This old school pub not only offers a great selection of drinks and food, but also live music nights and a lively atmosphere. No frills, just a traditional old pub which has stood in the same spot since 1814.
In the centenary year of the 1926 General Strike, People’s History Museum traces a century of industrial action and collective resistance.
Free entry
RNCM students perform new music inspired by Manchester’s protest history, after hours at the national museum of democracy.
From £13.00
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
You can get the behind the bar and mix with the best of them in a cocktail making masterclass from The Botanist on Deansgate.
From £39.95
In a live, 24-hour performance, Ai Weiwei will place himself back inside a room that once governed every aspect of his daily life.
From £10.00
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
A major new dance work brings Sinéad O’Connor’s uncompromising voice back into the room, responding to a life lived against the grain.
From £10.00
On the eve of Elizabeth Gaskell’s birthday, join Jonathan Schofield Tours for a stroll around the sites (and sights) of Manchester’s literary past.
From £20.00
Manchester’s latest must-visit multipurpose venue, offering top-level food, drinks and live shows.
The International 3 is an exhibition and project space producing a year round programme of new commissions, solo shows, group exhibitions by emerging and established artists.
This cultural hub, just off Chapel Street in Salford, offers great real ale and cheap, hearty pub food
A pub just off Chapel Street in Salford with a bit of a difference. As well as the usual selection of beers, wines and ales; The Kings Arms has a regular programme of theatre and comedy in its upstairs room.
Based in Salford, Menagerie is a bar and restaurant with a focus on luxury and theatrical thrills.
Crafty brewers during the day and live music venue at night, operating out of a railway arch in sunny Salford with a secret garden.
High-end dining based in one of the city’s finest hotels.
People’s History Museum, the home of ‘ideas worth fighting for’, is the only museum in the UK dedicated to the history of British democracy.
Enjoy a sustainable, ethical, and delicious food experience at Open Kitchen Cafe & Bar, the in-house restaurant and bar at People’s History Museum.
A new alternative Manchester Christmas market from the well-seasoned team behind our street food faves Grub.
Small, perfectly formed, the newly-reopened New Oxford packs a real-ale punch.
A great little cafe where you’ll find good food and excellent Jazz.
Community, memory, technology and love collide in this month's selection of thought-provoking theatre.
From drone metal to art pop, free festivals to gigs in museums, here's one of our more eclectic music updates.
There’s been lamb, there’s been champagne, there’s been okra. Look at what you could have eaten, then plan the next few weeks accordingly.
From post-it-sized art to commissions that fill entire gallery walls, five exhibitions ask what the overlooked reveals.
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.
