What's on near MMU Business School
Explore the incredible history behind one of Britain’s grandest and most storied commercial buildings: Manchester’s Grade II listed Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
From £25.00
Four editions in, the Manchester Open has become both a biennial survey of the region’s creative output and a quiet argument about who gets seen.
Free entry
Jonathan Schofield’s new walking tour exploring the treasures and famous landmarks of Manchester’s Oxford road.
From £20.00
Victory lapping the best album of their career so far, there hasn’t been a better moment yet to catch these North Carolina rockers.
From £29.95
The Hallé invites audiences to a year of classical masterpieces, world premieres and appearances by some electrifying artists and composers.
From £17
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
Nine centuries of music, one incredible local story, and a Wagner opera that the composer feared would drive people mad.
From £8
Out Here at Castlefield Gallery shifts environmental questions out of the abstract and back into the natural materials beneath our feet.
Free entryWhere to go near MMU Business School
Formerly the Sir Kenneth Green Library, All Saints Library is part of Manchester Metropolitan University.
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)
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.
Find Peter and his Christiania cargo bike around All Saints Park, a hop, skip and a bunnyhop from Manchester Poetry Library.
Buffeted by fried chicken outlets, legendary musical instrument emporium Johnny Roadhouse has been serving the local music community for over 50 years.
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.
Pavement Gallery is a window space on a street corner providing a highly visible stage for the display of international contemporary art.
A nano brewery and keg bar, Ol is a meeting of minds between Takk and Byrne The Cake brewery.
Top class Filipino cuisine currently based at pop-up central, Hatch.
They claim to sell the ‘best chicken and vegan chicken sandwich in Manchester’ and they’re absolutely right.
Panchos Burritos is a Mexican street food vendor in the Arndale Market.
Manchester has more than one top-tier Indian restaurant, but Zouk is right up there with the best, and counts Drake as a fan.
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