Street, wants to be open until 3.30am all week and be able to serve alcohol until 3am. Currently it is open until 12midnight on Sunday to Wednesday and then 2.30am on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. [...]

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Live & Loud: Alternative nights out in Preston this November

5th, November 2011 by

Right boys and girls of Preston, I’m here to give you a quick and simple guide to a few things happening in the next few weeks around the city for people who prefer loud or live noises. Let’s start with this month… Well it’s now Movember so expect the male gender of Preston to be looking similar to Freddy Mercury, all for a good cause [...]

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Squires and Lava/Ignite under threat of closure – post your favourite memories

28th, October 2011 by

The company that runs Squires and Lava/Ignite has gone into administration, putting 3,000 jobs at risk. Luminar entertainment, which owns 75 venues across the UK, was unable to meet bank repayments after posting losses of £198m in the year to the end of February. The past year has seen Luminar try to expand its propositions in the form of converting venues for live music and [...]

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Ark Preston relaunches to champion independent music

11th, July 2011 by

The Ark Preston – a Preston-based monthly music magazine documenting unsigned and undiscovered music in Preston is launching its brand new website today. The Ark Preston dot com launches at 8pm this evening after 12 months of printed publication and being a branch of the Ark – a national project to increase the profile on unsigned music. The Ark Preston began after an idea was [...]

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A guide to Valentine’s Day in Preston: The single’s special

14th, February 2011 by

Some single people will go to any lengths to get a date on Valentine’s Day. I wonder whether it might be better for them to stay in with a cup of tea instead. Fluffy teddy bears, bright red hearts and couples who can’t keep their hands off each other. As Valentine’s Day rolls around again, many single people are left feeling lonely and depressed. As [...]

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X Factor stars to turn on Christmas lights

19th, November 2010 by

X Factor rejects Treyc Cohen and Belle Amie will lead the acts that will help light up Preston for this year’s Christmas Lights Switch On, tomorrow evening. Aiden Grimshaw, who was voted off the X Factor on Sunday, was set to be making an appearance but an ‘administrative error’ from his agents caused him to cancel at the last minute. Mark Whittle, spokesperson for BID Preston, [...]

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Jason Cook at the Frog & Bucket – Win tickets

8th, November 2010 by

After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer, award winning and critically acclaimed comic Jason Cook brings his brand new show The End (Part 1) to Preston on Sunday 14th November. Jason faced his own death recently which kick started him into making his own life better. Apparently he’s high maintenance and has set about changing that. ”Last Christmas I thought I was having a [...]

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Old Pubs of Preston – Black Horse and The Academy

4th, November 2010 by

Some months ago a pledge to examine various pubs in Preston was made here. This article follows an introductory post which sums up the rich heritage behind Preston’s drinking establishments. Modernity witnesses the country’s pub numbers drop in the face of plummeting sales. This article examines two widely contrasting pubs in Preston’s town centre.

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Upcoming gigs in Preston

15th, October 2010 by

A variety of reasonably big names hit Preston throughout the rest of this month, but quantity is far and few between. Today, Saturday 16 sees the launch of Preston new indie clubnight, ‘Crash in’ @ 53 Degrees.

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Win a pair of tickets for ‘What Colour Was Her Blood?’

13th, October 2010 by

Set in a London and Edinburgh What Colour was her Blood? focuses on the strained reunion of Jackie and Siobhan. It’s over 20 years since Jackie walked out on her daughter and there are so many questions to be answered. What dream life did Jackie leave the family for? What has she done since? Why did she agree to meet? Siobhan, now a successful self-assured [...]

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Blog Preston – The best of September

4th, October 2010 by

We’ve had a surge of new contributors this month on Blog Preston, which we’re hoping will continue into the months ahead to give you the best content that Preston has to offer. I’ve pulled together the top five articles from September  in case you missed any.

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