Theatre costume making at Manchester Jewish Museum

New creative hub The Yard is home to a great little music venue, which tends to attract future-leaning electronic artists.

Billing itself as Manchester’s home of cult films, video games and cool nerd stuff, Cultplex is a small cinema offshoot of indie street food destination Grub Manchester.

Wonderful Japanese street food vendor, often found at Grub and other street food events in and around Manchester and the North.

Join the Gin renaissance with Manchester Three Rivers, a gin distillery situated in the heart of the Green Quarter making some fantastic gin as well as inviting people to get up close to the distillation process.

Fairfield Social Club is a multi-purpose site next to Angel Meadows Park in the Green Quarter, ran by the team behind the much-loved Grub,.

An exciting young Brewery on the Stockport scene, Runaway are creating a whole host of drinkable delights.

Partisan is a Manchester-based collective and volunteer-run space for independent, community led, DIY and cultural based projects. They have two floors for events, meetings, office space, live music, club nights, and art.

1520 Studios is bigger than a film and photography studio, also functioning as an event space and community hub.

Independently-run coffee shop and bike repair shop on the edge of the Green Quarter in Manchester.

Angel Meadow is a green space just north of the city centre and a stone’s throw from trendy Ancoats, where an immersive theatre piece of the same name introduced audiences to the future work of HOME.

Manchester’s Marble Arch pub serves up excellent beer and food

The Mezz is the new VIP area at the AO Arena, offering high-end food and drinks with great views of the stage.