This 18-acre park opposite the Manchester Royal Infirmary provides a welcome area of beautiful greenery located just after the traffic chaos of Wilmslow Road in Rusholme. The park feels like the extended garden for the amazing Whitworth Art Gallery which overlooks and extends into it.
The Pankhurst Centre’s new permanent exhibition offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of the people behind the iconic Pankhurst name.
free entry
It’s the summer holidays and surprise surprise, there’s a lot of rain! A good excuse to travel back in time to a world of opulence and mystery at Manchester Museum.
free entry
Renaissance Nuremberg comes alive in this must-see exhibition of prints by Albrecht Dürer, the leading figure of Europe’s print revolution.
free entry
Enjoy fun and creative activities designed to encourage your little ones to play freely in the fresh air, while exploring nature and the outdoors with family and friends.
free entry
See ‘Traces of Displacement’, the Whitworth’s major new exhibition which uses the gallery’s collection to explore the issue of forced displacement.
free entry
Celebrated jazz trombonist Dennis Rollins takes to the stage with the RNCM Big Band to deliver an evening of standout tunes from his album The 11th Gate.
from £8.50
The RNCM’s Christmas Family Day sees the WFEL Fairey Band provide live accompaniment to a screening of Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas.
from £13
The RNCM’s Autumn Season brings with it an incredibly diverse programme of live music from across the genre spectrum. Here are our highlights.
from £8.50
The Manchester Academy is a mid size, modern warehouse venue adjacent to the University of Manchester Students’ Union. It lacks any architectural merit and has always been a difficult place…
Built in the late 19th centure, the Holy Name sites in the middle of the University of Manchester.
This wood-panelled former science library – part of a cluster of neo-Gothic buildings designed for the University of Manchester by Alfred Waterhouse (he of Manchester Town Hall and London’s Natural History Museum fame) – has a wonderfully bookish interior that turns lunch into something of an event.
Manchester Museum’s cafe is run by the people behind award-winning cafe Teacup Kitchen. The menu features home-baked cakes, the finest loose leaf teas and breakfast, as well as a wide selection of mains and meals for kids.
The Martin Harris Centre is a performance space off Manchester’s Oxford Road
Rarely-opened neo-Gothic gem that’s part of the University of Manchester.
Basement venue at the University of Manchester Students’ Union building.
Brilliant venue for catching a touring band on the rise. The boringly titled Academy 3 or more interesting Hop and Grape, as it was once known, is a self contained…
Want Not Waste is a student-run, not-for-profit zero waste shop operating out of Academy 1 at the University of Manchester Students’ Union.
Big Hands is the one-time haunt of legendary Manchester band Elbow; it’s shabby, loud and dark, with a jukebox and excellent roof terrace.
Kro Bar, Manchester is an independent pub and music venue housed (somewhat ironically) in the former Temperance Society building.
Enjoy our latest picks of things to do with the family, including festive fun and family raves to welcome in the new year!
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Spotlighting global artists who all, in one way or another, break the mould, we preview the best gigs happening this side of Christmas and beyond.
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While rainy late autumn may not be the most energising of seasons, there is plenty of new art to see and inspire this month!
The best food and drink options in Manchester and the North for the upcoming winter months.
