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Manchester’s party people are set for the party of the decade this New Year’s Eve as the legendary Circle Club celebrates its 10^th anniversary and brings in the new year in ultimate style.

Themed the 12 Olympiads by the infamous MYTH, the exclusive private member’s club, will be pulling out all the stops to create a clubbers’ delight starting with a six course feast, free bar, decadent entertainment and the best in live music and DJs, with tickets released this week.

The 24-hour licensed club based in the grade ll listed Barton Arcade is a favourite haunt of celebrities and in the last month alone everyone from Take That’s Jason Orange to footballing giants Joe Hart and Micha Richards to Big Brother’s Louise Cliffe, TOWIE’s Mario Falcone as well Coronation Street and Hollyoak stars, have partied at the stunning destination.

Using all of its three venues including the Sirocco Bar Restaurant, Original Circle and VIP Inner Circle,as well as transforming the arcade’s stunning glass atrium, it will be the party of the year.

“It’s our 10^th anniversary this year so New Year’s Eve will be even more special. It will be the party of the year, if not the decade and tickets will sell out fast,” said Managing Director Craig Ince.

Tickets are from £25 for members in the main club (£30 for guests) and £45 for members in the Inner Circle (£50 guests). Booths* are from £750 in the main club and £1,000 in the Inner Circle.

Diners can also enjoy a sumptuous six course New Year’s Eve dinner at Sirocco for £60 and pay just £10 extra to join in the club night.

The iconic venue has seen the famous and infamous through its doors in the last decade and has trebled in size since it was first launched in 2001, catering then exclusively for the city’s media and creative elite.

The idea of the Circle was to launch a venue unlike any other in the North West, offering a haven for cultural debates, creative meetings and the best parties in town, in the original atmospheric crowded basement location.

And everyone from Jordan to Danny Dyer, Westlife to Usain Bolt has partied at the legendary Circle, with Justin Timberlake famously turned away as not cool enough.

10-years on, the club has bucked the leisure industry recession and grown from strength to strength, opening its membership to all as long as they can meet strict club criteria.

In 2008, it doubled in size with the launch of the Inner Circle, expanding out from the original basement and creating a stunning room themed on the seven-deadly sins.

With private booths, a bar created from an altar and doors taken from Clarkenwell prison, it is the destination for the great and the good of the city.

And in 2009, the Circle came up from underground, launching a bar restaurant above the basement club, creating a stylish eatery, now known as Sirocco.

The chic bar restaurant makes the most of the stunning glass atrium of the arcade and is the perfect chill out zone for a mouth-watering Mediterranean menu.

The Circle brand expanded even further this year, opening a champagne and cocktail bar in the Trafford Centre.

The 45-seat white marble bar takes pride of place in the Italian Galleries on the first floor of the Orient food court and opened this Summer.

Called Circle 360 it has an extensive 50-strong cocktail menu, including both classic and contemporary drinks and serves 21 champagnes ranging from £40 (Moet and Chandon) to £550 (Armand De Brignac Ace of Spades).

“It has been a fantastic decade of success for the Circle Club and one that we will be celebrating in true Circle style with the party of the decade this New Year’s Eve,” said Craig Ince Managing Director.

For more information on the Circle Club log onto www.thecircleclub.com or phone 0161 288 8118.