This week, Billingtons owner and Oldham Business Awards "Business Person of the Year" finalist Kris Zemlik hosts some of his collegues from the Manchester, Polish Business Network who will be hosting one of their events in Billingtons.

Please be aware that this is a Polish language episode

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Who told you that you can't sing? It definitely wasn't Gemma Cunliffe, who uses Billingtons to bring together her wonderful

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The weekend of 21st-23rd July is when the town of Oldham celebrates Pride. This week host Matt is joined by Billingtons owner Kris and Cllr Louie Hamblett, who is the Chair of Oldham pride and local councillor for Crompton.

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The dance music scene known as Northern Soul has a large and dedicated following in the North West of England, and since the Billingtons Ballroom is made for dancing, it was only a matter of time until the two came together. In this episode, Matt chats with Dave Porter and Gary Reeve, two Northern Soul DJs who are keen to bring their sounds and your moves back to central Oldham on a regular basis... tickets for the first event are available here.

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Recorded at ⁠⁠⁠Billingtons Oldham⁠⁠⁠.

Music from ⁠⁠⁠Pixaby⁠⁠⁠ royalty free music is Elevator Music bossa nova background music (Version 60s) by Lesfm.

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Performer, singer-songwriter, recording artist and workshop facilitator, Papa Sam Alafia, moved to the UK in the late 1980s from Freetown, Sierra Leone in West Africa. As both a solo musician and bandleader, Sam has recorded and performed with local and international artists at venues and festivals across the world.

We chat with him and Geli Berg about the show they are bringing to Billingtons on Saturday 29th July.

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Live music is back at Billingtons. On this week's podcast, we chat with Carol James and Geli Berg, who are both passionate about jazz and all kinds of music. With a rich musical heritage between them, this is a fascinating discussion ahead of Carol performing with her group Jazzette at Billingtons on 27th May. Tickets for the event are available here.

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Oldham has recently been highlighted as the most difficult place in the country to start a new business but regardless, In 2022 Billingtons Oldham opened its's doors as a cafe, coffee lounge, bar, entertainment and live music venue. This former dance school has been in the heart of Oldham for a century, but despite a multi-million pound renovation, it faces it's biggest challenge in a town where the night life has gone from legendary to limited. This is the real time story of how we plan to bring some soul back to this Lanachashire town centre and a cherished old building.

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