The home of Arts & Humanities, the Manchester Writing School, Manchester School of Theatre and Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University – off All Saints Park (Grosvenor Square)
Shoegaze’s unlikely resurgence has catapulted 20-year-old Wisp from iPhone demos to Coachella. In support of her debut album, she headlines The Deaf Institute.
From £19.25
Now in its 20th year, Manchester Literature Festival is presenting a special programme of summer events.
From £8.00
Explore the incredible history behind one of Britain’s grandest and most storied commercial buildings: Manchester’s Grade II listed Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
From £20
The RNCM Symphony Orchestra charts a musical journey through 20th century American life in its contribution to the Hallé’s John Adams Festival.
From £12.00
F. W. Murnau’s silent-era masterpiece Faust: A German Folk Legend gets the big screen treatment at the RNCM, with a live improvised organ score.
From £12.00
The RNCM unleashes a season of daring stories, fearless players and performances ranging from jazz and opera to film scores and full-blown orchestral spectacle.
From £8
The UK’s biggest annual sax gathering returns, headlined by one of the most influential figures in jazz and classical saxophone today: Branford Marsalis.
From £33.00
RNCM Opera performs Prokofiev’s L’Amour des Trois Oranges – a zesty, irreverent antidote to operatic solemnity.
From £15.00
Find Peter and his Christiania cargo bike around All Saints Park, a hop, skip and a bunnyhop from Manchester Poetry Library.
Eighth Day is a co-operative shop that sells ethically-sourced food, wine and cosmetics. There’s also café that serves hearty, healthy meals in the basement.
Buffeted by fried chicken outlets, legendary musical instrument emporium Johnny Roadhouse has been serving the local music community for over 50 years.
Formerly the Sir Kenneth Green Library, All Saints Library is part of Manchester Metropolitan University.
Based in the heart of Manchester on Sidney Street, The Proud Place houses The Proud Trust and serves as a community hub for the wider LGBT+ population across Greater Manchester and beyond.
The Deaf Institute is a vibrant gig venue and nightclub for which it is well worth taking a jaunt out of the Northern Quarter.
Pavement Gallery is a window space on a street corner providing a highly visible stage for the display of international contemporary art.
With its Victorian design and distinctive clocktower, Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is an iconic landmark on Manchester’s skyline.
A hidden gem of a library and museum – a tiny treat hidden on MMU’s All Saints campus
Following a major redevelopment, the iconic venue on Oxford Road will be reopening its doors to welcome the public back into the building this autumn.
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Get ready for a suitably spooky October, with Pumpkin delight, theatre, workshops and all sorts of hair-raising fun!
Picks this month include bold visual art, wondrous opera and cinematic dance - plus a touch of ghostly storytelling for the Halloween season.
Galleries in the North are far from spooky this October - instead you'll find tactile sculptures, plant magic and curatorial experiments.
It's busy month across the cinemas of the north as Halloween programming leads into two of the region's biggest film festivals.
From New York’s experimental underground to the most exciting sounds coming from local scenes, we're lining up a noisy autumn of gigs.
Take some eating-out tips from our October guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
