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On Saturday 26th May, as part of our 30th birthday celebrations we will have a fun photo booth situated on the 1st floor from 12pm - 4pm where shoppers will be invited to have their picture taken, 4 images will be printed and the shopper will be given 2 pictures and we will keep the other 2, these will then be displayed on our 30th birthday photo board that will  be on permanent display at our Church Street entrance. 

Be sure to come along and have your picture taken to mark this fantastic occassion, why not use some of the props that will be available to make your picture stand out, the service is free, so please support us and get your picture taken to wish Afflecks a very happy birthday.

Be sure to join us on Saturday 26th May for our 30th birthday street party, come and see the fantastic new mosaic artwork that will be unveiled on Tib Street on Friday 25th May.

On Saturday 26th May, Tib Street will be closed off to traffic to allow us to have one big party! M.E.N Club of the Year 2012: Bollox resident DJ’s Polly Esther & Johnny Trash will be DJing from 11am, The Invaders Band will be performing from 2pm and there will be various street performers throughout the day and an Afflecks fashion show.

Food & Drink will be provided by our very own Blackdog Ballroom as well as Ice-cream, candy floss and popcorn.

There will be lots going on within our walls too, including some great offers from  some of your favourite stalls, live art and acoustic performers.

DJ’s Polly Esther & Johnny Trash   www.soundcloud.com/trashoramadjsmanc

This year Afflecks celebrates 30 year’s of trading and we will be holding a weekend of events that will include a big ‘Back to the ’80’s’ street party for all our fans.

On Friday 25th May, we will be unveiling some fantastic new mosaic artwork created by Mark Kennedy, the artwork will be displayed along the Tib Street elevation below the steel tree sculpture. The mosaic artwork includes panels of Manchester Music Icons, Coronation Street, Manchester Football Legends, Manchester Industry and more.

On Saturday 26th May, there will be a street party along Tib Street, with DJ’s, Performers and much more!

Get on your best ’80’s clobber and come along and join us in celebrating 30 years of independent commerce.

For your chance to win £100 in Afflecks gift vouchers we would like you to make a short film of the event and post it on to our Facebook site www.facebook.com/afflecks  

Do you have any old photo’s of you in Afflecks or you wearing something that you bought from here in the past 30 years? if so we would love to see them, please post them on to our Facebook site, the best one’s will be selected and featured on the Afflecks web-site.

It was great to see Oritse Williams of JLS shopping in Afflecks today, Oritse made a few little purchases from Afflecks customisation store Cindy’s House on the 2nd floor.

60 crew members and 20 film extras will descend on Afflecks to commence filming ‘Spike Island’ a Film 4 production for cinema release.

Spike Island is a coming of age drama that takes place over 72 hours in May 1990 in Salford and Manchester. The film is a fictional story set against a real event – The Stone Roses, Spike Island Concert that took place in Widnes in 1990.

Spike Island follows the journey of five 16 year old boys who are die-hard fans of The Stone Roses; they celebrate the end of their school days and make plans to attend the legendary concert. The journey sees life-long friendships tested and their future bought in to question.

Elliott Tittensor, best known as Carl Gallagher from Shameless plays the lead character and will be filmed entering Afflecks along with his 4 screen character friends, they will be filmed in the café area and then in various locations on the 2^ndfloor. Decoration and props will take Afflecks back to how it would have looked in 1990 and various stall holders will be dressed to play extra’s in the movie.

This is a fantastic opportunity for Afflecks, The Stone Roses used to meet here as did many music legends from around that time.

The team and all the Afflecks stall holders are really excited about the filming and will be looking forward to seeing Afflecks on the big screen this autumn.

We are pleased to announce that as from Sunday 4th March the 1st floor will join the ground floor in opening on Sunday’s.

Afflecks has 4 floors and is a hub for independent traders and unfortunately not all can commit to a 7 day week, however the 1st floor has a number of more established businesses and are therefore in a better position to staff the units.

On the ground floor you will find GRIN and Extreme Largeness selling the very best in alternative fashion and assessories, on the 1st floor there are numerous stalls from independent fashion labels to Manchester’s finest tattoo studio, you will also find Pinkies 50’s cafe where you will be able to enjoy a drink and some lunch.

If you are a first time visitor to Afflecks on a Sunday then please be sure to return when you will find a further 40 stalls including Manchester’s leading fancy dress shop, T-shirt printing, independent fashion houses and much more ready for your viewing pleasure.

Join the 3MT on Thursday 2nd February as they showcase the very best of their variety acts.

The hilarious Zoe Iqbal returns to host, after knocking audiences off their feet last month with her unique comedy burlesque style.

The 3MT inhouse cast strut their stuff with their whirl wind sketches and new associates Square Peg join the madness.

Cheree Bebe will send pulses racing as she takes to the stage with her burlesque performances. Majus B rounds off the evening with his pearls of comedy wisdom.

All this for only £7 ! as always the 3MT wonderful bar will be fully stocked and open throughout the night.

the 3MT is situated within the Oldham Street entrance to Afflecks.

Manchester’s very own X Factor finalist popped in to Afflecks today, Misha made quite a few purchases from Strawberri Peach and asked that they design some stage outfits for her for The X Factor Tour.