This week’s Wednesday Freebies section consists of topics on- a) Free tickets to Radio One’s Big Weekend; b) Free events at Harry Potter Book Night in Manchester; c) Get your free samples of Clarins at Boots. Also, check out for more freebies in our blog section everyday.
Free tickets to Radio One’s Big Weekend
This year’s BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend will be held at Powderham Castle, south of Exeter (Devon). Traditionally the event is free ticketed with a rule of one-pair per person. This year they can be applied for from 21st March. The 50,000 tickets offered for the festival in 2014 at Glasgow, were gone in a little over 30 minutes. Festival goers in the last few years had to pay a small booking fee for the tickets given away online.
As with previous festivals, the chance of getting a free ticket are given to those living nearer to the venue. Those who wish to attend have to go the website of BBC Radio 1 to apply. Thereafter, pairs of tickets will be allocated at random to applicants. Commenting on the incident where some tried to sell their tickets ahead of last year’s festival at Norwich, a spokesman for Radio 1 said then that those trying to sell tickets are breaking the rules they agreed while booking and Radio 1 reserves the right to cancel tickets. However, there are rules to stop this. Passport-type photographs are being required for the application process now. Information regarding the free tickets and the line-ups will be announced in the coming months by Radio 1, for the Big Weekend in Powderham Castle.
Free events at Harry Potter Book Night in Manchester
The second Harry Potter Book Night is being celebrated this year by fans of all ages, on 4th February (Thursday), in Manchester. A host of magical events are being planned, both on the Thursday and in the weekend. Last year’s inaugural event saw thousands of people from the world over, join in to celebrate J.K. Rowling’s popular novels.
Hosting the events on the night are the bookshops of Waterstones. Younger children can participate in Hogwarts class at 6:00pm, when Deansgate launches the activities. The hardest Harry Potter quiz will be held from 7:00pm to 8:00pm, for teens and older fans. Teams of four can register for the quiz and win prizes. Tickets to the event are free but have to be reserved via email to- manchester@waterstones.com. Throughout the day the Trafford Centre Waterstones book-store will be holding colouring competitions, word search and other activities. Reading from an illustrated edition of the book one, will be at 5:00pm. Fancy dress is at 5:30pm and at 6:00pm there will be a quiz.
Another free event on Thursday is also at Coppice Library (at Coppice Avenue), with wizards and witches joining in the fun. On Saturday too, a number of activities will be held in the libraries. On Saturday, ‘Magic Spell and Monster Book’ will be hosted at Chorlton Library, from 3:30 to 4:30 PM. Families need not book for these free events but need to come in early to avoid disappointment. More information on Harry Potter Book Night is on the website (harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/uk/).
Get your free samples of Clarins at Boots
Boots is offering the chance for you to claim five free samples of products from Clarins, using their website, which contains details to claim the free sample. You simply take the invitation out. Either print it out, or display it on a mobile device, to the member of the staff at the counter of Clarins and claim the ‘5 minute beauty fix’. Subject to availability, a number of different Clarins products are being offered to sample.
Assessing your skincare needs, the Clarins skincare adviser will suggest the most suitable ones to sample. So, get to cleanse you skin, or nourish and protect it, or increase moisture, or perfect your lips, or get something else. This promotion is through Boots stores exclusively, with a Clarins counter participating in the promotion. Just use the online search feature to get Boots store locations with the Clarins counter, on the Boots website. The offer of free samples ends on 6th February.
