There’s nothing we’d rather do on a Friday or Saturday night than get together with our best friends, take a satisfying sip of an expertly shaken cocktail and have a debrief about how our weeks have been.

But why settle for just one bar, and one cocktail menu, when you can try 18 instead?

Enter: Cocktails in the City, the cosmopolitan gathering of some of Manchester’s best and coolest bars. From Friday 11 October to Saturday 12 October, this exciting pop-up will be taking over The Viadux and not only showcasing some of the best tasting cocktails in the city, but the talent behind them, too.

Which leads us nicely onto one bar that you simply have to check out while you’re there: the Stylist Loves pop-up, of course!

We’ve teamed up with innovator in champagne Laurent-Perrier, the iconic brand which was founded back in 1812, not only because of its prestigious reputation but also its long history of having strong women at its helm. Together, we have cherry picked some of the best female bartenders in Manchester, and have asked them to (wo)man our bar at the event and serve up three delicious champagne cocktails.

This cocktail festival in Manchester is the cosmopolitan event to take your friends to