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A tiny, carefully curated independent store in Chorlton founded upon the values of quality, craftsmanship and simplicity. Sells clothing, homeware, jewellery, gifts and cards.
12 contemporary jewellers show new work across metal and glass, as part of Manchester’s very first Jewellery Week.
Free entry
What counts as as waste and who decides? 21 craft artists from Design Nation challenge our perceptions of material value.
Free entry
Live video puts the audience right on stage in this Ontroerend Goed show, creating a self-generating game of perspective at Lowry.
Lowry celebrates its 25th anniversary with a spectacular splash of colour from internationally renowned French artist Camille Walala.
Free entry
Painting becomes music, and music becomes theatre, in this playful new performance inspired by L.S. Lowry and a 1978 chart hit.
From £2.00
LUNG turns real testimony into an unflinching piece of theatre about loss, accountability and the crisis facing Britain’s prisons.
From £13.00
Paintings, installations and 500 years of Sikh wisdom are brought together in the service of personal and collective healing.
Free entry
Michaela Yearwood-Dan’s first UK institutional exhibition layers painting, ceramics and sound to explore liberation across personal and institutional histories.
Free entry
The Yoga rooms in Chorlton offers a broad range of in-person and online classes, catering to every level and goal.
Popular Caribbean restaurant in the heart of Chorlton.
A small green space on Chorlton’s popular Beech Road with children’s play area.
The Laundrette specialises in pizzas, carbs, cocktails and more carbs.
97 is a smart new cocktail bar from the team behind Tariff & Dale and The Lead Station, based on Beech Road in Chorlton.
The Jane Eyre Chorlton is a charming independent venue, serving up superb cocktails and small plates in South Manchester.
Chorlton’s magnificent Horse and Jockey has had an almighty do-over, transforming it into one of South Manchester’s top must-visit drinking and dining destinations.
Pub on the corner of Chorlton’s Beech Road with a good selection of ales and an excellent beer garden.
A volunteer-run cafe with all profits going to causes to dedicated to world peace.
A family-run bookshop in Manchester’s bohemian suburb, Chorlton Bookshop is a haven of great titles and unknown gems.
This cornerstone of Chorlton life is a Carnegie library, listed building and the second busiest library in the city.
Squeeze the most out of these final weeks of summer thanks to our mid-August guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
Our latest exhibition picks include a lost recording of the Strangeways protest, Manchester's first sound art festival, and queer archives revisited.
Aphex Twin-endorsed electronica, an eight-hour organ marathon and the most exciting band in Ireland's current folk revival all feature this month.
Contemporary performance, verbatim theatre, dark comedy and a bold vision of Gaza - an eclectic mix for the start of autumn.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
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.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
