What's on near NoFit State Circus Big Top
Ora Cogan brings atmospheric folk, psych, dream pop and alt-country to Now Wave’s brand new venue this summer.
From £18.50
The Hallé presents three centuries of choral heavyweights performed by full orchestra, choir and children’s choir together.
From £18.50
Sarah Frankcom returns to the Royal Exchange with a Tony Award-winning musical about queer lives and the costs of keeping family secrets.
From £12.00
45 prints from one of Britain’s most important printmaking studios go on public display in Liverpool for the first time since entering the university’s collection.
Free entry
One of Manchester’s essential indie bookshops launches its new gallery with an emerging painter working in the shadow of the Beat Generation.
Free entry
Tim Foley and Ransack Theatre’s sharp new comedy about a misfit space crew tips into something more horrifying.
Paintings, installations and 500 years of Sikh wisdom are brought together in the service of personal and collective healing.
Free entry
Part performance, part conversation, Hannah Maxwell’s work-in-progress invites audiences into the creative process before its Fringe debut.
Free entryWhere to go near NoFit State Circus Big Top
Historic Hulme pub with a very good live gig space, brought to you by the very capable team behind YES, Gorilla, Now Wave and Manchester Psych Fest.
Pigeon Beer Wanderer brings wine-level ceremony to Manchester’s new “Beermuda Triangle”, courtesy of Joshua Lightfoot and his crack team of booze experts.
The exhibition arm of Manchester indie bookshop UNITOM is a dedicated space for contemporary visual culture in the St John’s neighbourhood.
at Chorlton Water Park
Relaxed waterside cafe spin-off of the main Tibetan Kitchen restaurant on Upper Chorlton Road.
Portfolio is a Champagne boutique on Manchester’s Bridge Street, offering a set menu of fine-dining small bites.
Bridge 5 Mill is a sustainable event space and community hub on Beswick Street in Ancoats, hosting independent cultural projects and ethical supper clubs.
1853 Studios and Gallery is a Creative Studios and community of creative professionals occupying the 3rd floors of Osborne Mill, Oldham.
Long-standing, trend-swerving Chinese restaurant on Manchester’s Upper Brook Street, with a reputation for authentic dim sum and traditional Cantonese cuisine.
A highlight of Manchester’s K-Food space, Bab Korean Food serves up authentic, well-made dishes at the Kargo MKT food hall in MediaCity.
Longstanding Greek taverna Dimtri’s delivers traditional, fuss-free Greek food, aimed at everyone from courting couples to multi-generational families in Manchester.
Kong’s isn’t like other chicken shops. This much-loved Northern Quarter restaurant is all about high-grade ingredients and expert preparation.
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