Taking up two floors of a Grade 2 listed former cotton mill, Vernon Mill Artist Studios is a hub of creativity in Stockport, with over 50 artists working there, across all genres of art.
Billy Wilder’s classic comedy returns to the big screen at Stockport Plaza.
From £10.45
The GNCCF is back for its 17th edition, bringing exquisite craft, sustainable innovation and simply beautiful objects to Manchester’s Victoria Baths.
From £7.50
Throughout 2025, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is celebrating its tenth anniversary, having first opened to the public a decade ago.
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I’ve Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell is an immersive exhibition taking over the Grade II*-listed Elizabeth Gaskell’s House all summer and into autumn as part of the ten-year celebrations.
From £8.50
Enjoy literary, creative fun with the family this summer.
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The Whitworth presents the vibrant textile works of Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, which capture the history and daily lives of Roma communities.
Free entry
Join Manchester Sacred Harp for an afternoon of uplifting four-part harmony social singing at Whitworth Art Gallery.
Free entry
The Whitworth celebrates the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth with ‘JMW Turner: In Light and Shade’, showcasing his works on paper.
Free entry
Historic house in Stockport with original Jacobean staircase now open as a museum.
Home to many award-winning British ales, made in the heart of Stockport.
Miru Mill is an event space and micro-factory based at Churchgate Mill in Stockport.
20th Century Stores is a vintage shop in Stockport featuring a collection of specialist independent vintage traders.
It might be in Stockport but Where The Light Gets In serves up some of the most magical food in the UK. With a fixed multi-course tasting menu that changes with the season and a strictly limited number of seats, this is the North’s best-kept secret.
Find quality authentic vintage clothing and accessories for men and women, vintage jewellery, homewares, decorative items, textiles, luggage, furniture, curios and collectables, and unexpected delights you never knew you wanted, all at this pop-up village in Stockport every month.
A historic covered market that also hosts excellent monthly vintage fairs.
Bohemian Arts Club is a chic and intimate cocktail bar in Stockport owned by Blossoms singer Tom and Katie Ogden.
Family owned independent bookshop with branches in Romiley (Greater Manchester) and Stockport
Family owned independent bookshop with branches in Romiley (Greater Manchester) and Stockport
This Stockport-based modern food hall has a beer-focused bar and plenty of food stalls to satisfy all tastes.
This season’s theatre is gloriously eclectic: from radical cabaret and reinvented classics to new musicals and boundary-pushing performance.
This month we recommend a season of Film noir, cult Australian movies and a huge celebration of DIY community cinema.
Our latest round-up features plenty of one-off live literature events to wrap your ears about, so get those diaries ticking over...
"Tours, tours, tours!" If this month's Tours and Activities guide were a sentient speaking person, this is what it would say.
August and beyond brings all sorts of family joy - with a huge amount of science, creativity and more.
10 fresh shows across Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool, threading together noise, ritual, euphoria and release in all their messy, beautiful forms.
Chocolate fountains, beautiful batiks and medieval marginalia - this month's supersized Exhibitions Guide has it all.
