The Welcome: Community Takeover at Aviva Studios

The Welcome is a huge nine-day celebration to mark the opening of Manchester’s phenomenal new arts space, Aviva Studios. Everybody’s invited.

Drawing on the art of Tai chi and Qi gong, Deep Flow is a dance performance led by Company Chameleon that embraces the connection between mind and body.

Happening as part of The Welcome, expect a day packed with some of the best of Manchester’s rich street culture.

Artist-designer Leeroy New takes over The Social at Aviva Studios with a sprawling and colourful installation offering a commentary on consumerism and colonialism.

A wondrous collection of community portraits by local photographers to welcome you into Aviva Studios this November.

Kalabanté Productions bring their thrilling circus performance Afrique en Cirque to Aviva Studios for four spectacular shows.

Ming de Nasty’s Under Construction is a photography collection shining a light on the construction workers who created Aviva Studios.

Join the epic journey to the South Pole as a boy tries to take a wandering penguin home. A heart-warming adaptation of Oliver Jeffers’ award-winning children’s story.

Drawing on the art of Tai chi and Qi gong, Deep Flow is a dance performance led by Company Chameleon that embraces the connection between mind and body.

Happening as part of The Welcome, expect a day packed with some of the best of Manchester’s rich street culture.

A wondrous collection of community portraits by local photographers to welcome you into Aviva Studios this November.

Kalabanté Productions bring their thrilling circus performance Afrique en Cirque to Aviva Studios for four spectacular shows.

Ming de Nasty’s Under Construction is a photography collection shining a light on the construction workers who created Aviva Studios.

Prepare to fill that crisp new diary as we preview the Factory International Opening Season.

The Welcome is a huge nine-day celebration to mark the opening of Manchester’s phenomenal new arts space, Aviva Studios. Everybody’s invited.

Directed by Danny Boyle, Free Your Mind is a Matrix-themed large-scale performance spectacular and the first production at Manchester’s newest landmark arts venue.

Let yourself be guided through the remnants of a lost civilisation by an AI in The Ruins if Earth, a theatrical walking tour.

MIF23’s ‘Economics The Blockbuster – It’s not Business as Usual’ at the Whitworth brings together business, art and community needs.

Fat Out Fest, a Salford festival championing the experimental and the underground in music and visual art, returns with its best line-up yet.

The BFI London Film Festival comes to Manchester, inviting you to experience the world’s best new films.

Taking over the stunning Grade II listed Victoria Baths this October, Indy Man Beer Con brings together the best breweries from across the world.

York’s most unique festival! The doors to around 70 buildings will be thrown open free of charge for this two day celebration of heritage.

Celebrating the Dales’ delicious produce, with local businesses throughout the National Park hosting events such as menus and tastings, themed dishes and cookery courses.

Music and community celebrations are the name of the game at Oakfest in Accrington’s Oak Hill Park.

Light Night Leeds is a chance to see the city’s most loved locations in a brand new light, bringing cutting-edge artwork and giant installations to Leeds each year.