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From Vera Duckworth to Vermouth
SCENE LGBTQ+ Film and Television Festival returns with a huge array of previews, panels, live events, retrospectives and free outdoor screenings.
From £0.00
Just announced – Rambert brings Russell T Davies’ acclaimed drama It’s a Sin to the stage, premiering at Aviva Studios before a major UK tour.
From £10.00
From Jordan Gray to Chloe Petts, discover some of the UK’s most exciting standups in a comedy showcase curated by Channel 4.
From £15.00
O2 Apollo becomes Pysch Fest’s main stage for the first time, with Billy Nomates and bdrmm heading the final wave.
From £44.80
Nancy Collantine’s paintings begin as drawings of Northern landscapes, then move away from the view itself, toward gesture, layers and chance.
Free entry
Explore the ways in which Manchester helped shape and reinforce the ideas of the fathers of communism, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.
From £20.00
In the centenary year of the 1926 General Strike, People’s History Museum traces a century of industrial action and collective resistance.
Free entry
This world-premiere exhibition offers a hands-on journey through the Solar System, making complex science tangible, playful and participatory.
From £10.00
A commercial touring theatre, the Manchester Opera House is reopening in August 2021, all set to host the city’s finest mainstream theatrical productions, music gigs, opera and ballet.
The Blues Kitchen is a Quay Street highlight, not only for live music, but drop-in dining that delivers surprises alongside the classics.
Popular cafe on Deansgate in Manchester with a great range of lunch options.
Manchester’s old Granada Studios is an iconic piece of the city’s history and home to Sidney Bernstein’s television empire.
Moxy Manchester City is a stylish 146-bedroom hotel in Spinningfields, with an attractive living room lobby and modern, well-stocked bar.
An Ai Weiwei-inspired menu at Aviva Studios’ dining space The Social, balancing East Asian small plates with a teahouse-style atmosphere.
At Aviva Studios, premieres are the point – world firsts, UK debuts and new commissions that need unusual amounts of space, time and technical freedom to exist at all.
Elegant Italian cocktail bar with plush seating, low lighting and a peerless drinks menu.
Hey Little Cupcake is a small, trendy cupcake boutique nestled in Spinningfields that uses the finest ingredients to create a signature collection of cupcakes, cakes and brownies.
Suki Suki is a great-looking restaurant and bar, serving up great quality Pan-Asian food on Deansgate.
Snazzy cabaret-style cocktail bar and nightclub, hidden away under a Deansgate barber shop.
Hawksmoor Manchester launches a new daytime menu full of fan favourites.
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.
Summer isn’t usually a high point in the exhibitions calendar, but Greater Manchester’s small galleries seem to have made a pact to change that this year.
Aphex Twin-endorsed electronica, an eight-hour organ marathon and the most exciting band in Ireland's current folk revival all feature this month.
From intimate dramas to spectacular outdoor festivals, discover the North West performances worth adding to your diary.
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.
