Factory Spotlight: inner Presents at Aviva Studios

See through the eyes of an astronaut in this epic concert and visual experience, Space Station Earth at Aviva Studios. .

A new live staging of Bronski Beat’s The Age of Consent revisits a landmark queer pop album through contemporary voices.

A hilariously funny disabled-led comedy night curated and hosted by Wheels and the Legman at Aviva Studios this April.

This April at Aviva Studios, Manchester’s dancefloor gets a queer makeover with Street Symphony x Red Rodeo Club.

Creativity is taking centre stage at Aviva Studios. Black Creative Trailblazers host Sip and Paint, an evening dedicated to colour, culture and community. 

Factory Spotlight hands the mic to After the Applause for a free live edition celebrating the launch of season two of the Manchester podcast.

Manchester Film Festival closes with James McAvoy’s directorial debut California Schemin’. And a post-show Q&A.

The Hallé invites audiences to a year of classical masterpieces, world premieres and appearances by some electrifying artists and composers.

A major new dance work brings Sinéad O’Connor’s uncompromising voice back into the room, responding to a life lived against the grain.

From cult hero to global collaborator, Thundercat is back with his first album in six years, and a headline show at Aviva Studios.

Alisa Weilerstein joins Marin Alsop and the Philharmonia for a concert featuring Gabriela Ortiz’s 2026 GRAMMY-winning cello concerto, Dzonot.

Connecting scenes, sounds and spaces across Manchester, Keep Walking brings a three-day programme of gigs, club nights and workshops.

The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine present a programme that pays homage to our nations’ bonds, alongside two Beethoven landmarks.

Daniel Avery’s played in Manchester countless times over the last decade, but never quite like this – in an empty Edwardian swimming pool, beneath monumental installation art.

Across breweries, warehouses and bars, Kelham Jazz Festival brings the city’s and the wider North’s jazz community together for the first time.

A river, abused and neglected, speaks back through an interactive sound installation and sound walk by Maya Chowdhry.

One of London’s most hyped bands of the last few years, Bar Italia are playing Band on the Wall in support of their latest album, Some Like It Hot.

Kelly Lee Owens brings her dreampoppy electronica to Band on the Wall as part of this year’s BBC Radio 6 Music Festival.