Cafe Rylands John Rylands Library
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Cafe Rylands John Rylands Library
The cafe at John Rylands Library is now permanently closed.
The cafe at John Rylands Library is now permanently closed.
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
Explore Manchester’s creepiest corners this Halloween, when Jonathan Schofield Tours will reveal the city’s ghosts with the most.
From £25.00
Experience the magic of fairytale and ballet combined this autumn.
From £15.00
To close out the year, Manchester Camerata presents its annual gospel Christmas celebration.
From £12.25
Albert’s Schloss, one of Manchester’s most popular party spots, is rewinding the clock to the turn of the century for New Year’s Eve.
From £54.00
You can get the behind the bar and mix with the best of them in a cocktail making masterclass from The Botanist on Deansgate.
From £39.95
A joyous, tap-dancing classic returns – Singin’ in the Rain lights up Christmas 2025 at the Royal Exchange.
From £10.00
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.
The John Rylands Library shop offers an eclectic welcome, with a wide range of products on sale, inspired by the library’s own collections.
Gusto Manchester is a lavish Italian restaurant just off Deansgate, with 1920s décor and an extensive menu.
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.
Manchester’s only high-end seafood restaurant and oyster bar. The follow-up to the hugely successful original Soho venture.
Tokyo meets Manchester in a series of awe-inspiring dishes and drinks at KAJI.
Stow is a new fire-based restaurant on Bridge Street in Manchester, from the team behind Trof.
This famously affordable six-course fine dining restaurant has a new Mad Hatter menu – and it’s up there with the best.
Manchester branch of the London burger restaurant.
YOTEL Manchester is a luxury hotel in the very heart of Manchester.
Sharp coffee house on Manchester’s Deansgate which switches into a cocktail bar in the evening.
From New York’s experimental underground to the most exciting sounds coming from local scenes, we're lining up a noisy autumn of gigs.
Picks this month include bold visual art, wondrous opera and cinematic dance - plus a touch of ghostly storytelling for the Halloween season.
Get ready for a suitably spooky October, with Pumpkin delight, theatre, workshops and all sorts of hair-raising fun!
Galleries in the North are far from spooky this October - instead you'll find tactile sculptures, plant magic and curatorial experiments.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
One to add to your TBR pile, our latest round-up is a bumper edition and features some amazing events in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and beyond...
It's busy month across the cinemas of the north as Halloween programming leads into two of the region's biggest film festivals.