Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
RSPCA Charity Shop Oak Street is a boutique charity shop in the heart of the Northern Quarter.
Create stunning pottery, jewellery, sketches, watercolours and more with the vast array of craft workshops at MCDC.
From £45.00
Marcos Kueh explores labour diasporas and Manchester’s industrial history at his first institutional solo show.
Free entry
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.
Pulling from gothic post punk and motorik menace, South London’s Heartworms brings her brilliant debut album to Manchester.
From £16.50
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.
Perfume Genius brings Glory to New Century – another transformation from a shapeshifter who’s made unpredictability a signature.
From £30
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
Home Sweet Home in Manchester’s Northern Quarter is a cafe and milk bar that does a mean line in cake, puddings and all things sweet – but its savoury menu isn’t half bad either.
Housed in a former Victorian fish market, Manchester Craft and Design Centre has for 30 years been home to an array of artist-run studios.
Handmade crafts and gifts in this Craft Centre studio.
Oak Street Café at Manchester Craft & Design Centre does fresh, healthy salads, soups, sandwiches, quiches and, best of all, cakes.
Northern Quarter stalwart Common Bar in Manchester serves excellent pub food, fine cocktails and decent coffee. It’s a firm Creative Tourist team favourite.
This small shop has a well-curated range of stock that focuses on vintage homeware and gifts. From Japanese hemp socks to botanical paperweights and HAWS plant misters, each object is beautiful, practical and well made.
The sister store to NOTE’s original Tib Street branch, here you’ll find footware, clothes and brands inspired by the skateboard scene. If it’s a new board you’re after, head to Tib Street.
There’s no better place in the country to find and buy examples of music-oriented illustration and photography than the Richard Goodall Gallery
Manchester’s newest destination for denimheads, Rivet and Hide stocks a collection of quality, Americana-inspired men’s casual wear and raw selvedge denim – including prized Japanese brands like Momotaro, The Flat Head, and Pure Blue Japan.
57 Thomas Street is the third outlet belonging to Manchester’s best-known microbrewery, Marble Beers. Unlike the lavish decoration of the Grade II-listed Marble Arch (which also doubles up as a brewery) or the traditional pub layout of the Marble Beer House in Chorlton, this tiny Thomas Street digs has room for just two things: beer and food.
Highly-rated bar based in Manchester’s bustling Northern Quarter, seconds away from Common.
Essentially three bars under one roof, Cane & Grain encompasses a rib joint and tap room, hidden speakeasy, and Tiki-themed Liar’s Lounge.
From New York’s experimental underground to the most exciting sounds coming from local scenes, we're lining up a noisy autumn of gigs.
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.
Get ready for a suitably spooky October, with Pumpkin delight, theatre, workshops and all sorts of hair-raising fun!
