Gold Panda swaps reflective electronica for fast, scrappy house on his latest album TON UP, bringing 140bpm energy to The White Hotel.

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.

Nearly 50 years after The Durutti Column formed in Manchester, their music comes home to Albert Hall for a one-night-only chamber-style performance.

Louise Orwin takes on the TikTok algorithm in FAMEHUNGRY, a funny, unpredictable theatrical experiment exploring art, fame and online attention.

Over 30 independent makers sell one-off gifts at People’s History Museum, alongside workshops, live music and festive drinks.

Dr Shanali Perera’s paintings explore the space between what can be seen and what is experienced when it comes to illness.

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

texture’s latest exhibition asks something unusual of its visitors: hold two gazes at once – your own, and that of someone living a hundred years from now.

A lost recording of the opening moments of the Strangeways Protest sits at the centre of Richard Hards’ exhibition at Moon Grove.

Epic architecture, hidden green spaces and ideas that changed the world. Explore the rich history of achievement at The University of Manchester.