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The Big Issue North are taking their annual music festival The Big Busk online this year, with a host of exciting artists beaming live sets to your living room.

Radiohead are helping fans get through the lockdown with a series of largely unseen concert films, uploaded to YouTube every Thursday.

Despite the lockdown, Northern Quarter jazz venue Matt and Phred’s continues to play host to amazing live jazz in the form of near-daily live-streamed gigs.

RNCM are taking their lunchtime concerts online, with remote recitals by students, staff and alumni live-streamed on Facebook every Monday and Thursday.

The Charlatans’ frontman Tim Burgess is hosting daily album listening parties on Twitter, featuring guest appearances from Britpop and indie royalty.

Action All Areas is a virtual festival organised by Greenpeace UK. Read about the array of live music and activities on offer.

Improve your singing and wellbeing by joining The Choir Project’s weekly virtual choir led by Manchester singer and musical director, Dan McDwyer.

From the team behind Glastonbury’s legendary Shangri-La comes Lost Horizon, the world’s largest virtual reality music and arts festival.

Join Manchester Collective for an online broadcast of Olivier Messiaen’s harrowing masterpiece, Quartet for the End of Time.

Join RNCM online for a live Q&A with Chris Illingworth from GoGo Penguin, whose new album is due for release on 12th June.

Join Manchester Collective for their latest Isolation Broadcast – an explosive reimagining of Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost.

Join RNCM for an online music quiz hosted by Pete Waterman. The quiz will raise vital funds for RNCM and the Manchester Foundation Trust Charity.