From folk songs to heavy metal, via Amazon and zero hours contracts, Jeremy Deller explores the impact of the Industrial Revolution. The entrance to All That Is Solid Melts Into...
Quays Culture brings solar powered cinema, guided tours and design markets to Manchester’s waterfront. You can’t make something from nothing, least of all a thriving arts scene. Behind every creative...
The festival celebrates queer culture with a programme of international premieres, new art exhibitions and film screenings. Homotopia festival celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. The fact that the annual...
Inspired by Alison Goldfrapp’s upcoming exhibition at The Lowry, we take a look at folklore and storytelling in art. Once upon a time in the faraway land of Salford...
Art, music and innovation – and the creation and manufacture of a complete album in just one day. Making a record is a torturous process. First, you have to work...
Despite the efforts of a factually (and grammatically) incorrect flyer campaign, the Manchester club night resumes its residency at Victoria Warehouse this month. We know the drill by now. Summer...
As the annual, fashionable night out leaves London for the first time, we highlight the best cultural happenings set to take place. Manchester is no stranger to fashion. Once known...
The nationwide event sees castles, tunnels, city halls – and nineteenth century ironmongers – open their doors for a weekend of special tours and free events. The Royal Liver Building...
Our full event listings for the Opera North Festival of Britten, which runs across the UK this autumn. Opera North marks one hundred years since the birth of Benjamin Britten...
We talk to Manchester-based sculptor Nicola Ellis as she goes “head to head” with Aura Satz in this Manchester Weekender exhibition. You catch your first glimpse of it as you...
We meet the Salford-based artist whose latest commission takes centre stage in MOSI’s Brains: The Mind as Matter exhibition. There was a time when we relied almost entirely on imagination...
The Whitworth closes its doors to undergo a £15 million development project – but not without a proper send-off first. The Whitworth’s closure is an odd thing to comprehend. It...
