Now a conference and events venue, the Grade II-listed Mechanics’ Institute was the birth place of the TUC in 1868.
It was also the birthplace of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Umist) and the Cooperative Insurance Society.
Visit key locations associated with a moment that helped shape the future of the nation, tracing the footsteps of those who stood for change.
From £20.00
Take a deeper look into Manchester Art Gallery’s collection with their regular, informative and fascinating gallery tours.
Free entry
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 £25.00
Explore the Suffragettes’ epic fight for equal rights on this guided tour around significant buildings and landmarks.
From £20.00
Scranchester’s tours are a highlight of Manchester’s food landscape. To tie in with the upcoming Chinese New Year, host Rob explores Chinatown.
From £80.00
A fun, ever-changing wine tour through Manchester’s best venues, combining local stories, top-notch pours and expert-led tastings.
From £85.73
Quiet introspection and cathartic eruptions – the mysterious kids in the corner of the Brixton Windmill scene bring their new album Somersaults to YES.
From £17.45
Everything you want in a Canal Street club can be found here. Cruz 101 – better known as Cruz – is an institution, and a must-visit in Manchester.
The formerly known Hotel Brooklyn reopens as voco, a brand new and gloriously stylish hotel on Manchester’s Portland Street.
A cult tv and movie themed bar set below street level on Portland Street in Manchester.
Smack bang in the centre of Manchester’s Canal Street, colourful club on the corner, G-A-Y, is popular with a youngish crowd looking for pop tunes, cheap drinks and a lively atmosphere. And there’s a rooftop terrace for the smokers.
This multifaceted venue is primarily an award winning gay bar in Manchester’s Canal Street area – but that is not all…
This award winning bar is open six nights a week due to popular demand. Described as the ‘mecca of the north’ for the lesbian community, it is no wonder why.
Passionately adored by many Mancunian foodies (and the first Manchester restaurant in ages not to get a slating from notoriously picky Observer food critic Jay Rayner), this Szechuan restaurant rules the culinary roost from an unprepossessing basement on Portland Street.
Winsome delivers modern British food, cooked beautifully by chef-owner Shaun Moffat and his team.
This residency restaurant opened in summer 2019, at Locke Hotels’ Whitworth Locke. The first residency comes courtesy of Mexican specialists El Camino.
Peru Perdu has an all-new food and drink menu, with some of the best-looking dishes in the city.
Glass House is the place to go for floral themed workshops, with expert and innovative florists in an idyllic building.
Sackville Park is a lovely green space in Manchester city centre, home to the Alan Turing Memorial.
This month’s live music picks move between ambitious new work, grassroots celebrations and a few memorable settings.
Spring has arrived, bringing with it al fresco dining and a rush of high-profile food and drink-related events in Manchester.
This month’s theatre highlights span dystopian classics, political thrillers and bold new opera.
Across Manchester and Salford, exhibitions are thinking hard about how things are made – and how materials carry stories.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.
