Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
Contemporary Six presents This is Manchester – an exhibition of almost 30 paintings of Manchester‘s cityscape by artist Michael Ashcroft.
23a Princess Street is the former Starbucks, now reinvented as an intimate event space.
The building’s striking architecture combines classic brickwork with sleek, modern design elements, creating an inviting atmosphere that captures the essence of Manchester’s vibrant energy.
Beautiful British food in an impressive Italian renaissance building dating back to 1872.
Thanks to its infinity pool, the King Street Townhouse Hotel offers visitors panoramic views across the city.
High-end Italian restaurant with luxury decor and a menu full of all the classics.
Red’s True Barbeque serves up high-quality American-style BBQ food with a side order of fun.
A public square in the heart of Manchester which plays hosts to festivals and major events. Home to the Albert Memorial and statues of Bishop James Fraser, John Bright, Oliver Heywood and William Ewart Gladstone.
Re-opening in 2024, Manchester Town Hall is a monument to Victorian Manchester’s ambition, and one of the city’s most-loved landmarks.
Long-standing restaurant on Albert Square in Manchester, now in its sparkly new street-level location.
New Wave Ramen is a stylish, friendly Japanese ramen bar and restaurant on Tib Lane in the heart of Manchester.
At a time when many city-centre restaurants are fighting to be the loudest and most ostentatious, 10 Tib Lane is all about elegant, sophisticated dining.
Salut wines pride themselves in offering “wider horizons beyond the safe choices.” With 42 wines by the glass and a regularly changing selection of bottles in their Enomatic wine preservation machines (or “wine jukebox,” as they’re colloquially known), this is one of be best bars in Manchester for exploring new vintages.
Kathy Hinde’s Magnetic Resonance brings magnetism into sound art through illuminated sonic pendulums.
From £5.00
Celebrate the energy that sparked a revolution at the Science and Industry Museum’s adults-only after-hours event with live music and interactive games.
From £5.00
14 artists from the Design-Nation’s North West Hub explore material, process and place in distinct ways.
Free entry
A river, abused and neglected, speaks back through an interactive sound installation and sound walk by Maya Chowdhry.
Free entry
A new Lowry exhibition pitches us into 2076, where mycelium and AI entwine to ease the climate crisis together.
‘Treasure: History Unearthed’ gathers the largest collection of archaeological Treasure ever shown in the region.
From £5.00
Manchester Photography Collective celebrates its second year with a free exhibition all about showcasing the energy, rhythm and everyday poetry of Manchester.
Free entry
Broken Ecologies brings together Alana Lake and Deeqa Ismail to reflect on power, protest, memory and survival.
Free entry
This month’s theatre highlights span dystopian classics, political thrillers and bold new opera.
Across Manchester and Salford, exhibitions are thinking hard about how things are made – and how materials carry stories.
From underground festivals showcasing emerging talent to global icons unveiling new work, here are our latest live music highlights.
Spring is coming, at some point. As for now, it’s cold and grim so take our advice and shelter in a nice warm restaurant, pub or bar.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
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.
