Thursday Lates: Isaac Julien’s Ten Thousand Waves at The Whitworth

Big Hands is the one-time haunt of legendary Manchester band Elbow; it’s shabby, loud and dark, with a jukebox and excellent roof terrace.

The Giving Tree is a cafe and community hub based in Rusholme, a short walk from the city centre.

The Pankhurst Centre houses a small museum and heritage centre that remains as a legacy to the Pankhurst family and the Suffragette movement born in this city.

Grafton Arms has undergone an impressive revamp. The Eagle Inn team have turned this traditional pub into a standout live venue and drinking destination.

Rarely-opened neo-Gothic gem that’s part of the University of Manchester.

The Martin Harris Centre is a performance space off Manchester’s Oxford Road

This 18-acre park opposite the Manchester Royal Infirmary provides a welcome patch of green in an otherwise densely populated and heavily used part of the city.

Basement venue at the University of Manchester Students’ Union building.

Brilliant venue for catching a touring band on the rise. The boringly titled Academy 3 or more interesting Hop and Grape, as it was once known, is a self contained…

Built in the late 19th centure, the Holy Name sites in the middle of the University of Manchester.

The Manchester Academy is a mid size, modern warehouse venue adjacent to the University of Manchester Students’ Union. It lacks any architectural merit and has always been a difficult place…