live music manchester
The Urban Insider: Northern Quarter & Cathedral Gardens
Side by side: avant garde and (very) old school Manchester
Northern Quarter & Cathedral Quarter
It’d be just plain silly to try and list off all the bars and restaurants in the leisuretastic Northern Quarter, so we won’t try. But we’ll happily share our favourites (with the caveat that they’re lots of other people’s favourites too – it’s always good to have a plan B when heading out for an [...]
Win 2 tickets to Beat-Herder Festival
Here’s an offer readers of Creative Tourist shouldn’t pass up: the chance to win a pair of tickets to one of this summer’s most eclectic music festival’s, Beat-Herder
Sound barrier. Music and the Mill.
Luke Bainbridge goes to Salford and finds a city remarkable for its new music and outsider art
First contact with Baba Israel.
Contact’s new director, the beat-boxing hip hop star with a New York soul
Rock on.
Kate Feld previews the re-opening of one of Manchester’s most loved music venues: Band on the Wall.
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Outsider art
Artists Ford Madox Brown and Adolphe Valette were two visitors to the city who made a lasting impression on Manchester. Jessica Lack investigates.... More -
Old traditions, new blood
A flurry of new arrivals, relocations, and enticing performances add up to an embarrassment of riches for classical music lovers in Manchester, Femke Colborne finds.... More -
Drawing outside the lines
Ben Luke gets a first look at Asia Triennial Manchester 2011 and the Whitworth’s Dark Matters, two exhibitions in which art does no less than transcend borders and conquer time.... More -
Fest in show
While the Weekender brings together the best of Manchester over three days, it wouldn’t exist without four of the amazing annual festivals that arrive in the city each October. Matthew Hull takes a closer look at their programmes... More
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