Wigan is known for many things – the pier, rugby league, pies – but one music genre and one venue has made the place more globally famous than anything else. In the seventies, Wigan Casino was ...

It's 50 years since Wigan Casino hosted the first of its legendary Northern Soul all-nighters.

Video: Memories of Wigan Pier nightclub as bulldozers standby for demolition The nightclub attracted hundreds of ravers from across the north west in the 1990s and many of you are sad to see it go.

Passers-by and drivers will have noticed that the clock in the tower of the former Orwell building at Wigan Pier has disappeared in recent days. Many may have presumed it had been taken away for ...

Wigan Pier is set for an exciting new future as multi-million pound plans to breathe new life into the historic venue are revealed. The Pier, immortalised by George Orwell’s graphic 1937 ...

A former museum should become an attraction dedicated to Northern Soul music, a Greater Manchester MP said. Ian McCartney, MP for Makerfield, wants to turn part of the Wigan Pier area into a venue to ...

New uncertainty hangs over the future of Wigan’s once massively popular Pier tourist attraction today after the council confirmed that it and the developer which has restored the famous ...

The leisure, culture and entertainment sectors are being targeted by Step Places, the development partner of Wigan Council for the Wigan Pier complex of historic buildings. The scheme comprises ...

Northern Soul fans are paying tribute to 50 years since a nightclub opened its doors to revolutionise the disco scene. Thousands flocked to Wigan Casino after it began running its now legendary ...

It's 50 years since Wigan Casino hosted the first of its legendary Northern Soul all-nighters.