manchester jazz festival takeover at Aviva Studios

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.

In a live, 24-hour performance, Ai Weiwei will place himself back inside a room that once governed every aspect of his daily life.

Just announced – Rambert brings Russell T Davies’ acclaimed drama It’s a Sin to the stage, premiering at Aviva Studios before a major UK tour.

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

Day tickets are now on sale for the White Hotel’s Blackpool takeover, placing The Caretaker, Blackhaine and A Guy Called Gerald inside the town’s most iconic spaces.

Four of contemporary music’s most exciting female composers come together in Manchester Collective’s latest daring programme.

Heavy music stripped to its essence, SUNN O))) arrive in Leeds with doom metal drones, monk robes and overwhelming physical force.

RNCM students perform new music inspired by Manchester’s protest history, after hours at the national museum of democracy.

Band on the Wall bring people together to make, as well as watch, music. Join them to learn folk tunes from all over the world.

An electronic auteur, a veteran of the world’s major clubs, and the man who named electroclash – playing a pub in Todmorden.

Foundational British synth-pop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark play in Rochdale, with support from Peter Hook and the Light and A Certain Ratio.