The Transports: A Tale of Exile and Migration at the Dancehouse

Manchester Wine Tours is a relaxed, fun wine tour, taking in four or five venues across three hours, plus six high-quality glasses of wine.

Friendly pub under a railway arch serving vegetarian and vegan pub food, as well as hosting regular live music.

Refined steakhouse with smart, low-lit decor, boasting some of the finest cuts of meat in the city.

Cornerhouse on Oxford Street was an independent cinema, gallery, restaurant, bookshop – oh yes, and also a Manchester institution. It has now closed it’s doors, relocated and reinvented itself as HOME.

Street food takeaway, this venue is now closed.

Independent Leeds-based brewery North has opened its first Manchester taproom, in Oxford Road’s Circle Square neighbourhood.

The apple in Now Wave’s eye, YES boasts four floors of live music and DJs, and offers food via two outlets. It also has a huge outdoor roof terrace!

Bakchich does excellent, reasonably priced Lebanese food – including sharwarma, pickles, meshawi grills and baklawa – in a beautifully tiled, high-ceilinged space.

Beer, cocktails and Asian street food at one of Manchester’s friendliest bars.

We check out the new festive changes to Hatch, Manchester’s favourite collection of small independents.

Black Dog Ballroom is a three-level bar, club and restaurant complete with roof terrace covered to provide protection during Manchester’s rainy season.

Zouk’s Ramadan buffet is the perfect way to celebrate Iftar with friends and family, with a huge range of high-quality dishes.