Bill Callahan brings his new album My Days of 58 to Aviva Studios, facing down mortality with warmth and dry humour.

A fascinating archival exhibition uncovers the forgotten stories of people who have helped shape The Portico Library’s 220-year history.

Silenced for 157 years after scandalising Paris, Offenbach’s political satire Barkouf finally gets its UK premiere in Manchester.

Jonathan Schofield’s new walking tour exploring the treasures and famous landmarks of Manchester’s Oxford road.

Satire, hope and political commentary come together in a bold new drama imagining Gaza as host of the 2048 Olympic Games.

Explore the Suffragettes’ epic fight for equal rights on this guided tour around significant buildings and landmarks.

More than 50 years after Cabaret Voltaire’s first gig, this is your final chance to see the band that did it first, doing it one last time.

In the centenary year of the 1926 General Strike, People’s History Museum traces a century of industrial action and collective resistance.

Celebrating 50 years of the Royal Exchange, Mythic Reinvention puts the theatre’s extraordinary costume department centre stage.

David Threlfall, Matthew Dunster and Nadine Shah lead a major new King Lear for the Royal Exchange’s 50th anniversary season.

30 years after writing a piece for The Bridgewater Hall’s opening celebrations, Thomas Adès returns to conduct it alongside Stravinsky and a world premiere.

Explore the ways in which Manchester helped shape and reinforce the ideas of the fathers of communism, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.