 
			Join Craft Beer Tour Manchester for a journey through some of the cities best local breweries and artisanal beer serving bars. Discover the personality of Manchester’s beer through a diverse
From £45 
			Manchester’s Christmas Gospel sees Manchester and London’s finest gospel artists, including Wayne Ellington, Sharlene-Monique, and Matt Maijah.
 
			Blending post-punk aggression with queer pop and industrial techno, New York’s Model/Actriz play Manchester in support of their second album, Pirouette.
 
			Pulling from gothic post punk and motorik menace, South London’s Heartworms brings her brilliant debut album to Manchester.
From £16.50 
			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.
 
			Create stunning pottery, jewellery, sketches, watercolours and more with the vast array of craft workshops at MCDC.
From £45.00 
			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 
			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 
			Cask in Ancoats opened in November 2018, it is the flashy sister bar to Cask on Liverpool Road.
 
			This café in Ancoats is locally famed for its lunchtime deals and sandwiches
 
			Started by artisan baker Russell Goodwin, Companio Bakery sells freshly-baked bread from a small unit in Manchester’s Ancoats.
 
			Welcoming waterside bar in New Islington Marina, serving a wide array of carefully-curated cocktails.
 
			Flawd is a neighbourhood wine bar based in Ancoats, from the team behind the wonderful Higher Ground dining experience.
 
			Perfectly-formed, eye-catching small plates with a focus on environmentally-friendly practices.
 
			Photography Studios in Ancoats hosting workshops and studios for hire.
 
			Decently-priced vintage goods, just a stones throw from Manchester’s busy Northern Quarter.
 
			Judy’s Affordable Vintage Furniture Fair, Leeds is the famed fair’s take on a more niche line of product.
 
			Cocoa Cabana is a highly-rated chocolatiers based in Ancoats, serving up decadent artisan chocolates, cakes, sweet treats and cocktails.
 
			A hip hop-inspired, non-traditional chip shop, now based in Ancoats.
 
	
	Picks this month include bold visual art, wondrous opera and cinematic dance - plus a touch of ghostly storytelling for the Halloween season.
 
	
	One to add to your TBR pile, our latest round-up is a bumper edition and features some amazing events in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and beyond...
 
	
	It's busy month across the cinemas of the north as Halloween programming leads into two of the region's biggest film festivals.
 
	
	Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
 
	
	In galleries around the North this autumn, you'll find tactile sculptures, Treasures with a capital 'T' and plant magic.
 
	
	From New York’s experimental underground to the most exciting sounds coming from local scenes, we're lining up a noisy autumn of gigs.
 
	
	Get ready for a suitably spooky October, with Pumpkin delight, theatre, workshops and all sorts of hair-raising fun!