Join a knowledgable expert for a guided tour of Chetham’s Library and discover one of the city’s richest hidden gems.

You can get the behind the bar and mix with the best of them in a cocktail making masterclass from The Botanist on Deansgate.

Swap the big auditoriums for pubs, studios and unexpected spaces as Greater Manchester Fringe Festival celebrates 15 years this July.

Whether you have never put pencil to paper or have been honing your artistic skills for years, Bee Creative studio runs life drawing sessions for people of all abilities.

Many LGBTQ+ people who lived through criminalisation are still here, and photographer Steve Reeves is recording their stories.

Three actors tear through 40 characters in Le Navet Bete’s chaotic, costume-swapping mythological farce.

Catch tomorrow’s comedy stars today with ten days of Edinburgh previews, big-name stand-ups and intimate gigs across Manchester.

Sarah Frankcom returns to the Royal Exchange with a Tony Award-winning musical about queer lives and the costs of keeping family secrets.

Across three floors of saan1, three independent curators pursue distinct interpretations of memory, nostalgia and landscape.

Foundational British synth-pop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark play in Rochdale, with support from Peter Hook and the Light and A Certain Ratio.

Discover a fast, funny and brilliantly accessible take on Shakespeare, performed in one of Manchester’s most beautiful hidden spaces.

A weekend of feel-good music lands in Rochdale, with three decades of hit singles colliding courtesy of Gabrielle, Ash and Starsailor