Fans of the world-famous and still-anonymous street artist Banksy, gather round. Spring 2026 sees The Mystery of Banksy – A Genius Mind take over Depot Mayfield.

Part performance, part conversation, Hannah Maxwell’s work-in-progress invites audiences into the creative process before its Fringe debut.

From years spent languishing in post-industrial decline to being crowned one of ‘the coolest neighbourhoods in the world’. What’s the story behind Ancoats?

Cameroon meets Manchester at Ngwafu’s plant-based supper club. Held in July at Bridge 5 Mill, with an all-vinyl soundtrack from Bitter Leaf Industries.

Join Jonathan Schofield Tours and explore dark side of Manchester with shocking stories, grubby stories and hilarious stories.

Out Here at Castlefield Gallery shifts environmental questions out of the abstract and back into the natural materials beneath our feet.

Band on the Wall bring people together to make, as well as watch, music. Join them to learn folk tunes from all over the world.

For the four artists in texture’s reopening show, redaction is not absence but method – a way of exploring what’s been officially ignored, coded or suppressed.

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

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.

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.