Foundation Coffee House
Polly Checkland Harding
An echoey, spacious coffee house in the northern quarter, filled with designer furniture, a meeting room on wheels and carefully-crafted brews.
What's on near Foundation Coffee House
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Creatures of the Night Comedy Club
An insanely committed seven-nights-a-week, Creatures of the Night Comedy Club opens its doors (20.30-22.30 typically, though please check) for evening after evening of side-splitting comedy.
from £5.00
Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman at Gullivers
Two brilliant Scottish artists come together for an intimate, audio-visual performance, melding meditative jazz, neo-classical and electronica.
from £16.50
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Killer Comedy Club
Killer Comedy Club showcases “the UK’s best upcoming and coming comedians” for a night of roof-raising laughs, with pop-up nights all across the North West.
from £12
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The Comedy Vault
Every Monday night upstairs at Fierce Bar, The Comedy Vault hosts an outrageously funny open-mic night. Come and try your hand or just to watch and laugh.
free entry
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Beat The Frog at The Frog and Bucket
Beat the Frog is a legendary amateur comedy night, taking place each and every Monday. Many famous names prove it’s the real deal.
free entry
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Sí Manchester Daily Tour
Sí Manchester’s daily tour is a brilliant way to get an overview of the city with tours running in both English and Spanish.
free entry
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Open Deck at Band on the Wall
Bring your records for a spin at our Open Deck session this Saturday! If you’ve bought some new vinyl from a local record shop this week, just show your receipt at the bar to get yourself a free 9” pizza!
Un-Convention Manchester 2024
Un-Convention is the ultimate independent music industry conference and showcase taking place at Band on the Wall in Manchester this November.
Where to go near Foundation Coffee House
Manchester
Fred Aldous
Art, craft and design supplies shop in the Northern Quarter
Manchester
PLY
Ply is a stylish pizza restaurant in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
Manchester
Travelling Man
A game and comic shop in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
Manchester
Pie & Ale
Locally-made and utterly moreish pies and brews.
Manchester
Eastern Bloc Records
Eastern Bloc Records is the record store for ‘the true vinyl purist’, and specialises in electronic music.
Manchester
Fig and Sparrow
Coffee bar and shop selling gifts and homeware from local designers.
Manchester
Thunder Egg, Oldham Street
Shop selling clothing, accessories, and gifts.
Manchester
Night & Day Cafe
Opened in 1991, Night & Day Cafe on Oldham Street plays host to an exhausting array of gigs throughout the year.
Manchester
Dusk Til Pawn
Northern Quarter cocktail bar, not – we repeat NOT – a pawn shop
Manchester
Slice
When was the last time you stumbled out of a bar and into a takeaway that served up food as fresh as Mama made? If your answer is “never”, we’re guessing you haven’t yet found new Manchester pizza parlour, Slice.
Manchester
Barbarella
Barbarella is a barber shop and part of the long-standing Pop Boutique vintage shop.
Manchester
Pop Boutique Manchester
One of the oldest vintage shops in the Northern Quarter (opened here in 1994), Pop is set out across two floors and racks up a cafe, barber’s and basement furniture section, as well as its own label and good-as-new originals – all for very reasonable prices.
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