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Blueprint Studios

Sadie Pearson
Blueprint Studios

Professional rehearsal and recording studios in Salford, Manchester.

These walls have seen the likes of Elbow, Johnny Marr, Paul Heaton, Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg and Smokey Robinson to name a few.

Elizabeth House, 39 Queen StSalford M3 7DQ View map
Telephone: 01618172525 Visit Now

What's on near Blueprint Studios

Museum displays about the Miners’ Strike
City Centre
Strike! A guided gallery tour

Join a strike themed guided tour highlighting key strikes represented in the museum’s galleries, with a particular focus on objects relating to the 1984 to 1985 Miners’ Strike.

from £0.00
Until
ComedyManchester
Comedy Balloon

Every Wednesday at Ape & Apple, Manchester’s official underground comedy club, Comedy Balloon’s friendly and warm comedy night takes place.

free entry
Writer Kate Feld. Photo by Simon Buckley
LiteratureManchester
Kate Feld at House of Books & Friends

Kate Feld has a book out and we couldn’t be happier – Deeryard is a new pamphlet of prose poetry and photographs, published by Manchester independent press Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers.

from £0.00
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Where to go near Blueprint Studios

The Continuous Image at Oceans Apart, artist studios and gallery in Salford
Salford
Gallery
Oceans Apart Gallery

Oceans Apart is an artist studios and exhibition space in Salford. Its organisers are dedicated to contemporary painting and seek to present and champion the diversity of the practice today.

Salford
Restaurant
Black Friar

Salford’s Black Friar has one of the most impressive Sunday roast options in the North.

Tenancy house, Quarantine contemporary theatre company
Salford
Event venue
Tenancy house, Salford

Quarantine contemporary theatre company presents a year-long, curated series of artist residencies and events in a rented house on the border of Salford and Manchester.

ShinDigger Brewing Co
Manchester
Bar or Pub
ShinDigger Brewing Co

Local brewery set up in 2012 by two Manchester University students, Paul and George. They specialise in easy-to-drink session beers made from natural fruit extracts.

Corridor bar in Salford
Chapel Street
Bar or Pub
Corridor Bar

Corridor Bar in Manchester is a not-so-secret drinking den that has some serious mixology going on behind its unmarked door

Salford
Gallery
Paradise Works

Paradise Works is an artists’ studio and gallery space on the boarder of Salford and Manchester, established in April 2017.

Manchester
Gallery
SLOE Gallery

SLOE Gallery is an artist-led exhibition space, co-founded by a small team of postgraduate students from the Manchester School of Art.

Manchester
Gallery
PS Mirabel

PS Mirabel is an artist run project and exhibition space in the centre of Manchester.

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Manchester District Guides

Tib Street, Manchester

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Cheetham Hill gets a bad rap as an area, however as you begin to look round you will find it has plenty to do. Let us be your guide.
Chorlton, Manchester

Chorlton is a left-leaning suburb a few miles south of Manchester’s city centre (and only 10-odd minutes away by tram). A sprawling hive of artisan coffee shops, boutique clothing stores,…
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The front of Didsbury restaurant Volta.
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Follow Oxford Road South through the Curry Mile, along Wilmslow Road, past Platt Fields Park and through Withington and you’ll eventually reach Didsbury, an area divided into two main parts….
The Oast House pub in Spinningfields Manchester.
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A laid-back mix of gift shops, independent outfitters, restaurants, pubs and parks, on a sunny weekend afternoon it’s heaving.

Culture Guides

Festival-goers at Green Island
Music in Manchester and the North

Gazing longingly towards the good times that will accompany the surely imminent sun, we take a look at the best music festivals coming up in Manchester and Salford.