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

Swap the big auditoriums for pubs, studios and unexpected spaces as Greater Manchester Fringe Festival celebrates 15 years this July.

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.

Catch tomorrow’s comedy stars today with ten days of Edinburgh previews, big-name stand-ups and intimate gigs across Manchester.

Sarah Frankcom returns to the Royal Exchange with a Tony Award-winning musical about queer lives and the costs of keeping family secrets.

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.

Discover a fast, funny and brilliantly accessible take on Shakespeare, performed in one of Manchester’s most beautiful hidden spaces.

For fans of early Black Country New Road, Champion Trees render stalled lives and small defeats in exacting, wry and self-deprecating detail.

Visit key locations associated with a moment that helped shape the future of the nation, tracing the footsteps of those who stood for change.

Greg Freeman mines local history for character-driven tales of violence, loss and epiphany on his second album, Burnover.

Gothic country ballads, psych-folk drones and pedal steel drawn long and slow. Ora Cogan brings her witchy country to Now Wave’s new (old) pub.