ChesterBoat is a family-owned business with more than forty year’s experience of welcoming visitors to the beautiful River Dee. They offer half-hour and two-hour sightseeing cruises, as well as private hires, fish and chip cruises, and themed party nights.
In the latest launch at the Dead Ink Books store on Smithdown Road, you’ll hear from Fitzcarraldo-published Thea Lenarduzzi as she reads from her second book, The Tower.
From £5.00
Every weekend in Liverpool’s buzzing Baltic Triangle, Love Lane Brewery invites visitors behind the scenes for an hour-long tour through its striking, industrial space. Housed in a converted rubber factory,
From £25.00
With a ballooning fanbase, a debut EP out in the wild, and an album surely around the corner, Westside Cowboy’s current tour feels like a big one.
From £13.20
Graeae’s new performance tells the devastating true story of the boys held at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre, County Durham in the 1980s.
From £6.00
It was a sell-out success at Edinburgh Fringe – Chalk Line’s new show brings laughter, energy and youthful friendship to Liverpool this autumn.
From £7.00
Halina Rice transforms Arts Club Liverpool with an immersive AV show, bridging shimmering atmospheres, driving beats and human warmth.
From £17.50
Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett’s revolutionary play that changed modern theatre forever – comes to Liverpool Everyman in spring 2026.
From £13.00
Social neglect and digital alienation are closely examined in FACT’s new show from artists Helen Anna Flanagan & Gavin Gayagoy.
Free entry
Edgar House is a fine period Georgian house which has been lovingly refurbished to create Chester’s award winning premier small luxury hotel – just for adults.
Chester’s city walls are the oldest, longest and most complete in Britain, parts of which are almost 2000 years old. The main access onto the walls is at each of the four main gateways – Northgate, Eastgate, Watergate and Bridgegate, plus there are many other steps around the city, some including accessible ramps.
Chester’s Roman Gardens are a pleasant place for a stroll and during the summer months the place to watch a film at the annual, outdoor, Moonlight Flicks cinema programme.
Overlooking the River Dee to the south of the city, Grosvenor Park is one of Chester’s best-loved green spaces.
Oddfellows hotel inhabits a Georgian townhouse right bang in the middle of Chester, only moments away from the river.
St Mary’s Creative Space in Cheshire is a rehearsal and exhibition space which regularly has exciting projects on for the public.
St Mary’s is a fantastic rehearsal, performance and exhibition space right in the heart of Chester, and is available to the whole community.
Chester Castle was founded by William the Conqueror in 1070 and became the administrative centre of the earldom of Chester.
Contemporary art on display and for sale in Cheshire. Come and browse their varied collections and converse with knowledgeable staff.
The Chester Grosvenor is a luxury five star hotel in the centre of the historic city of Chester.
This small and atmospheric bar is a cosy venue with a resident Jazz pianist, fantastic staff and a record player filled with, naturally, iconic jazz.
Dewa Roman Experience occupies a unique site at the heart of the original legionary fortress. In 1991 archaeologists discovered remains of the fortress on this site and the excavations have been left open for public viewing.
Theatre this month bursts with contrasts - from bold new writing and Black History Month highlights to contemporary arts and reimagined classics.
Galleries in the North are far from spooky this October - instead you'll find tactile sculptures, plant magic and curatorial experiments.
A host of Halloween horrors, experimental shorts, plus pioneering black British cinema make our October Cinema Guide.
Noise, excess and immediacy. From New York’s experimental underground to the most vital sounds of local scenes, autumn gigs are coming in heavy.
Take some eating-out tips from our October guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
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...
