Top Picks
Guides
What’s on
Where to go
See all

Become A Superstar DJ

Carmel Smickersgill, Tours & Activities Editor

Visit now

Become A Superstar DJ

Altogether Otherwise, Manchester
21 June 2025

Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.

Free
Aisla dancing and Dj'ing
Altogether Otherwise
Book now

Altogether Otherwise is a haven for hobbyists of all varieties. They create opportunities for people to give stuff a go for the first time, discover a new passion or try out a new skill. In June they’ll be joined by BBC 6 music DJ, Ailsa, who’ll be running a workshop on how to run the perfect funk and soul set. Whatever your previous experience, get stuck into this joyful day where everyone gets the chance to be a superstar DJ.

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

What's on at Altogether Otherwise

Where to go near Become A Superstar DJ

Manchester
Music venue
New Century

Following a £10m transformation project, Manchester’s iconic New Century Hall has returned as a live music, performance and events space.

Manchester
Event venue
Old Bank Residency

The Old Bank Residency is a twelve-month occupation of a disused bank, allowing a space for creative practices to experiment, collaborate and grow. This project is funded and supported by NOMA to make Manchester an even more interesting place to be.

Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art CFCCA by Michael Pollard
Manchester
Gallery
esea contemporary

Regarded as the UK’s leading organisation for East and Southeast Asian art, esea contemporary is opening its doors again on 18 February 2023 in Manchester.

Manchester Pubs
Manchester
Bar or Pub
Trof Northern Quarter

It’s a landmark year for Trof NQ. In the years since it first opened, the Northern Quarter has developed around it to become one of the city’s most prominent areas.

Ego Death
Manchester
Restaurant
Ego Death

Ego Death is a speakeasy-style secret bar in the Northern Quarter with a cocktail menu as good as its atmosphere.

Manchester
Café or Coffee Shop
This & That Café

Eternally popular curry canteen taking its name from a time when patrons didn’t know what to call their orders, but pointed instead to a bit of “this” and “that”.

Manchester
Bar or Pub
Bar 21

A bar in Manchester’s Northern Quarter for fans of television and cinema science fiction. Enjoy food and drink amongst a off-beat selection of movie memorabilia.

See all places

What's on: Activity

Culture Guides

Theatre in Manchester and the North
Theatre in the North

Eclectic as ever. You'll find inventive reworkings, world-class contemporary dance and Greater Manchester's inaugural Improv Festival in our guide.

Laura Ellen Bacon, Into Being, 2025. Photo © India Hobson, courtesy Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Exhibitions in the North

Willow weaving, textile collages, digital arts and ecology - all this and more in our exhibition top picks this month

portrait of Lorsung in a dark shirt with dark hair and dark round glasses
Literature Events in the North

We've got laughs and we've got leftfield on the live literature radar this month. Something for everyone, from poets playing with form to short story writers looking long.

Sextile
Music in the North

Open air clubs, new festivals and long-awaited gigs. The North West's live music scene is heating up this spring. 

Classical Music in the North

Read our latest highlights from the live classical music offer in Manchester and the North, taking in a number of the region's most cherished orchestral forces and venues.

See all guides