Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
Featuring one fresco, one rainbow, gold dust, mp4, mp3, watercolour and more, Salford-based independent art label Caustic Coastal presents Couture Secession.
Part of Salford Makers, 7 Spot is a 360 square foot ceramics studio offering classes and workshops as well as studio space for members.
Salford Makers are a collective of artists, designers, educators and makers based at Islington Mill in Salford.
A former cotton spinning mill, Islington Mill in Manchester now houses artists’ studios, galleries, a recording studio, a nightclub, cafe and B&B.
This warehouse located behind Islington Mill is being brought into creative use by Manchester’s underground music scene.
Taste the ultimate in authentic Italian cuisine at Vero Moderno.
Middlewood Locks is a new 24 acre mixed use opportunity in an attractive waterside setting centred around 3 canal basins.
This Chapel Street gallery and tea room hosts 8-12 week long exhibitions giving emerging artists a chance to showcase their work.
One of Salford’s finest churches and also, unusually, a live music venue
This lively spot could be considered a jack of all trades – pub, restaurant, events space and live music venue.
A great little cafe where you’ll find good food and excellent Jazz.
Small, perfectly formed, the newly-reopened New Oxford packs a real-ale punch.
Hot Bed Press, based at the Casket Works in Salford, is a not-for-profit printmakers’ studio, is now the largest open-access print workshop in the region.
Sarah Roberts: SICK explores environments of care in her signature style of brightly coloured installations, spread across two galleries.
Free entry
Venture Arts sets up a pop-up studio at the Lab, with art-making takes place alongside collaborative experiments with dance and music.
Free entry
Mishka Henner and Emily Speed present work created during a residency at Energy House 2.0, a research facility for carbon-neutral homes.
Free entry
‘Between the Earth and the Sky’ at the New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery focuses on nature’s transitional moments through the lens of art.
Free entry
The Mill Gallery presents the inaugural Summer Exhibition 2025 – a group display of painting, drawing, sculpture, collage and more.
Free entry
Commons is a programme of openly accessible, interactive events led by digital artists, showcasing the nuances of our interactions with tech.
Free entry
Join in the celebration of creative communities in the heart of Manchester with MCDC’s new exhibition ‘Connecting Spaces’.
Free entry
Artists and footballers come together in ‘Football City Art United’, a MIF25 exhibition that showcases the best of both worlds.
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