The Whitworth showcases one of contemporary art’s most unruly imaginations as 2024 Turner Prize nominee Delaine Le Bas arrives with a major solo exhibition.
Free entry
10 editions in, and Manchester Histories Festival is still finding stories that official records have skirted over.
Free entry
See through the eyes of an astronaut in this epic concert and visual experience, Space Station Earth at Aviva Studios. .
From £15.00
With a miniature steam railway, working engines and a percussion group inspired by industry, the Science and Industry Museum brings play with a point.
Free entry
Explore green spaces, striking architecture, and fascinating stories at Angel Meadow and the Irk Valley, which has a dark past but bright future.
From £20.00
Saul Hay celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exhibition that gives 100 artists just 10 centimetres to work with.
Free entry
The Untold Orchestra bring musical theatre hits to RNCM’s Young Explorers, opening orchestral music into something looser, more collective and fun.
From £8.00
30 years after the IRA bomb, a new Royal Exchange play traces three centuries of Manchester history as it plays out through individual lives.
From £12.00
The RNCM launches its second Inspirational Artists series, spotlighting a huge range of touring musicians and ensembles, each bringing something unique to the stage.
From £12.50
Salford Lads Club shot to global fame as the iconic backdrop on The Smiths’ album The Queen is Dead, but its significance goes far beyond its musical ties.
From £20.00
Lowry presents an exhibition on group communion, featuring artists who capture the energy and anticipation of live audiences.
From a hamlet on a road to nowhere to one of Manchester’s most desirable suburbs. What’s the story behind Chorlton-cum-Hardy?
From £20.00
