Friends’ Meeting House
Creative Tourist
Conference venue at The Quaker Friends’ Meeting House.
Conference venue at The Quaker Friends’ Meeting House.
Manchester Psych Fest, the UK’s trailblazing psychedelic music and arts festival has announced a massive bill for its 2025 edition.
from £44.80Explore the Suffragettes’ epic fight for equal rights on this guided tour around significant buildings and landmarks.
from £20.00The fifth Festival Of Libraries is a five-day multi-venue celebration of Greater Manchester’s libraries happening 4 to 8 June.
free entryStagger across three hundred years of Manchester’s drinking history in one of the city’s most fun-loving walking tours.
from £25.00Hop on your bike for this guided cycling tour, exploring fascinating corners of Manchester you may never have seen before.
from £25.00Mark the final day of Festival of Libraries 2025 with a super fun family day!
free entryScranchester have teamed up with Manchester Union Lager to curate a foodie walking tour with a craft lager twist.
from £70.00Every Wednesday at Ape & Apple, Manchester’s official underground comedy club, Comedy Balloon’s friendly and warm comedy night takes place.
free entryForty-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.
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.
Serving up exceptional Persian cuisine, this new food concept from the team behind Another Hand is a must-try.
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.
Exhibition hosts three of the city’s most celebrated independent kitchens: Osma, Baratxuri, and Jaan by Another Hand.
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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Willow weaving, textile collages, digital arts and ecology - all this and more in our exhibition top picks this month
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