What happens when the DIY underground collides with one of Manchester’s biggest, shiniest arts spaces?

If ecopoetry is your bag, then this event – featuring Isabel Galleymore and Hannah Copley in conversation – will be right up your traffic-calmed, pedestrianised street.

Take Back Theatre bring a powerful new play exploring patriotism, identity and belonging, set in the intimate surroundings of Manchester’s 53Two.

Magic, music and surreal cabaret collide in Avanti Display’s latest show – a curious twilight performance that’s delightfully hard to define.

10 emerging artists, 10 easels, 30 minutes on the clock. Brushes clash. The crowd decides. Stretford Mall goes out swinging.

Get hands on with the decks in this funk and soul superstar DJ workshop from BBC Radio 6’s Ailsa.

Spend some precious time with your baby in Manchester.

A high-octane and vibrant new musical comedy dances into Manchester for its UK premiere later this year.

Don Letts presents a previously unreleased documentary exploring the experiences of the first wave of Afro-Caribbean immigrants to Britain in the wake of WW2.

Get ready for an intergalactic adventure telling the story of two star-crossed alien lovers!

This June, Manchester welcomes the launch of SLAMCHESTER, a one-night-only spoken word slam featuring a a special performance by Jardel Rodrigues.

Góbéfest, Manchester’s original international urban folk music and dance festival, is back with a killer line up and the best of Central Europe.