What's on near Kampus
Join Joe Feeley a Mancunian through and through, who guides you into Manchester’s two pillars of cultural excellence with his Rock and Goal tour.
From £9.99
The Manchester Christmas Markets are back for 2025, with many dozens of stalls in front of the town hall, and hundreds of traders spread across city-centre squares.
Free entry
Join the Portico Library for a mindful days of workshops and intriguing evenings of talks with artists, curators and researchers.
From £80.00
Take a deeper look into Manchester Art Gallery’s collection with their regular, informative and fascinating gallery tours.
Free entry
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
Create stunning pottery, jewellery, sketches, watercolours and more with the vast array of craft workshops at MCDC.
From £45.00
Manchester has always been a city with stories to tell. This guided walking tour will bring those stories to life.
From £12.00
Stagger across three hundred years of Manchester’s drinking history in one of the city’s most fun-loving walking tours.
From £25.00Where to go near Kampus
at Foundation Portland Street
The excellent Kong’s Chicken Shop is taking over the food side of things at Foundation Coffee House Portland Street for the next few weeks, serving a great range of chicken and vegan dishes.
House of Fu’s slinging knockout bowls of ramen, dishing up late-night karaoke chaos, and generally bringing some much-needed energy to lower Portland Street.
Small but perfectly formed restaurant, specialising in authentic Japanese cuisine.
Good quality midrange hotel smack dab in the centre of Manchester
A budget-friendly hotel in Manchester city centre.
Roby 1844 is a new canalside terrace bar and restaurant based on Aytoun Street in the heart of Manchester.
Piccadilly Gardens is part public transport hub, part public gardens. Think of it as your gateway to Manchester.
at Mercure Manchester
Mercure Piccadilly’s in-house restaurant with a varied menu and excellent views over Manchester
Head to Bundobust Manchester for fantastic and endlessly original Indian street food, all vegetarian (and often vegan).
If you’re looking for a boutique experience on a budget, look no further than Malmaison Manchester.
ABode Manchester is a boutique hotel. With a signature restaurant and bar. Conveniently situated Near Piccadilly Station.
Tapas and wine at this friendly, stylish bar, based at Manchester’s Kampus complex.
Manchester District Guides
Culture Guides
Get ready for a suitably spooky October, with Pumpkin delight, theatre, workshops and all sorts of hair-raising fun!
It's busy month across the cinemas of the north as Halloween programming leads into two of the region's biggest film festivals.
In galleries around the North this autumn, you'll find tactile sculptures, Treasures with a capital 'T' and plant magic.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
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.
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...