184 Deansgate
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184 Deansgate
184 Deansgate is a pop-up venue in Manchester city centre which hosts occasional exhibitions and events.
184 Deansgate is a pop-up venue in Manchester city centre which hosts occasional exhibitions and events.
Explore the ways in which Manchester helped shape and reinforce the ideas of the fathers of communism, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.
From £20.00
From cult hero to global collaborator, Thundercat is back with his first album in six years, and a headline show at Aviva Studios.
From £37.50
Manchester Film Festival closes with James McAvoy’s directorial debut California Schemin’. And a post-show Q&A.
From £16.95
Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Angel’s Bone brings a dark contemporary parable about exploitation, coercion and the abuse of power.
From £10.00
See through the eyes of an astronaut in this epic concert and visual experience, Space Station Earth at Aviva Studios. .
From £15.00
A hilariously funny disabled-led comedy night curated and hosted by Wheels and the Legman at Aviva Studios this April.
Free entry
In a live, 24 hour-performance, Ai Weiwei will place himself back inside a room that once governed every aspect of his daily life.
From £10.00
A new live staging of Bronski Beat’s The Age of Consent revisits a landmark queer pop album through contemporary voices.
From £10.00
Snazzy cabaret-style cocktail bar and nightclub, hidden away under a Deansgate barber shop.
Hawksmoor Manchester launches a new daytime menu full of fan favourites.
Seriously good cocktails at a one of Manchester’s most clandestine bars.
Moxy Manchester City is a stylish 146-bedroom hotel in Spinningfields, with an attractive living room lobby and modern, well-stocked bar.
Hey Little Cupcake is a small, trendy cupcake boutique nestled in Spinningfields that uses the finest ingredients to create a signature collection of cupcakes, cakes and brownies.
Popular cafe on Deansgate in Manchester with a great range of lunch options.
Authentic tapas served up at this high-end Spinningfields eatery.
Sexy Fish Manchester is fun, flashy and laser-focused on serving the city’s best food and drink.
The John Rylands Library shop offers an eclectic welcome, with a wide range of products on sale, inspired by the library’s own collections.
This red sandstone neo-Gothic building was created on a grand Mancunian scale and houses a collection of rare books that spans five millennia – including an original Gutenberg Bible.
Gusto Manchester is a lavish Italian restaurant just off Deansgate, with 1920s décor and an extensive menu.
NQ64 Peter Street is the latest venue from the team behind the original (and excellent) NQ bar, offering up video games, high-quality drinks and a great, friendly atmosphere.
Across Manchester and Salford, exhibitions are thinking hard about how things are made – and how materials carry stories.
Closer, riskier, more immediate. Our small-scale theatre picks stretch from unsettling fables about nationhood to the inner workings of a mind trying to hold itself together.
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.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
This month’s live music picks move between ambitious new work, grassroots celebrations and a few memorable settings.
Spring has arrived, bringing with it al fresco dining and a rush of high-profile food and drink-related events in Manchester.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.