Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
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The RNCM launches its second Inspirational Artists series, spotlighting a huge range of touring musicians and ensembles, each bringing something unique to the stage.
From £12.50
San Carlo Fumo is a sun trap on St Peter’s Square, serving up traditional Italian food at its best
Utility Gift Shop on Oxford Road is all about products that are new, unique, quirky and cool. High street shopping at its best.
Situated on Oxford Road, BrewDog Manchester Outpost is a great spot to enjoy tasty BrewDog beers and a wide-spread guest selection.
Following a major redevelopment, the iconic venue on Oxford Road will be reopening its doors to welcome the public back into the building this autumn.
With its Victorian design and distinctive clocktower, Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is an iconic landmark on Manchester’s skyline.
A hidden gem of a library and museum – a tiny treat hidden on MMU’s All Saints campus
Hyatt Regency Manchester is an elegant, modern hotel set in the heart of Oxford Road Corridor, the city’s knowledge quarter.
SODA is Manchester Metropolitan University’s a purpose‑built, interdisciplinary school that facilitates the study of new media.
This traditional boozer, surrounded by imposing flats and university buildings, was taken over by Trof (of the Deaf Institute fame). The Sally, as the regulars call it, hosts an energetic, arty crowd – and its recently expanded outside area is another good reason to visit.
Pavement Gallery is a window space on a street corner providing a highly visible stage for the display of international contemporary art.
Events venue, shop, eat and relax at MMU Student’s Union, the heart of Manchester Metropolitan University.
To close out the year, Manchester Camerata presents its annual gospel Christmas celebration.
From £12.25
Celebrating with the kids this Christmas? This family concert is hard to beat, with two festive classics unfolding on the (very) big screen.
From £18.50
The Hallé turns back the clock to the roaring twenties with Gatsby and the Jazz Age, with conductor Guy Barker steering a starry line-up.
From £28.00
The Hallé has a bumper Christmas season in store, decking the (Bridgewater) hall with festive pop, cinematic magic and roaring-twenties glamour.
From £18.50
Get priority booking on the best seats, special discounts, invitations to exclusive events and much more. Are you in?
From £45.00
Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall will be once again putting on their annual New Year’s Eve celebration. The theme this year? Love is in the Air.
From £40.00
After a sold-out night earlier this year, Me Gusta Collective is back at Band on the Wall for the big one: New Year’s Eve.
From £10
Explore art in the moorlands, soundscapes through the glen and appreciate how the city has become totally transformed when you get outside with Bradford 2025.
Free entry
Winter brings a huge haul of seasonal shows, as well as productions that resolutely veer away from the fairy lights.
Manchester’s closing out the year – and looking to the new one – with a run of gigs from some of the country’s best underground exports.
This season, exhibitions across the North West feel attuned to the world beneath the world – the forces and stories shaping how we see, feel and imagine.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.
Hear ye, hear ye. Take some eating-out tips from our wintertime guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
