Win tickets for the Moon Rise Run in Manchester

Posted by Helen Nugent | May 23, 2024 | Archives

WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS FOR THE MOON RISE RUN

Northern Soul has a pair of tickets to give away for a night run and festival being held at Manchester’s Heaton Park.

Music, food, drink and the run itself can all be enjoyed under glowing lantern-lit trees on April 18, 2015.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to Moon Rise Run, simply sign up to the Northern Soul newsletter (details of how to do this are on the right hand side of the page) and answer this question: in Karen Connolly’s preview of the Moon Rise Run, what is the name of the Happy Mondays’ member who will be helping to close the festival?

Please send your answer to: stephaniealderson@northernsoul.me.uk

Closing date: April 15, 2015

A winner will be picked at random and notified by April 16, 2015

What: Moon Rise Run

Where: Heaton Park, Manchester

When: April 18, 2015. Race starts 7.45pm with entry from 5.30pm and warm up 7.15pm. Post-race festival will end at 11pm.

Tickets: www.moonriserun.com

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Helen Nugent

Helen Nugent is the Founder and Editor of Northern Soul. A Northern lass, born and bred in Manchester, Helen has been back in her home town for 13 years after working in London for The Times and a number of other national newspapers. You can find articles by Helen in, among others, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday, The Times, the i newspaper, The Observer, Big Issue North, The Yorkshire Post, and The Spectator. Previous roles include producing and presenting the business news at BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC local radio across the UK, and freelancing for The Daily Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Times, and the Financial Times. She also spent 18 months as Money Editor of The Spectator. During ten years at The Times, she won a series of awards including Journalist of the Year and had a number of jobs including News Reporter, News Editor, Lobby Correspondent in the House of Commons, Business Reporter, and Financial Writer. In addition, Helen runs her own media training and PR consultancy firm, Helen Nugent Consulting. Helen has appeared on Sky News, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio Lancashire, BBC World Service, talkRadio, and GB News. An experienced chairperson and speaker, she regularly chairs conferences and events for, among others, literature festivals, award ceremonies, and tech shows. She was also a Guest Lecturer at Westminster University in the Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, and a Guest Lecturer at City University and at MMU. She taught Music Journalism at Salford University for a number of years, and taught Political Reporting at Huddersfield University. In 2017, she was shortlisted for Person with Purpose at the Northern Power Women Awards. In 2019, she was a judge for the HWA Gold Crown Awards which recognise the best historical novels. Feel free to drop her a line at nugenthelen@hotmail.com or via the contacts page. All correspondence is welcome, particularly if you would like to share a magical Northern experience.

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