The AMC has now become Odeon Great Northern after AMC’s American owners bought Odeon cinemas and rebranded this location as their flagship Odeon in Manchester.
It’s a mainstream cinema showing a mix of new releases and blockbusters. Located in The Great Northern Warehouse complex.
The Laughienda is an always-excellent, free live comedy night at The Lion’s Den in the Great Northern, just off Deansgate in Manchester.
See in the New Year at Blues Kitchen, with cocktails, beers and bourbon, and a live soundtrack of classic funk and soul.
from £22
To close out the year, Manchester Camerata presents what has become a much-loved festive tradition – the orchestra’s annual Christmas celebration at Albert Hall.
from £4.30
Join the epic journey to the South Pole as a boy tries to take a wandering penguin home. A heart-warming adaptation of Oliver Jeffers’ award-winning children’s story.
from £7.50
Celebrate Christmas the horrible way at The Bridgewater Hall this December.
from £21.50
Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol will be presented live at The Bridgewater Hall this winter, featuring its musical score performed live to the film.
from £33.50
The Bridgewater Hall’s flagship concert series brings the best international orchestras, celebrated recitalists and world renowned choirs to Manchester.
from £14.50
Omid Asadi’s solo show ‘Resonance and Remnants’ brings large-scale site-specific installation to Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery.
free entry
‘Eats, beats and booze’, B.EAT SREET MCR does exactly what it says on the tin. Housed within the Great Northern Warehouse, B.EAT STREET serves up a choice of street food from a rotating selection of vendors.
Retro ten pin bowling with added extras.
This upmarket Cantonese restaurant is based in a casino, meaning you can fill your belly then go blow your wages, all in the same place!
Independent bookshop within Manchester’s Great Northern Warehouse complex.
Another Hand is a new restaurant from team behind 3hands, offering casual dining at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Superb modern British cuisine at this TV chef’s flagship Manchester restaurant
Improve your aim, embrace the axe based catharsis and have a top quality time at Whistle Punks Axe Throwing.
An epicentre of entertainment and shopping housed within a 19th Century railway warehouse. The Great Northern is a commercial hub of leisure, lifestyle and buiness in the centre of Manchester.
A must-visit for gin lovers and the yet-to-be-converted, The Spirit of Manchester Distillery is the perfect place to while away a few hours in Deansgate.
Keen to try out this whole Virtual Reality thing? Virtual Hideout is a great, easy-going place to start.
Tucked into the first floor of Great Northern is Paradise Skate World, an intergalactic realm of quad skating and cosmically themed cocktails.
Enjoy our latest picks of things to do with the family, including festive fun and family raves to welcome in the new year!
It might be curl-up-with-a-book season, but there's lots to get out and about for and plenty of events where you can stock up on new reads.
Provocative new writing, glitzy burlesque and big budget shows, our theatre guide spans the festive season and beyond.
Spotlighting global artists who all, in one way or another, break the mould, we preview the best gigs happening this side of Christmas and beyond.
We're unapologetically entering into the Christmas spirit here at Tours and Activities with some alternative festive fun.
Keep warm with festive feasts, Hollywood stars and 90s nostalgia across the North's cinemas this December.
While rainy late autumn may not be the most energising of seasons, there is plenty of new art to see and inspire this month!
The best food and drink options in Manchester and the North for the upcoming winter months.
