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We've been around the block for the Manchester Curry Night (it's been going since the last millennium!).  To keep track of all the places we have been to, I've set out a handy list below.  Unfortunately, apart from a limited amount of information from an email in 1999, records don't exist from pre-2000 (sniff).

 

First, though, you can first see some graphical depictions of the Curry Night, before the full list of all recorded Curry Nights.

 

Curry Night in graphs

Correct as of 4 March 2024

 

To try to illustrate the history of the Curry Night in graphical form, spaceman turned to Excel's graph-making facility.  Firstly, it is interesting to see how visits to the city centre of Manchester have slowly but surely replaced those to Rusholme over time.  We still go to the neon curry capital on occasions, but more in the of way dutifully visiting an elderly relative.  There's also no sign of a Curry Night in decline.  Whilst not held as often as it was in its early years (as you might expect), it is still remains a broadly quarterly (or perhaps thirdly) occurrence, dipping during 2004/5 as spaceman spent a lot in time in London during that period.  We were also naturally affected by the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, which prompted two unprecedented Virtual Curry Nights.

 

 

The results of the next analysis were not surprising since Thursday, in spaceman's view, is the best night on which to organise a work social.  (Whilst Curry Nights are absolutely not limited to work colleagues - indeed, alumni and other halves are positively encouraged - there is always a core from the office, giving it a work social feel.)  This is because people often have plans for the weekend, but by Thursday it's almost the weekend and people are more tempted to let their hair down.  (For a similar reason, we've had no Mondays.).  However, in 2016 and 2017, Wednesday slowly started to catch up as it became a popular voting choice, although that has since reversed itself.  People are so fickle.

Curry Night - full history

 

 

Date

Venue

Area  

1-10

Betwixt 1997 and 1999 Unknown Rusholme  

11

Wednesday 1st December 1999 Lal Haweli Rusholme  

12

Tuesday 18th January 2000 Shaandaar Rusholme  

13

Tuesday 15th February 2000 Mughli Rusholme  

14

Thursday 11th May 2000 Al Bilal Rusholme  

15

Wednesday 7th June 2000

Lal Qila

Rusholme  

16

Thursday 6th July 2000 Lal Haweli Rusholme  

17

Thursday 3rd August 2000 Al Bilal Rusholme  

18

Wednesday 20th September 2000 Mughli Rusholme  

19

Tuesday 31st October 2000 Shaandaar Rusholme  

20

Wednesday 10th January 2001 Hanaan Rusholme  

21

Thursday 10th May 2001 Lal Qila Rusholme  

22

Thursday 14th June 2001 Tabak Rusholme  

23

Wednesday 22nd August 2001 Lal Haweli Rusholme  

24

Wednesday 10th October 2001 Shezan Rusholme  

25

Wednesday 21st November 2001 Shere Khan Rusholme  

26

Thursday 7th February 2002 Mughli Rusholme  

27

Wednesday 1st May 2002 Hanaan Rusholme  

28

Thursday 4th July 2002 Al Bilal Rusholme  

29

Thursday 15th August 2002 Lal Qila Rusholme  

30

Thursday 17th October 2002 Royal Naz Rusholme  

31

Thursday 23rd January 2003 Shere Khan Rusholme  

32

Thursday 17th April 2003 Shezan Rusholme  

33

Thursday 26th June 2003 Hanaan Rusholme  

34

Thursday 7th August 2003 Shaandaar Rusholme  

35

Thursday 2nd October 2003 Al Bilal Rusholme  

36

Thursday 29th January 2004 Zaika Rusholme  

37

Thursday 1st April 2004

Lal Haweli

Rusholme  

38

Thursday 22nd July 2004 King Cobra Rusholme  

39

Thursday 4th November 2004 Hanaan Rusholme  

40

Thursday 24th March 2005 Shimla Pinks City centre  

41

Thursday 17th November 2005 Al Bilal Rusholme  

42

Thursday 4th May 2006 Sangam Rusholme  

43

Friday 28th July 2006 Akbar's City centre  

44

Wednesday 1st November 2006 Spicy Hut Rusholme  

45

Wednesday 31st January 2007 Shimla Pinks City centre  

46

Wednesday 2nd May 2007 Shaandaar Rusholme  

47

Thursday 12th July 2007 Lights Of India City centre  

48

Thursday 23rd August 2007 Lal Haweli Rusholme  

49

Wednesday 21st November 2007 Shimla Pinks City centre  

50

Thursday 31st January 2008 Shahenshah Rusholme  

51

Thursday 24th April 2008 EastzEast (Blackfriars) City centre  

52

Wednesday 11th June 2008 Al Bilal Rusholme  

53

Wednesday 30th July 2008 Karims City centre  

54

Thursday 9th October 2008 Mughli Rusholme  

55

Wednesday 3rd December 2008 Rajdoot City centre  

56

Thursday 12th March 2009 Punjab Rusholme  

57

Thursday 20th August 2009 Ashoka City centre  

58

Thursday 12th November 2009 Al Nawaz Rusholme  

59

Thursday 11th February 2010 Khan Ba Ba City centre  

60

Thursday 25th February 2010 Swadesh City centre  

61

Wednesday 20th May 2010 Zaika (town) City centre  

62

Thursday 22nd July 2010 Lal Haweli Rusholme  

63

Thursday 2nd September 2010 (Imli by) Lal Qila City centre  

64

Thursday 7th October 2010 Shahi Masala Rusholme  

65

Thursday 11th November 2010 EastzEast (Princess St) City centre  

66

Thursday 17th February 2011 Zouk City centre  

67

Thursday 14th July 2011 Swadesh City centre  

68

Thursday 20th October 2011 Zaika (town) City centre  

69

Thursday 9th February 2012 Mughli Rusholme  

70

Wednesday 2nd May 2012 EastzEast (Blackfriars) City centre  

71

Thursday 6th September 2012 Bollywood Masala City centre  

72

Thursday 1st November 2012 Rajdoot City centre  

73

Thursday 28th February 2013 Ashoka City centre  

74

Thursday 23rd May 2013 Al Bilal Rusholme  

75

Thursday 5th September 2013 Akbar's City centre  

76

Thursday 5th December 2013 Zouk City centre  

77

Thursday 6th February 2014 Spice Lounge City centre  

78

Thursday 24th July 2014 Imli by Lal Qila City centre  

79

Thursday 20th November 2014 Ziya Rusholme  

80

Thursday 9th April 2015 Khan Ba Ba City centre  

81

Thursday 23rd July 2015 Scene City centre  

82

Thursday 29th October 2015 Asha's City centre  

83

Wednesday 24th February 2016 Mowgli Street Food City centre  

84

Thursday 2nd June 2016 Spicy Mint Rusholme  

85

Wednesday 27th July 2016 Indian Tiffin Room City centre  

86

Wednesday 26th October 2016 EastzEast (Blackfriars) City centre  

87

Wednesday 1st March 2017 Swadesh City centre  

88

Wednesday 17th May 2017 Akbars City centre  

89

Thursday 2nd November 2017 EastzEast (Blackfriars) City centre  

90

Thursday 5th April 2018 Imli by Lal Qila City centre  

91

Wednesday 1st August 2018 Zouk City centre  

92

Thursday 25th October 2018 Scene City centre  

93

Thursday 7th March 2019 Sangam (town) City centre  

94

Thursday 4th September 2019 Wah Ji Wah City centre  

95

Thursday 28th November 2019 Rajdoot City centre  

96

Thursday 5th March 2020 Indian Tiffin Room City centre  

97

Thursday 9th July 2020 Various takeaways Virtual  

98

Thursday 26th November 2020 Various takeaways Virtual  

99

Thursday 12th August 2021 Scene City centre  

100

Thursday 14th October 2021 EastzEast City centre  

101

Thursday 24th February 2022 Sangam City centre  

102

Thursday 26th May 2022 Akbar's City centre  

103

Thursday 20th October 2022 Dishoom City centre  

104

Thursday 9th March 2023 Wah Ji Wah City centre  

105

Thursday 27th July 2023 Rajdoot City centre  

106

Thursday 26th October 2023 Indian Tiffin Room City centre  

107

Thursday 29th February 2024 Mowgli Street Food City centre