The Alchemy of Colour: Print, Pigment and Paint Workshop at The John Rylands Library

Explore the ways in which Manchester helped shape and reinforce the ideas of the fathers of communism, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.

200+ hand-picked makers transform the spectacular Victoria Baths into a shopping and cultural experience unlike any other in Manchester.

A major new exhibition by Manchester-based artist Conor Collins is on display at HOME, responding to the newly created Queer Up North archive.

A powerful exhibition from photographer Cephas Williams uses 116 portraits of Black British people to explore what it means to be Black and living in the UK.

This SEESAW exhibition gathers more than 30 audiovisual works, each made inside 24 hours by Joab Harrison and Euan Morrison.

Painting becomes music, and music becomes theatre, in this playful new performance inspired by L.S. Lowry and a 1978 chart hit.

Dr Shanali Perera’s paintings explore the space between what can be seen and what is experienced when it comes to illness.

With interactive encounters and live performance, Compass Festival is set to animate the city of Leeds once again this November.

A Paradise Works exhibition by British Chinese artist Donald Shek explores how dance connects cultures and generations.