Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
Immerse yourself in the surprising softness of cacti with this watercolour workshop from artist Monair Hymen at Leeds Central Library.
From £38.00
Heart-wrenching, potent and powerful, director Ellie Hurt takes this Shakespearean classic back to its brilliant basics.
From £11.00
Frantic Assembly join with award-winning writer Anna Jordan for Lost Atoms, a gripping 2025/26 premiere tour and 30th anniversary performance, exploring memory and love.
From £11.00
Join Bryan Biggs, Director of Cultural Legacies at Bluecoat, for heritage tours of the Grade I listed building.
Free entry
UrbanArtistry is back for a second season starting with a behind the scenes account of Rome’s most wanted street artist in The Art of Disobedience.
From £7.50
Aviva Studios becomes a skater’s paradise this summer as adidas brings Build Manchester – a free celebration of skate culture.
A three-course vegan menu inspired by West African traditions.
From £25.00
To mark Ted Hughes’s birthday on 17 August, four dynamic Northern poets will gather in his native Mytholmroyd to celebrate the landscape and poetry of the former Poet Laureate.
Free entry
Old school pub in the heart of Chorlton.
Black Redstart Gallery is located in the Northern Quarter and runs a busy programme of exhibitions from emerging and established artists.
Possibly one of the city’s most mysterious art galleries, texture is a small and perfectly-formed independent space in Ardwick.
Cliffe Castle Park hosts the Beacon, a stunning performance space that will be touring the district throughout Bradford UK City of Culture 2025.
Elegant Italian cocktail bar with plush seating, low lighting and a peerless drinks menu.
A 17th-century farmhouse with spa, hotel rooms and in-house restaurant.
Various high-end spa facilities at the Manor House, including sauna, steam room, pools, hot tubs, swim-up bar and more.
Indie Makers, located in Leads’ corn exchange, trades in art and gifts from independent makers across the UK.
Plant Point is designed to help you bring the jungle into your urban or suburban space. The home of beautiful plants in Leeds.
From outdoor shows to drama in the dark, our theatre guide celebrates genre-pushing work, new writing and contemporary performance.
From Lyra Pramuk’s sacred synths to the sugar rush of YAANG, our latest music picks bring ritual, rebellion and ridiculous levels of fun.
"Tours, tours, tours!" If this month's Tours and Activities guide were a sentient speaking person, this is what it would say.
Take some eating-out tips from our August guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
August brings a huge LGBTQ+ film festival, plus a reggae classic and a spotlight on Japanese animation.
Our latest round-up features plenty of one-off live literature events to wrap your ears about, so get those diaries ticking over...
August and beyond brings all sorts of family joy - with a huge amount of science, creativity and more.
