What's on near O’Sheas Beer Garden
Part interactive gallery, part surreal playground – SUPERMASSIVE crash lands on the rooftop of Depot Mayfield this summer.
From £16
Cloudwater is a jewel in Manchester’s local brewery crown. Join them for a brewery tour and tasting at the Unit 9 Taproom.
From £25.00
Happening as part of MIF25, Blackhaine’s world premiere performance promises to be one of the most compelling and emotionally charged experiences of the festival.
From £10.00
Explore the incredible history behind one of Britain’s grandest and most storied commercial buildings: Manchester’s Grade II listed Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
From £20
Now in its 20th year, Manchester Literature Festival is presenting a special programme of summer events.
From £8.00
Jenn Ashworth is back at Blackwells bookshop for the Manchester launch of her latest work, reading extracts and chatting to Helen Mort about how The Parallel Path came about.
From £4.00
Prepare to be amazed in this stunning exhibition inhabited by a giant, sleeping cat.
Free entry
Created by and for young adults, Touching Grass is a series of workshops where people can connect and discuss the ongoing climate crisis.
Free entryWhere to go near O’Sheas Beer Garden
After serving two summers of temporary parties, Progress Centre was reinvented into a new permanent outdoor club in 2024, before adding two new permanent spaces – Square One and Cakebread…
Spirit Studios now houses 10 unique studios, an on-site live venue, DJ booths, editing suites and more. Recently, kitting out many of its studios with new state-of-the-art Audient desks and it soon will welcome its very own radio station.
Projekts MCR Skatepark sits under the Mancunian Way, with architecturally intriguing ramps and pipes as well as a small cafe.
at Freight Island
Join Good Life Skates at Freight Island every week from Thursday to Sunday, to roll through the weekend.
at Freight Island
Seconds is the new carvery at Freight Island, based around hearty Sunday roast dinners.
Mayfield is about to be reborn. Innovation, audacity and imagination are in the air, as energy, ideas and life return to this neglected part of Manchester city centre.
One Star Döner Bar is the latest addition to the fast-growing Escape To Freight Island, the exciting urban market located at Depot Mayfield.
Freight Island is back for its fifth season, with a sparkling new line-up of events and happenings.
Manchester has a new green heart: The 6.5 acre Mayfield Park, complete with the largest public playground in the city.
The in-house spa at the Marriott Hotel Piccadilly is a sanctuary away from the city outside on its doorstep.
The Marriott Hotel Piccadilly delivers four star luxury in the heart of Manchester.
Manchester’s original vegan street food festival returns at the end of this month to celebrate Veganuary.
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