14 artists from the Design-Nation’s North West Hub explore material, process and place in distinct ways.

For its first Storyhouse Originals production of 2026, the Chester theatre presents a bold new staging of Macbeth, directed and adapted by Jamie Sophia Fletcher.

Daniel Avery’s played in Manchester countless times over the last decade, but never quite like this – in an empty Edwardian swimming pool, beneath monumental installation art.

Across breweries, warehouses and bars, Kelham Jazz Festival brings the city’s and the wider North’s jazz community together for the first time.

A river, abused and neglected, speaks back through an interactive sound installation and sound walk by Maya Chowdhry.

One of the oldest literature festivals in the country, Litfest returns to Lancaster with a programme focused on the rights of the natural world.

One of London’s most hyped bands of the last few years, Bar Italia are playing Band on the Wall in support of their latest album, Some Like It Hot.

Kelly Lee Owens brings her dreampoppy electronica to Band on the Wall as part of this year’s BBC Radio 6 Music Festival.

Musical brutalism is having a moment – and Mandy, Indiana are right in it, bringing URGH’s raw force to Brudenell.

From cult hero to global collaborator, Thundercat is back with his first album in six years, and a headline show at Aviva Studios.

Divorced, beheaded, survived… Divorced, beheaded, LIVE…

Journey from the sun-drenched shores of Jamaica to the cold, grey streets of 1940s London in Small Island.