A chance to engage with new cultures and come together to celebrate diversity. All ages and backgrounds are welcome to attend free of charge, there will a jam session where everyone can play – feel free to bring your instrument with you or borrow one of ours to join the practice of making music.
A magical adventure in a topsy-turvy wonderland awaits.
from £12.00
A small theatre space run by Sustained Theatre Up North, housed within Z-arts in Hulme, Manchester.
Not-for-profit enterprise with shop and green space, and regular events.
Venture Arts is a progressive visual arts charity based in Hulme, Manchester, with a small exhibition space. It works alongside learning disabled artists to create and show exciting new collaborative visual artwork.
Clay studio was founded in 2016 to provide a dedicated workshop for new graduates, hobby ceramicists and experienced makers. The studio also offers a range of classes for students of all abilities.
The Playhouse Theatre, originally known as the Hulme Hippodrome opened its doors on 6 October 1902. In 2018, the historic venue was relaunched as a community arts centre by NIAMOS – a collective of artists, musicians and local residents.
Niamos is a co-operatively run exhibition, arts, and performance space with a micro bakery, music studio’s, a kitchen and a holistic well-being space in the midst of transformation.
Salvi’s Deansgate Square serves up la famiglia’s unique brand of high-quality Italian cuisine in a very thriving area of Manchester.
General Store Deansgate is a one-stop-shop for retail and food, based on Deansgate Square on Great Jackson Street.
Homeground is HOME’s brand new outdoor venue, providing an open-air space for theatre, food, film, music, comedy and more.
Food Sorcery is a popular cookery school now opening in the centre of Manchester after years of success in East Didsbury.
Medlock Canteen combines Parisian bistro style dining with a 50s diner look and feel.
Birley is Manchester Met’s world-class centre for Education and Health Professionals and the university’s flagship community campus.
Whether you’ve half an hour or a full day, you’ll always find something new to discover at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum.
To accompany Emma Rice’s reimagined version of North by Northwest, HOME are screening a selection of films from master director Alfred Hitchcock.
from £7.95
Trafford’s six-day annual celebration of LGBTQ+ arts is back for 2025. Expect performance, comedy, conversation and family fun happening across Sale and Altrincham.
from £0.00
Join Hunter King, on his gender journey of self discovery in his brand new uplifting queer parody musical, A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny.
from £10.00
Things for the kids to do at the Manchester Jazz Festival!
free entry
Take a trip back into the world of Wes Anderson this May as HOME present a series of the acclaimed auteur’s most beloved films alongside The Phoenician Scheme.
from £7.95
A new festival is born as Outer Waves takes over Invisible Wind Factory and Make Liverpool over two days this May.
from £49.00
We've got laughs and we've got leftfield on the live literature radar this month. Something for everyone, from poets playing with form to short story writers looking long.
With these lighter, brighter days and warmer temperatures, it's really starting to feel like summer here in the North West!
Open air clubs, new festivals and long-awaited gigs. The North West's live music scene is heating up this spring.
Eclectic as ever. You'll find inventive reworkings, world-class contemporary dance and Greater Manchester's inaugural Improv Festival in our guide.
Read our latest highlights from the live classical music offer in Manchester and the North, taking in a number of the region's most cherished orchestral forces and venues.
Willow weaving, textile collages, digital arts and ecology - all this and more in our exhibition top picks this month
Live scores, midnight movies and the latest from Wes Anderson are just some of our upcoming film highlights.
Spring is here and the North is buzzing with must-visit new restaurants and bars.