Visit key locations associated with a moment that helped shape the future of the nation, tracing the footsteps of those who stood for change.

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.

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.

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.

Manchester’s thriving queer cabaret scene takes centre stage in a bold pre-Pride celebration of creativity, community and fearless self-expression.

The Peak District is one of the most walked, photographed and painted landscapes in England. Common Ground is interested in what lies beneath it.

Catchy songs, colourful characters and sharp social satire combine in one of the most talked-about queer theatre hits.

Joe O’Rourke turns discarded DVD cases and found objects into paintings, restaged in Manchester after first opening in London.

Spies, Lies and Deception comes to The Quays, cracking open that window into the shady world of espionage and secret operations.

Prepare for lift-off this summer at the Science and Industry Museum with a line-up of free, out-of-this-world family fun.