Johnny James

From Manchester to Mr Darcy’s drawing room. Swap the city for sweeping landscapes, world class art and the gold-leaf grandeur of Chatsworth House.

From the urban hum of Manchester to the serene embrace of the Lake District, Rabbie’s tour offers a poetic escape into storied landscapes.

The Hallé Ancoats Community Choir performs uplifting music, from traditional songs to folk tunes, gospel pieces and original compositions.

Manchester Classical returns to The Bridgewater Hall with a vibrant weekend of music that reaffirms the city’s reputation as a hive of world-class classical activity.

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.