Johnny James

Ockham’s Razor return to Lowry with Collaborator, an intimate duet crafted and performed by artistic directors Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney.

An intimate midweek showcase of soul, R&B and alt-pop, with stripped-back sets from Manchester’s emerging voices.

Foundational British synth-pop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark play in Rochdale, with support from Peter Hook and the Light and A Certain Ratio.

Musical brutalism is having a moment – and Mandy, Indiana are right in it, bringing URGH’s raw force to Brudenell.

Mun Sing, one half of Giant Swan, brings his fractured, fiercely original club music to The White Hotel off the back of his latest EP.

Voka Gentle return to Manchester with a headline show in YES Basement, bringing new material that pushes their already elastic sound into darker, stranger territory.

Contemporary circus, dance and theatre combine as Sadiq Ali presents a new work that tackles stigma and reimagines narratives around HIV.

English National Opera takes its first ever bow at The Bridgewater Hall with two semi-staged concert performances of a Mozart classic.

The Whitworth showcases one of contemporary art’s most unruly imaginations as 2024 Turner Prize nominee Delaine Le Bas arrives with a major solo exhibition.

Step inside Strawberry Studios for a rare book launch exploring a pivotal chapter in Manchester’s recording history.

Coinciding with the release of Richard Linklater’s film Nouvelle Vague, this HOME course offers an accessible overview of one of cinema’s most influential movements.

The Modernist presents a body of acrylic landscapes by Salford-based artist Peter James Houghton, shaped by themes of societal decline, hiraeth and human isolation.