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Inua Ellams and Yomi Sode return to MLF to share work from their acclaimed poetry collections, which take aim at the legacies of the British Empire.

After 30 years of shapeshifting between folk, trip hop and brooding experimentalism, Beth Orton’s first album in six years is up there with her very best.

Head to New Century Hall this October to catch one of the most exciting live acts around at the moment: the R&B/soul/rock hybrid trio, Gabriels.

Celebrating 30 years of their fifth studio album It’s a Shame About Ray, American rockers The Lemonheads will play the album in full in Manchester.

Ahead of the release of their first studio album in nearly a decade, Icelandic post rock stars Sigur Rós head to Manchester’s O2 Apollo.

Prepare to get hands-on, with your ears and hearts open, at a new major exhibition exploring the science of music’s mysterious hold over us and how it drives us to create, perform, feel and share.

Out of the height of his compositional prowess and depth of his personal life comes Mahler’s 10th Symphony.

RNCM Opera present Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, a rip-roaring comedy filled with deceit, betrayal, and champagne. Lots of champagne.

The internationally celebrated Elias String Quartet return to the RNCM to perform works by Haydn, Beamish and Beethoven.

The RNCM welcomes back Steven Osborne, one of the most sought-after pianists in Britain, for a concert of Beethoven, Schubert, Rachmaninov and Osborne himself.

Following their award-winning album of songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper perform for RNCM’s 50th celebrations.

Calling all witches, goblins and ghouls! The RNCM’s Halloween Spooktacular is back with an afternoon of hair-raising orchestral music for the whole family.