Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
Anna Reading’s Mark Tanner Sculpture Award exhibition, The Pothole, travels to Bury Sculpture Centre as part of the award’s national touring programme.
Bury Art Shop is a local gem filled with original artworks, crafts and homewares, championing the work of local artists and makers at the heart of Bury’s growing Culture Quarter.
The East Lancashire Railway has six stops, all of which offer plenty of things to see and do, in beautiful surroundings.
Over the past thirty years, retail giants have developed in the vicinity, yet Bury Market remains the undisputed champion of the North, attracting thousands of visitors every week.
Bury arts venue in fine surroundings. The Met programmes Music, comedy and theatre.
Burrs Country Park lies on the River Irwell covering an area of 36 hectares of scenic countryside, one mile northwest of Bury town centre.
Performing arts theatre in Whitefield, presenting five plays to the public each year.
Listo Burrito on Manchester’s Oxford Street tempts busy diners with fresh ingredients and a modestly priced menu.
Sports venue in Ramsbottom and home to the annual Ramsbottom Festival.
The Eagle and Child in Ramsbottom does what good pubs do best, and more.
Colleen’s is a casual dining neighbourhood restaurant in the heart of Ramsbottom serving seasonal dishes.
Helmed by chef-owners Fiona and Joe Botham, this tapas restaurant in Ramsbottom serves exclusively Spanish drinks and some of the best small plates going.
Now ten years old, this double market combines a farmers’ market and a craft fair and provides the perfect excuse to visit the picturesque town of Ramsbottom, which nestles in the Lancashire foothills to the north of Manchester.
Please DO touch – Bluecoat’s new exhibition ‘Just Browsing’ allows audiences to get closer to the artworks and engage beyond looking.
Free entry
Manchester Art Gallery presents: ‘Holly Graham: The Warp / The Weft / The Wake’, a show that takes a closer look at the the exploitative legacy of the cotton industry.
Free entry
Marking its 40th anniversary, esea contemporary looks forward rather than back with a group exhibition that probes ideas of transition.
Free entry
YOU:MATTER is a spectacular audio-visual experience that explores our place in the universe and the invisible links between us and the cosmos
From £2.00
YSP presents the first UK solo exhibition by Jordy Kerwick, from fantastical creatures on colourful canvases to carved stone.
Free entry
‘It Requires Getting Lost’ at Castlefield Gallery is a unique dialogue between artists and an exercise in seeing uncertainty with hope.
Free entry
Bassam Issa Al-Sabah works across digital animation, painting, sculpture, and textiles to create environments that offer visions of resistance.
Free entry
The Modernist presents a body of acrylic landscapes by Salford-based artist Peter James Houghton, shaped by themes of societal decline, hiraeth and human isolation.
Free entry
From monumental to minutiae, this month’s exhibitions trace power, care and community across galleries big and small.
We have an eclectic mix of gigs for you this month, moving from experimental electronics and noise rock to synth pop, opera, and hyper-local R&B.
Hear ye, hear ye. Take some eating-out tips from our wintertime guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
Classic texts and new work meet in this month’s Theatre Guide, with a bumper crop of shows shaped by power, consequence and collective action.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
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.
