19/06/2026
"I hope you're not going to look like Big Bird" - Alison Hibbert when I told her I was going head to toe yellow for this year's hottest ticket in town. 🐤
Decide for yourself if I successfully managed not to channel my inner Sesame Street.
Of course I'm talking about the annual It's Not Ascot, by Alison Hibbert at By Parallel Events, at the Peter Street Kitchen at the The Edwardian Manchester Hotel, on behalf of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). 🥂🏇
And it suits me just fine. I'm not interested in racing or toffs. I wouldn't thank you for the real thing. So, I don't look at gift horse in the mouth.
This gorgeous event never disappoints. I'm still buzzing today about:
👒The hats - Madder every year
👒The vibes - Sweeter every year, thanks to a community of of people who show up for each other besides fizz
👒The food - I don't know how they make kohlrabi and cabbage sexy, but this veggie's here for it 🙏
Please put me on the wait list already for a table next year.
Anybody else got any Ascot stories, from Manc, elsewhere, or the also rans who ended up there IRL?