A tip for affordable, consistently good food is Middle Kingdom, just outside Chinatown on Princess Street. It offers the full hot pot experience, where you and your friends order a bunch of ingredients and cook it yourselves at the table. If you get bored with cooking you can stare in awe at the manga-inspired mural covering one wall. Epic.
London’s The Orchestra (For Now) channel the chaos and thrill of early BCNR – darker, weirder, and completely gripping live.
From £15.07
The Hallé has a bumper Christmas season in store, decking the (Bridgewater) hall with festive pop, cinematic magic and roaring-twenties glamour.
From £18.50
Celebrating with the kids this Christmas? This family concert is hard to beat, with two festive classics unfolding on the (very) big screen.
From £18.50
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
Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall will be once again putting on their annual New Year’s Eve celebration. The theme this year? Love is in the Air.
From £40.00
The Hallé turns back the clock to the roaring twenties with Gatsby and the Jazz Age, with conductor Guy Barker steering a starry line-up.
From £28.00
The Hallé invites audiences to a year of classical masterpieces, world premieres and appearances by some electrifying artists and composers.
From £17
SEESAW is a co-working space, events venue and café.
Long-established Manchester bar and nightclub, Joshua Brooks is just off student hotspot Oxford Road. Open until 4am on the weekends with regular DJ-led club nights.
The apple in Now Wave’s eye, YES boasts four floors of live music and DJs, and offers food via two outlets. It also has a huge outdoor roof terrace!
A budget hotel in central Manchester
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.
Refined steakhouse with smart, low-lit decor, boasting some of the finest cuts of meat in the city.
Winsome delivers modern British food, cooked beautifully by chef-owner Shaun Moffat and his team.
Beer, cocktails and Asian street food at one of Manchester’s friendliest bars.
Manchester Wine Tours is a relaxed, fun wine tour, full of the city’s best food and drink, led by an effortlessly engaging host.
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...
It's busy month across the cinemas of the north as Halloween programming leads into two of the region's biggest film festivals.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
In galleries around the North this autumn, you'll find tactile sculptures, Treasures with a capital 'T' and plant magic.
From New York’s experimental underground to the most exciting sounds coming from local scenes, we're lining up a noisy autumn of gigs.
Get ready for a suitably spooky October, with Pumpkin delight, theatre, workshops and all sorts of hair-raising fun!
