What's on near Smithills Estate in Bolton
The RNCM Symphony Orchestra charts a musical journey through 20th century American life in its contribution to the Hallé’s John Adams Festival.
From £12.00
Adventure awaits with an interactive family-friendly afternoon of live orchestral music from How to Train Your Dragon, Peer Gynt, and Sleeping Beauty.
From £8.00
Manchester’s annual micro-marathon of live art takes over Contact with bold performances, installations and interventions. Pay What You Decide.
Free entry
It was a sell-out success at Edinburgh Fringe – Chalk Line’s new show brings laughter, energy and youthful friendship to Liverpool this autumn.
From £7.00
Graeae’s new performance tells the devastating true story of the boys held at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre, County Durham in the 1980s.
From £6.00
Questlove’s thumping documentary account of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival screens alongside music from Northern Soul DJs.
From £5.00
A programme of surreal, absurd and experimental short cinema presented in a welcoming, grassroots arena.
From £1.00
YSP presents the first UK solo exhibition by Jordy Kerwick, from fantastical creatures on colourful canvases to carved stone.
Free entryWhere to go near Smithills Estate in Bolton
Chinese inspired British food in the centre of Manchester, backed up by plenty of well-deserved local hype.
at Manor House Alsager
The in-house restaurant at the 17th-century Manor House farmhouse in Cheshire.
Morning Glory positions itself as a grab-and-go spot, with just 12 seats inside serving coffee, bagels and sweet treats.
A Launderette and Dry Cleaners that doubles as an accessible, community space for people to gather, talk and learn.
Run by acclaimed theatre company Slung Low, The Warehouse in Holbeck is home to boundary-pushing performance and community projects.
The newest addition to Manchester’s First Street, House of Social is more than mere student accommodation.
A Gothic Revival church in Blackburn, Lancashire, dating back to 1853. Home to the annual Confessional Festival.
Old school pub in the heart of Chorlton.
Culture Guides
This season’s theatre is gloriously eclectic: from radical cabaret and reinvented classics to new musicals and boundary-pushing performance.
Galleries around the North are gearing up for a new season of exhibitions - from iconic art prizes to smaller, artist-led gems.
This month we recommend a season of Film noir, cult Australian movies and a huge celebration of DIY community cinema.
From corrupted shoegaze to experimental electronica, post-hardcore to Indian classical, these are the shows that should be on your radar.
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Take some eating-out tips from our August guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
September and beyond brings culture, theatre, disgusting history and loads of fun.