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Things to do in September

Creative Tourist

Summer is threatening to grab its hat and head south for the winter, but while the weather might be cooling down, arts and culture is just warming up. Here is our longlist of things to do in September in Manchester and the North.

Our highlights range from sprawling inner city music festivals like Manchester Psych Fest to the largest festival of contemporary visual art in the UK, Liverpool Biennial.

If you’re looking further ahead, read our guides to music, cinema, exhibitions, literature, theatre, tours & activities, and family events as well as our pick of the best places to eat and drink.
LiteratureWest Yorkshire
Poetry at the Dusty Miller

Poetry at the Dusty Miller is a now regular night with invited readers, organised by poets Carola Luther and Ian Humphreys in the Coiners’ Room in the Mytholmroyd pub.

Free entry
Blondshell by Hannah Bon.
MusicManchester
Blondshell at New Century

With sardonic wit, towering hooks and distortion dialled high, Blondshell lands at New Century this September, armed with album number two.

From £24.00
Lyra Pramuk by Leonardo Scotti
MusicManchester
Lyra Pramuk at The White Hotel

Part prayer, part protest, part dancefloor séance – Lyra Pramuk brings her otherworldly live show to The White Hotel.

From £19.60
Nuaa Circus - Meanwhile at Lowry
TheatreSalford
Nuua Circus: Meanwhile at Lowry

Nuua Circus returns with Meanwhile – a playful, poetic hour of juggling, music and visual theatre that transforms the everyday into magic.

From £14.00