The Bridgewater Hall’s 30th Anniversary Concert
Manchester’s premier concert hall celebrates 30 years with the debut of a new orchestra and guest artists drawn from Manchester’s grime, dancehall, drag and jazz scenes.
From £7.00Written by Johnny James
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Aloft by Marriott Manchester City Centre
Marriott’s huge new Deansgate hotel pairs heritage archway with a gleaming tower, complete with sweeping views across and beyond the city.
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Chris Zhongtian Yuan: Two Improvisations at esea contemporary
An exhibition uses an elusive creature from Chinese folklore to think about what it means to be an artist.
Free entry
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Oh Zeus! at Lowry
Three actors tear through 40 characters in Le Navet Bete’s chaotic, costume-swapping mythological farce.
From £21.50
Greg Freeman at YES
Greg Freeman mines local history for character-driven tales of violence, loss and epiphany on his second album, Burnover.
From £18.00
Champion Trees at The Peer Hat
For fans of early Black Country New Road, Champion Trees render stalled lives and small defeats in exacting, wry and self-deprecating detail.
From £10.00
Lauren Auder at YES Basement
British-French singer-songwriter Lauren Auder brings her second, post-industrial love album to YES Basement.
From £15.61
Ora Cogan at The Abbey
Gothic country ballads, psych-folk drones and pedal steel drawn long and slow. Ora Cogan brings her witchy country to Now Wave’s new (old) pub.
From £18.50
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Fun Home at The Royal Exchange
Sarah Frankcom returns to the Royal Exchange with a Tony Award-winning musical about queer lives and the costs of keeping family secrets.
From £12.00
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Mary Lou Lawless-Gill: Goof City at UNITOM Projects
One of Manchester’s essential indie bookshops launches its new gallery with an emerging painter working in the shadow of the Beat Generation.
Free entry
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Reflections: Sangat and the Self at The Whitworth
Paintings, installations and 500 years of Sikh wisdom are brought together in the service of personal and collective healing.
Free entry
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David Bowie: You’re Not Alone at Aviva Studios
Ground Control to Manchester: A landmark immersive film reminds us that beneath all the mythology, Bowie was gloriously human.
From £20.00