A bus ride, a bingo card, a conversation half-forgotten: Census returns to Greater Manchester with working-class stories told in the spaces that shaped them.
From £5.00
This Lankum offshoot treats Irish mythology not as inspiration but as raw material for drone and industrial noise.
From £17.30
Salford Lads Club shot to global fame as the iconic backdrop on The Smiths’ album The Queen is Dead, but its significance goes far beyond its musical ties.
From £20.00
There’s high jinks and high drama in Emma Rice Company’s musical adaptation of Enid Blyton’s original ‘Girl Power’ story.
From £12.00
Internet blackout fantasies, displaced mermaids and a filmmaker turning wolf. This all dayer explores experimental fiction filmmaking from three continents.
From £5.00
Lowry presents an exhibition on group communion, featuring artists who capture the energy and anticipation of live audiences.
From a hamlet on a road to nowhere to one of Manchester’s most desirable suburbs. What’s the story behind Chorlton-cum-Hardy?
From £20.00
The UK’s biggest celebration of African music and culture returns to Sefton Park this summer with a line-up including Malian singer and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara.
From £6.00
Now Wave’s newly revived Hulme pub opens its doors with an ‘art pop picnic’ from London’s 1000 Rabbits.
From £12.00
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
The Hallé invites audiences to a year of classical masterpieces, world premieres and appearances by some electrifying artists and composers.
From £17
Saul Hay celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exhibition that gives 100 artists just 10 centimetres to work with.
Free entry
