The Manchester Weekender 2011 – Partner organisations

Venues: Bridgewater Hall, Castlefield Gallery, Chinese Arts Centre, Cornerhouse, Chethams, Cube, Deaf Institute, Imperial War Museum North, Instituto Cervantes, The John Rylands Library, The Lowry, MadLab, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester Craft and Design Centre, The Manchester Museum, Manchester Town Hall, MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry), People’s History Museum, Portico Library, Royal Exchange Theatre,
Royal Northern College of Music, Ruby Lounge, Whitworth Art Gallery

Festivals: Asia Triennial Manchester, Manchester Food & Drink Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, Manchester Literature Festival, Manchester
Science Festival, Cultural Collage World Music Festival

Other: All About Audiences – Family Friendly Film Club, BBC Philharmonic, Beating Wing Orchestra, Brave New Music, Brighter Sounds, CityCo, Dave Haslam, Debenhams, Emma Fox, Helen Storey Foundation, Hey! Manchester, Interference-art, Jonathan Schofield, Len Grant, LipService Theatre Company, Manchester Camerata, Manchester Guided Tours, Manchester School of Architecture, MediaCityUK, National Football Museum, New Walks Manchester, The Quays, Robert Owen Brown, University of Salford, Shisha, Stephen O’Malley of Stockley, The Triangle, Vintage Afternoon Teas, World Class Service

Funding partners: Modern History, Visit Manchester, Renaissance in the Regions, Arts Council England

The Manchester Weekender and Asia Triennial Manchester are partners of All Points North, an initiative set up to profile major contemporary art spaces, events and festivals happening across the North of England this Autumn.

  • Weekender 2011 Features

    • 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