What's on near Friends’ Meeting House
A fun, ever-changing wine tour through Manchester’s best venues, combining local stories, top-notch pours and expert-led tastings.
From £85.73
Stagger across three hundred years of Manchester’s drinking history in one of the city’s most fun-loving walking tours.
From £25.00
Manchester’s famous musical legacy comes to life in this walking tour around the city, which will take you from the 1960s to the present day.
From £25.00
The Hallé presents a three-day celebration of the music of composer, conductor, creative thinker and living legend, John Adams.
From £23.50
The Hallé invites audiences to a year of classical masterpieces, world premieres and appearances by some electrifying artists and composers.
From £17
As part of the John Adams Festival, the legendary composer makes his much-anticipated return to the Hallé to conduct a selection of his best-loved works.
From £23.50
Manchester Art Gallery presents: ‘Holly Graham: The Warp / The Weft / The Wake’, a show that takes a closer look at the the exploitative legacy of the cotton industry.
Free entry
Manchester’s young people created a time capsule to capture the essence of their world today: on display now, to be reopened in 100 years.
Free entryWhere to go near Friends’ Meeting House
Forty-Seven is a luxury boutique hotel on Peter Street in Manchester city centre, above the high-end Indian restaurant Asha’s.
Asha’s serves modern north-west Indian cuisine in luxurious surroundings.
Grand steakhouse in the centre of Manchester. High-end cuts of meat in elegant but dynamic venue.
at The French
The French is one of Manchester’s most highly regarded restaurants. Head chef Adam Reid has a real grasp on what makes Manchester tick. A less fussy, more relaxed, and, at times, gloriously silly restaurant.
Haunt MCR is a speciality coffee shop and wine bar located on Manchester’s bustling Peter Street.
Exhibition hosts three of the city’s most celebrated independent kitchens: Osma, Baratxuri, and Jaan by Another Hand.
ONDA is a treat for the tastebuds. Long dark wood tables are shared by eager diners, as tapas-style plates of fresh pasta and other Italian dishes are ferried around the restaurant.
Serving up exceptional Persian cuisine, this new food concept from the team behind Another Hand is a must-try.
Spread across two levels beneath Lloyd Street, enter Whiskey Down Manchester through a sunken iconic purple door into the Cabaret Lounge, where over 100 Whiskeys from all over the world are served.
Rudy’s Neapolitan Pizza serve up pizza which has received worldwide acclaim and now have six branches across the UK including this on Peter Street.
The Allotment Vegan Restaurant is an award-winning vegan restaurant, formerly based in Stockport and now in the heart of Manchester’s city centre.
Deansgate bar and barbecue restaurant
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