July

Creative Tourist

July sees the cultural calendar heat up with Manchester International Festival in full swing as we enter summer proper. We round up our most unmissable events from that festival below, alongside a wealth of other cultural highlights from across the North, including lots of exhibitions a bunch of great theatre.

With the big school holiday approaching, get ahead of the game and plot out some interesting things to do with kids, if you have them. If you don’t, why not make the most of that fact by letting loose at one of the North’s many excellent festivals. You’ll find a lot of them below!

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May Bank Holiday 2024: Things to Do

Plan your May Bank Holiday weekend with our top picks from music, art, theatre, food and drink spots, whatever the weather.

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Festival-goers at Green Island
Music in Manchester and the North

Gazing longingly towards the good times that will accompany the surely imminent sun, we take a look at the best music festivals coming up in Manchester and Salford.