Johnny James

Once a post-rock collective, now something closer to a live techno machine, Leeds band vessels bring it home to the Brudenell.

Still brilliant. Still weird. Still moving forward. Deerhoof return to Brudenell with their most abrasive album in years.

The White Hotel loads the booth with serious weight, as four of the scene’s most uncompromising figures bring a night of industrial techno, electro and scorched circuitry.

Future Now brings Pussy Riot and a fierce line-up of rising bands to one of the North West’s most forward-thinking venues.

Part interactive gallery, part surreal playground – SUPERMASSIVE crash lands on the rooftop of Depot Mayfield this summer.

Go beyond the frame – and deeper into the lives of the sitters behind the National Portrait Gallery’s most iconic portraits

What happens when the DIY underground collides with one of Manchester’s biggest, shiniest arts spaces?

A quietly radical force in contemporary club culture, John Talabot returns to The White Hotel for one of his signature all-night sessions.

Emerging from a four-year crucible of creative tension and personal reckoning, Brooklyn shoegazers DIIV return to Leeds.

BC Camplight has spun deportation, addiction and breakdown into a catalogue of tragicomic brilliance – and his solo show lays it all bare.

Hidden gardens, re-wilded viaducts, and endless canals – explore Manchester’s softer side on this guided walking tour.

Bradford celebrates its rich musical landscape with a two-day sonic journey led by Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller, Charles Hazlewood and Paraorchestra.