Join the electrifying musical ‘That Night in Manchester’. Immerse yourself in the vibrant Manchester indie scene. Step into the Madchester time machine as you hear a father recount the highs and lows of his life to his only son during the Madchester era spanning his life through the 70’s 80’s & 90’s as you experience the music performed live on stage.
What happens when the DIY underground collides with one of Manchester’s biggest, shiniest arts spaces?
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Happening as part of MIF25, Blackhaine’s world premiere performance promises to be one of the most compelling and emotionally charged experiences of the festival.
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Festival Square is the beating heart of Manchester International Festival 2025.
Free entry
One of the most arresting offerings at MIF25 – a haunting, meditative journey through abstraction, perception and performance.
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The White Hotel loads the booth with serious weight, as four of the scene’s most uncompromising figures bring a night of industrial techno, electro and scorched circuitry.
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Still brilliant. Still weird. Still moving forward. Deerhoof return to Brudenell with their most abrasive album in years.
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Back for 2025, Trafford’s flagship arts festival returns to Waterside for six days of experiential performance and cultural delight.
A quietly radical force in contemporary club culture, John Talabot returns to The White Hotel for one of his signature all-night sessions.
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Somewhere in Trafford, behind an unmarked gate, a former garden centre hosts one of Greater Manchester’s most original festivals.
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Once a post-rock collective, now something closer to a live techno machine, Leeds band vessels bring it home to the Brudenell.
From £17.00
Future Now brings Pussy Riot and a fierce line-up of rising bands to one of the North West’s most forward-thinking venues.
From £36.40