Nexus Art Cafe
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Nexus Art Cafe
Nexus Art Cafe is a not for profit cafe and creative space on Dale Street in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The venue holds regular events, exhibitions and spiritual activities.
What's on near Nexus Art Cafe
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Manchester’s Northern Quarter: Street Art & Local Stories
This walking tour explores the neighbourhood’s streets, stories and hidden corners, offering a closer look at the places and people that have made Manchester.
From £12.00
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Creative Workshops at Manchester Craft and Design Centre
Create stunning pottery, jewellery, sketches, watercolours and more with the vast array of craft workshops at MCDC.
From £45.00
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Rock and Goal Tour
Join Joe Feeley a Mancunian through and through, who guides you into Manchester’s two pillars of cultural excellence with his Rock and Goal tour.
From £9.99
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Manchester Christmas Markets
The Manchester Christmas Markets are back for 2025, with many dozens of stalls in front of the town hall, and hundreds of traders spread across city-centre squares.
Free entry
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Marcos Kueh: Smooth Sailing, 一路順風 at esea contemporary
Marcos Kueh explores labour diasporas and Manchester’s industrial history at his first institutional solo show.
Free entry
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Folk and World Choir at Band on the Wall
Band on the Wall bring people together to make, as well as watch, music. Join them to learn folk tunes from all over the world.
Ibibio Sound Machine at Band on the Wall
Fusing West African funk and disco with modern post-punk and electro, Ibibio Sound Machine inject some much-needed energy into January.
From £29
Me Gusta Collective – New Year’s Eve Special at Band on the Wall
After a sold-out night earlier this year, Me Gusta Collective is back at Band on the Wall for the big one: New Year’s Eve.
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Family things to do in the North
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
Tours and Activities in the North
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
Exhibitions in the North
This season, exhibitions across the North West feel attuned to the world beneath the world – the forces and stories shaping how we see, feel and imagine.
Theatre in the North
Theatre across the North West splits between festive escape and sharp, urgent work exploring politics, power and resistance.
Music in the North
Manchester’s closing out the year – and looking to the new one – with a run of gigs from some of the country’s best underground exports.
Cinema in the North
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.
Food and Drink in the North
Hear ye, hear ye. Take some eating-out tips from our wintertime guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.