Calling all faithfuls. Celebrate the murderous TV phenomenon The Traitors as SCENE Festival sits down with some of the show’s most memorable players. Yes, that includes Linda.

Greg Freeman mines local history for character-driven tales of violence, loss and epiphany on his second album, Burnover.

After recently finding a new home in Cheetham Hill, texture 2.0 hosts its second show, fittingly themed around transience and impermanence.

Fresh from one of the year’s most uncompromising EPs, Kavari brings her Aphex Twin-endorsed, hard-clipped sound to Salford.

Sweetie darling, join Make A Scene for a night celebrating Jennifer Saunders’ iconic sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, Hosted by Dragula’s Anna Phylactic and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’s Banksie.

Stockport Foodie Friday hosts the Northern heat of the British Street Food Awards on 23 August, with 20 traders competing for the National Final and People’s Champion vote.

Gothic country ballads, psych-folk drones and pedal steel drawn long and slow. Ora Cogan brings her witchy country to Now Wave’s new (old) pub.

Folklore wraps around human anxiety in this new PINK exhibition, where the dragons and giants of Lake Bala become placeholders for fear itself.

Victory lapping the best album of their career so far, there hasn’t been a better moment yet to catch these North Carolina rockers.

A Place To Bury Strangers bring their lacerating blend of post punk, noise rock and shoegaze to The White Hotel.

From Jordan Gray to Chloe Petts, discover some of the UK’s most exciting standups in a comedy showcase curated by Channel 4.

SCENE LGBTQ+ Film and Television Festival returns with a huge array of previews, panels, live events, retrospectives and free outdoor screenings.