MIF17: Dinner Party at the End of the World at a secret venue

Red’s True Barbeque serves up high-quality American-style BBQ food with a side order of fun.

Re-opening in 2024, Manchester Town Hall is a monument to Victorian Manchester’s ambition, and one of the city’s most-loved landmarks.

23a Princess Street is the former Starbucks, now reinvented as an intimate event space.

Ditto Coffee has opened a branch on Albert Square, teaming great coffee with a passion for independent music.

Contemporary Six is an independent commercial art gallery in Manchester city centre, set up by Alex Reuben in 2010.

This acclaimed Middle-Eastern restaurant has added some excellent new dishes to the menu.

Test your skills and logical thinking with Breakout Manchester’s wide selection of themed rooms for you to escape from.

Highly-regarded Chinese restaurant with a peerless range of dim sum and other Chinese dishes. Louis Van Gaal’s (remember him?) favourite restaurant in Manchester, by all accounts.

High-end Italian restaurant with luxury decor and a menu full of all the classics.

At a time when many city-centre restaurants are fighting to be the loudest and most ostentatious, 10 Tib Lane is all about elegant, sophisticated dining.

New Wave Ramen is a stylish, friendly Japanese ramen bar and restaurant on Tib Lane in the heart of Manchester.

Boasting Manchester’s first rooftop infinity pool, the King Street Townhouse Hotel offers visitors panoramic views across the city. And, with so much to choose from, all Manchester needs now is a little sunshine…