Spirit Studios, formerly known as SSR and The School of Sound Recording, is a music and media training academy producing graduates within the music, television, film and radio industries. Recently kitted out with new state-of-the-art Audient desks, Spirit Studios houses 10 unique studios, an on-site live venue, DJ booths, editing suites and more.
Open-air club Progress scales up to 5000 capacity and launches a spring/summer season of forward-thinking electronic music and grassroots culture.
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Now in its 20th year, Manchester Literature Festival is presenting a special programme of spring events.
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Explore the incredible history behind one of Britain’s grandest and most storied commercial buildings: Manchester’s Grade II listed Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
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Happening as part of MIF25, Blackhaine’s world premiere performance promises to be one of the most compelling and emotionally charged experiences of the festival.
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One of the most arresting offerings at MIF25 – a haunting, meditative journey through abstraction, perception and performance.
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Manchester Museum explores the concept of ‘wild’ nature as a means of tackling the climate and biodiversity crisis in a new exhibition.
free entry
Blackwells Bookshop is partnering with the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing to welcome multi-award-winning authors Saba Sams and Eley Williams to the city.
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As part of the Poetry Reading Series at Manchester Poetry Library, Canal Laureate Roy Macfarlane will be in conversation with the series curator and award-winning poet Helen Mort.
free entry
After serving two summers of temporary parties, Progress Centre was reinvented into a new permanent outdoor club in 2024, before adding two new permanent spaces – Square One and Cakebread…
Huge outside drinking space, designed for groups of people to enjoy that Irish pub atmosphere in the open air.
Projekts MCR Skatepark sits under the Mancunian Way, with architecturally intriguing ramps and pipes as well as a small cafe.
Seconds is the new carvery at Freight Island, based around hearty Sunday roast dinners.
Join Good Life Skates at Freight Island every week from Thursday to Sunday, to roll through the weekend.
Mayfield is about to be reborn. Innovation, audacity and imagination are in the air, as energy, ideas and life return to this neglected part of Manchester city centre.
The Marriott Hotel Piccadilly delivers four star luxury in the heart of Manchester.
The in-house spa at the Marriott Hotel Piccadilly is a sanctuary away from the city outside on its doorstep.
One Star Döner Bar is the latest addition to the fast-growing Escape To Freight Island, the exciting urban market located at Depot Mayfield.
Manchester has a new green heart: The 6.5 acre Mayfield Park, complete with the largest public playground in the city.
Freight Island is back for its fifth season, with a sparkling new line-up of events and happenings.
The Star and Garter is a legendary Manchester pub and music venue located in a grade II listed building on Fairfield Street.
Eclectic as ever. You'll find inventive reworkings, world-class contemporary dance and Greater Manchester's inaugural Improv Festival in our guide.
We've got many a good time in store this month as we round up the best walking tours, cultural classes and makers markets in the land.
We've got laughs and we've got leftfield on the live literature radar this month. Something for everyone, from poets playing with form to short story writers looking long.
With these lighter, brighter days and warmer temperatures, it's really starting to feel like summer here in the North West!
Open air clubs, new festivals and long-awaited gigs. The North West's live music scene is heating up this spring.
Read our latest highlights from the live classical music offer in Manchester and the North, taking in a number of the region's most cherished orchestral forces and venues.
Willow weaving, textile collages, digital arts and ecology - all this and more in our exhibition top picks this month
Live scores, midnight movies and the latest from Wes Anderson are just some of our upcoming film highlights.
