Entertainment & Events

New Lost Rivers pub home to first VR gaming arcade

28-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

Lost Rivers Brewing Co has teamed up with The VR Concept to launch central London’s only multiplayer virtual reality arcade, Gameboxx and Bar, within the brewer’s new Lost Rivers Elephant site.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visit one of Belfast's oldest pubs

23-Mar-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were welcomed at one of the oldest pubs in Belfast, the Crown Liquor Saloon, as part of their tour around the Northern Ireland capital.

Pub hosts nude speed dating event inspired by Channel 4's Naked Attraction

21-Mar-2018 By Georgina Townshend

A London pub has promised to get "tongues wagging and heads turning for all the right reasons" after hosting a nude speed dating event, inspired by Channel 4's Naked Attraction.

Fuller’s John Keeling awarded SIBA’s ‘Silver Tankard’

20-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

Fuller’s former head brewer, now global ambassador, was presented with the lifetime achievement award by Buster Grant, chairman of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) at the organisation’s flagship event BeerX in Liverpool.

Restored Victorian pub scoops design award

20-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has revealed the best pub designs across the country in the latest Pub Design Awards, including the recently refurbished Fitzroy Tavern in London.

Students team up with chefs to discover pub job opportunities

19-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

Chefs from the award-winning Ruddington Arms in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, joined students to hold a small plates and cocktails evening takeover of Adams Restaurant at Nottingham College on 14 March.

'World's first' 24hr radio station broadcast from pub launches

19-Mar-2018 By Georgina Townshend

The world’s alleged "first and only" 24/7 online radio station broadcast inside a pub has launched, along with a host of renowned presenters that have an "unapologetic love for good music and good stories".

Publican Awards 2018: the night according to social media

16-Mar-2018 By Georgina Townshend

From Instagramable drinks to hashtag heaven, guests of the Publican Awards 2018 couldn't wait to take to their phones and share with the world what a great time they were having.

How pubs can tap into the world of esports

15-Mar-2018 By Georgina Townshend

From hosting local competitive games to streaming big finals, tapping into the world of esports could be the next big thing for pub entertainment.

Video: watch Publican Awards 2018 winners' reactions

15-Mar-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Champions from this year’s Publican Awards told The Morning Advertiser how important the awards are to them and their companies.

Pub trade champions crowned at Publican Awards

14-Mar-2018 By Ed Bedington

A night of celebration has seen some of the best operators in the business crowned the top of the class at the 2018 Publican Awards.

Publican Awards: the 2018 finalists

09-Mar-2018 By MA editorial

We’re heading into the finishing straight of the Publican Awards chase, and the trade will be keen to pick out their favourites from our final round-up of runners and riders.

Sneak preview: great night on the cards for Publican Awards

08-Mar-2018 By Ed Bedington

The Publican Awards are now just days away, and while top comedian Rob Brydon will be leading the celebrations, he won’t be the only entertainment on the night. Here's your guide to what to expect from the night.

Eviction threat for award-winning music venue

02-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Roadhouse, one of the oldest live music venues in Covent Garden, London, faces eviction if planning permission is given to developers looking to revamp the site.

How brewers and publicans have been coping with snowmageddon

02-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

Although the Beast from the East and Storm Emma are causing snowy chaos across the country, pubs and brewers are doing their best to make the most of the freezing conditions.

Pub saved from closure named Britain's best by CAMRA

28-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Cricketers Arms in St Helens, Merseyside, has won the Campaign to Save Real Ale Pub of the Year award just five years after it was boarded up for closure.

Pub Skills: HR Summit

What we learned about Gen Z and Millennials at the Pubs Skills: HR Summit

28-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

They're gradually taking over the hospitality industry, but who exactly are Millennial and Generation Z employees?

BII Licensee of the Year Award 2018 entry deadline extended

26-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has extended the entry deadline for its Licensee of the Year Award 2018.

Community pub launches book to raise money for Cancer Research UK

26-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

Regulars from the Jolly Anglers pub in Newtown, Reading, Berkshire, are producing a book to celebrate the great local British pub and raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Award-winning gastropub to host naked dining night

22-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Greenbank community pub in Bristol, winner of the city’s gastropub of the year award, is encouraging diners to get their kit off for the pub's first ever naked dining event on 20 March.

Pub gets metallic makeover for London Fashion Week

22-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Running Horse pub, in Mayfair, in London's West End, closed for three days so that it could be transformed into a tin-foil covered backdrop for a London Fashion Week installation.

Britain’s highest pub to host charity foundation launch

19-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

Home improvement company Everest will hold the official launch of its charity foundation at Britain’s highest altitude pub, the Tan Hill Inn, in North Yorkshire, on 22 February.

Plymouth man completes 20,000-mile pub crawl

19-Feb-2018 By James Beeson

A Devon man has completed what may be the world’s longest pub crawl, driving across 21 countries and 20,000-miles over the course of seven months.

Car crash blind dates, nuptial arguments and bizarre Valentine's Day proposals

14-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Sometimes, Valentine's Day isn't all red roses, traditional proposals, and loved-up couples. The Morning Advertiser talks to publicans across the country who have experienced the weird and wonderful on love's great day.

Pub Skills: HR Summit

Gen Z: future pub employees, what you need to know

14-Feb-2018 By Claire Churchard

Ahead of the Pub Skills: HR Summit on 27 February, The Morning Advertiser chats to Generation Z expert and speaker at the event Josephine Hansom, director at Youth Research & Insight, to find out more about this very different group of future employees,...

Publican welcomes 'fit, fat and fugly' people for Valentine's event

13-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend

A publican who has previously been in trouble for controversial posters, one of which includes his chef dressed as a Nazi, has welcomed the "fit, fat and fugly" - along with a picture of Sloth from the The Goonies - in his bar's 'undateables'...

Video: Publican Awards judging day 2018

13-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

On Monday 5 January nominees for the 2018 Publican Awards descended on London from across the country for their final chance to dazzle the judges before winners are announced on 13 March at the Battersea Evolution.

Bar Talker: if you could create a Valentine's Day cocktail what would it be?

13-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

In The Morning Advertiser's latest Bar Talker feature, we asked publicans 'if you could create a Valentine's Day cocktail what would it be?'

Irish Pubs Global creates worldwide plastic straw campaign

12-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Irish Pubs Global has backed The Morning Advertiser's joint campaign urging pubs to give up plastic straws to help protect the environment, as well as creating its own.

MA500

Amazing pubs with good offers ‘not good enough’

09-Feb-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs of the future will not be able to rely on looking good and providing an outstanding food and drink offer, instead they will have to give customers memorable experiences, delegates at a recent MA500 event in Cambridge heard.

Research finds one in four couples met in the pub

09-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

Conducted to kick off a six-week nationwide campaign urging consumers to celebrate their love for pubs, research by Ei Publican Partnerships shed light on Britons’ enduring love of their ‘local’.

Plymouth scheme scoops top honours at Best Bar None awards

06-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

The longest-running scheme nominated at the 2017 Best Bar None awards won the prize for Best Overall Scheme at a ceremony hosted by Lord Smith of Hindhead CBE at the House of Lords on 5 February.

Campaign to end plastic straw use in pubs gets strong response

31-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Publicans across the country have shown strong support for a joint industry campaign to stop the use of plastic straws and stirrers in pubs.

End plastic straw use in pubs now, urges joint campaign

29-Jan-2018 By Claire Churchard

An industry-wide campaign to cut the amount of single-use plastic being used in pubs has been launched in partnership by three major industry bodies and The Morning Advertiser.

How the Government could 'revitalise' gaming machine sector for pubs

24-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Industry bodies have called on the Government to look at a number of key aspects that could "revitalise the gaming machine sector" for pubs, including raising the stakes and prizes and slashing red tape and fees for venues.

Finalists announced in National Best Bar None awards

23-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

Bolton, Sheffield, Plymouth and Torquay have made it through to the final of the ‘National Best Bar None awards’ to be presented at a reception at the House of Lords on 5 February.

Government announces plans to extend pub opening hours to help celebrate royal wedding

08-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

A four-week consultation on plans to extend pub opening hours for the upcoming royal wedding, which would give a £10m boost to the trade, has been largely welcomed by industry insiders - although some believe it is "barking up the wrong tree".

Rob Brydon to host Publican Awards

08-Jan-2018 By MA Editorial

Top comedian and actor Rob Brydon will be hosting the Publican Awards, organisers are delighted to announce.

Birmingham pub to offer free Christmas meals to the homeless

18-Dec-2017 By Stuart Stone

The Old Crown in Digbeth, Birmingham, will offer free meals to the homeless and those in need this Christmas Eve.

Call to extend pub opening hours after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce wedding date

15-Dec-2017 By Georgina Townshend

British Beer & Pub Association's (BBPA) chair Brigid Simmonds has suggested extending opening hours on Friday 18 May 2018 and Saturday 19 May 2018 after Kensington Palace announced the date of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding last...

Pub marathon kicks off 12 days of Christmas fundraising

13-Dec-2017 By Stuart Stone

Former royal marine Paul Ward kicked off 12 days of festive fundraising for Yorkshire Cancer Research by live training for a marathon on a treadmill in The Knox, Harrogate.

7 reasons why people love a pub at Christmas

07-Dec-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Yes, we all know a pub is for life, not just for Christmas. However, the magic of going down your local boozer throughout the festive period - especially Christmas Eve - is undeniable.

Pub groups taste success at Restaurant magazine R200 Awards

07-Dec-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Pub groups the Alchemist and ETM Group were among the winners at Restaurant magazine’s R200 Awards, held yesterday (6 November) at Hawker House in Canada Water, south London.

Publican Awards 2018 finalists announced

07-Dec-2017 By Ed Bedington

Judging is underway and the finalists for the 2018 Publican Awards can now be revealed.

Best of the best recognised at Wadworth awards

29-Nov-2017 By Stuart Stone

South-west pub operator and family brewer Wadworth held its annual Best of the Best Awards on 28 November, recognising which members of its portfolio of 200 managed and tenanted pub estates had stood out during the past year.

Peaky Blinders bar to host season four curtain raiser

14-Nov-2017 By Stuart Stone

The Peaky Blinders Bar & Grill in Paignton, Devon, is set to host a meet and greet with actors from hit TV series Peaky Blinders as well as a screening of the first episode on 15 November.

Fuller’s names its 2017 Pub of the Year

10-Nov-2017 By Stuart Stone

The Old Customs House, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, has been awarded the Griffin Trophy by Fuller’s after being announced as it’s Pub of the Year.

Never Miss a Sale: How to make the most of the alcohol-free trend

10-Nov-2017 By Stuart Stone

Head over to Patisserie Valerie, Spitalfields, east London, on Friday 24 November for a free-entry brunch and insight into the clamour for 0% products.

Advice on keeping pubs safe during the festive period

09-Nov-2017 By Emma Eversham

Christmas may traditionally be the time for goodwill, but combine a busy time of year with a rising number of threats to public safety and opportunist crime and you have the potential for problems.

British Institute of Innkeeping 2017: 'Through crisis management and triage – now on to physiotherapy'

09-Nov-2017 By Stuart Stone

A British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) general meeting highlighted a positive year amid tough conditions, with members voting to adopt revised articles of association.