Description:
The Manchester ladies social can be found here from 8pm each Wednesday.Iconic is a cosy bar tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Canal Street on the adjacent Richmond Street.
It used to be a hair salon that is now known as a friendly bar with an impressively well-stocked spirits collection, particularly when it comes to gin as they have up to 150 in stock at times). All of their drinks are reaosnably priced.
The staff team and owner are very supportive of our trans community, are chilled and relaxed and everyone is friendly and chatty. You will be very welcome here and not judged in any way.
The Decor is warm and cosy, the music is gentle background music with no DJ's or drag acts most nights though there is ‘Monday night madness’ SpeedQuizzing and Thursday night bingo. On most nights it is a good place to come and sit, relax with friends and have a chat together.
It is one of the nicer bars in the area but also one of the lesser known bars too so be different and give it a try.
Upcoming Events at Iconic Bar
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Wednesday 25th September 2pm to 4pm I will be out in and around the main city areas shopping or in bars & cafes, if you want to join me just message me. 6pm to 8pm you will usually find some of our ladies in either Velvet or Via or I will be eating somewhere outside the Village but within around 10 minutes walk from it, if you want to join me please just ask or message me. 8pm onwards we all try to meet up in Iconic at 29 Richmond Street M1 3NB where we are understood and welcomed by the owner, his lovely colleague Ste and his friendly team. Regular visitors qualify for a 10% off drinks card here, ask at the bar for one. Generally there will be around 20 Ladies out socialising in Iconic which is open until midnight. Other popular locations to go to during the evening are; The Molly House, The Goose (though you will have to fit around their Wednesday quiz night), New York New York, Eva, Via, Oscar's, The Brewers, OnBar. At around midnight I am ready for a change of both scene and culture so I wander into Northern Quarter where I always get a lovely, kind and caring welcome, you can join me if you wish or you can stay in the Village with those who prefer it there. Any questions not answered in the above just ask me. If you don’t know Manchester check TV Chix venues for insights as I keep the Manchester clubs, bars, restaurants and hotel information up to date, just search TV Chix venues with “Manchester”. Ask me if you want deeper insights or want to know about anywhere not listed as I will either know it or can check it out for you. Trans FTM and cisgender women are welcome to join us as we share many common issues of social acceptance and/or safety x Cisgender men are very welcome to join us too but please contact one of the Ladies attending and come as her guest. This is so that you have someone to accompany you, to introduce you to everyone else and to be responsible for you. We ask all cisgender men to be polite and respectful to the ladies because we are a social group, not a knocking shop. Any questions not answered in the above just ask me. Do come and join us when you can. The clock only ticks forward and eats away at our health and vitality to the extent that one day we won't be able to get out and express our femininity, don't look back with regret at what you did not do when you could x |
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Wednesday 2nd October 2pm to 4pm I will be out in and around the main city areas shopping or in bars & cafes, if you want to join me just message me. 6pm to 8pm you will usually find some of our ladies in either Velvet or Via or I will be eating somewhere outside the Village but within around 10 minutes walk from it, if you want to join me please just ask or message me. 8pm onwards we all try to meet up in Iconic at 29 Richmond Street M1 3NB where we are understood and welcomed by the owner, his lovely colleague Ste and his friendly team. Regular visitors qualify for a 10% off drinks card here, ask at the bar for one. Generally there will be around 20 Ladies out socialising in Iconic which is open until midnight. Other popular locations to go to during the evening are; The Molly House, The Goose (though you will have to fit around their Wednesday quiz night), New York New York, Eva, Via, Oscar's, The Brewers, OnBar. At around midnight I am ready for a change of both scene and culture so I wander into Northern Quarter where I always get a lovely, kind and caring welcome, you can join me if you wish or you can stay in the Village with those who prefer it there. Any questions not answered in the above just ask me. If you don’t know Manchester check TV Chix venues for insights as I keep the Manchester clubs, bars, restaurants and hotel information up to date, just search TV Chix venues with “Manchester”. Ask me if you want deeper insights or want to know about anywhere not listed as I will either know it or can check it out for you. Trans FTM and cisgender women are welcome to join us as we share many common issues of social acceptance and/or safety x Cisgender men are very welcome to join us too but please contact one of the Ladies attending and come as her guest. This is so that you have someone to accompany you, to introduce you to everyone else and to be responsible for you. We ask all cisgender men to be polite and respectful to the ladies because we are a social group, not a knocking shop. Any questions not answered in the above just ask me. Do come and join us when you can. The clock only ticks forward and eats away at our health and vitality to the extent that one day we won't be able to get out and express our femininity, don't look back with regret at what you did not do when you could x |
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Wednesday 2nd October 2pm to 4pm I will be out in and around the main city areas shopping or in bars & cafes, etc. if you want to join me just message me. 6pm to 8pm I will be eating in a bar within around 10 minutes walk of the Village (I will post details by the sunday prior.) If you want to join me please let me know so I can change the number that I book for the table. 8pm onwards the group will start meeting up in Iconic at 29 Richmond Street M1 3NB but turn up here at any time and you will be welcomed by the owner and staff who are very supportive of our community. Generally there will be around 20 Ladies out socialising here and this bar is open until midnight. After Iconic or if during the evening you want a change of scene to drift away from Iconic, the popular locations to go to are; New York New York, Eva, Via, (I can't go to Centre Stage as one of the owners barred me for disagreeing with their pre-conceptions about our Trans MTF community, apparently debate on diversity is not allowed in their bar but it does mean that CS is a good destination for when you are fed up with me). At midnight I tend to wander into Northern Quarter, you are welcome to join me if you wish. If you don’t know Manchester check TV Chix venues for insights as I keep the Manchester clubs, bars, restaurants and hotel information up to date, just search TV Chix venues with “Manchester”. Ask me if you want deeper insights or want to know about anywhere not listed as I will either know it or can check it out for you. Trans FTM and cisgender women are welcome to join us as we share many common issues of social acceptance and/or safety x Cisgender men are very welcome to join us too but please contact one of the Ladies attending and come as her guest. This is so that you have someone to accompany you, to introduce you to everyone else and to be responsible for you. We ask all cisgender men to be polite and respectful to the ladies because we are a social group, not a knocking shop. Any questions not answered in the above just ask me. Do come and join us when you can. The clock only ticks forward and eats away at our health and vitality to the extent that one day we won't be able to get out and express our femininity, don't look back with regret at what you did not do when you could x |
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Wednesday 9th October 2pm to 4pm I will be out in and around the main city areas shopping or in bars & cafes, if you want to join me just message me. 6pm to 8pm you will usually find some of our ladies in either Velvet or Via or I will be eating somewhere outside the Village but within around 10 minutes walk from it, if you want to join me please just ask or message me. 8pm onwards we all try to meet up in Iconic at 29 Richmond Street M1 3NB where we are understood and welcomed by the owner, his lovely colleague Ste and his friendly team. Regular visitors qualify for a 10% off drinks card here, ask at the bar for one. Generally there will be around 20 Ladies out socialising in Iconic which is open until midnight. Other popular locations to go to during the evening are; The Molly House, The Goose (though you will have to fit around their Wednesday quiz night), New York New York, Eva, Via, Oscar's, The Brewers, OnBar. At around midnight I am ready for a change of both scene and culture so I wander into Northern Quarter where I always get a lovely, kind and caring welcome, you can join me if you wish or you can stay in the Village with those who prefer it there. Any questions not answered in the above just ask me. If you don’t know Manchester check TV Chix venues for insights as I keep the Manchester clubs, bars, restaurants and hotel information up to date, just search TV Chix venues with “Manchester”. Ask me if you want deeper insights or want to know about anywhere not listed as I will either know it or can check it out for you. Trans FTM and cisgender women are welcome to join us as we share many common issues of social acceptance and/or safety x Cisgender men are very welcome to join us too but please contact one of the Ladies attending and come as her guest. This is so that you have someone to accompany you, to introduce you to everyone else and to be responsible for you. We ask all cisgender men to be polite and respectful to the ladies because we are a social group, not a knocking shop. Any questions not answered in the above just ask me. Do come and join us when you can. The clock only ticks forward and eats away at our health and vitality to the extent that one day we won't be able to get out and express our femininity, don't look back with regret at what you did not do when you could x |
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Recent Reviews for events held at Iconic Bar
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Manchester Wednesday Night Out (Wednesday, September 4, 2024)
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Another Great night out with a lovely group of people…. Come on down… |
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Manchester Wednesday Night Out (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)
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Well today was interesting! Most Village bars and clubs turned themselves on their heads due to the Pride weekend preperations, as we now go wider afield than just the village that was not a problem for the experienced and confident ladies but we did need to re-arrange our routine for the less experienced and more shy ladies who see the village as a safe location for them which is understandable. Amanda and I started at 2pm with me filming her for Amanda's YouTube channel around the Catherdral area of the city. We made a minor kerfuffle as we tend to do :) The delightful Patricia joined us at 4pm when we went for chats and drinks at the Oxnoble in Liverpool Street, Castlefield. Then we three met Justine, Bobbi and Clarissa who had contacted me on facebook from the South Coast as they were touring the North West for a few days. We 6 had a lovely dinner in the very accommodating Italiana55 in Liverpool Street and got an amazing 50% off promotion on the food which helped our budgets a lot. Iconic was closed for Pride preperations so we chose to go to Velvet instead as they were keeping their business as usual. I messaged everyone on our various chat platforms to let them know where we were and over 20 ladies joined us with one cisgender male ally and a lovely chatty evening was had by all including the South Coast ladies and a new lady to our network from Chester. Amanda, Patricia and I left the group at midnight when they went to tour the Village while we went on a tour of the later opening bars in Northern Quarter. We got our usual warm reception there and to be honest I feel more welcomed and more safe in Northern Quarter than in the Village these days, 2024 is a world much more open to diversity so please consider leaving the LGBT "safe" areas for other safe places that will accept diversity. That kind of trans visibility does help us all to be more accepted and more acceptable but only if we dress and behave sensibly and to fit in with the public at large. We 3 spent some cool time chatting among ourselves and locals at the cool Mean Eyed Cat on Oldham Street and the super cool Terrace NQ in Thomas Street, two of my favourite venues. Finally we reluctantly headed home across the city centre at 2am-ish So there you have it, even when the Village goes mildly potty, we Manchester ladies are resourceful and still have a really cool and super relaxed time together. |
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Manchester Wednesday Night Out (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)
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Another great night out with a group of gurls..Nice get out and chat with other like minded people
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Manchester Wednesday Night Out (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)
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Lovely night. Always a lovely night. Slightly different, due to a combination of factors. Delightful meal with 3 girls from Hampshire who were touring 'the North '. Relaxed couple of hours in Velvet, where the girls congregated. Then off to explore the Northern Quarter with Alison and Amanda. Loved it. Thank you so much 😘 |
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Manchester Wednesday Night Out (Wednesday, August 7, 2024)
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Good Event.and great Company..Thankyou Alison
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