See out 2025 in sky-high style at 20 Stories, for dinner, drinks and DJs with Manchester glittering far below.

From the creators of La Discothèque comes The Little Disco, returning to central Manchester’s giant food hall and party playground for NYE.

HOME’s Christmas show Freaky Friday makes its UK stage premiere. A funny, heartfelt Disney musical offering a body-swappingly brilliant alternative to panto.

A sense-sational exhibition returns to Manchester in 2025.

Santiago Yahuarcani’s otherworldly visions come to the Whitworth, in the artist’s first international solo show as part of MIF25.

Experience the work of David Hockney like never before in Bigger and Closer (not smaller and further away) at Aviva Studios.

Marcos Kueh explores labour diasporas and Manchester’s industrial history at his first institutional solo show.

Step through the wardrobe and experience an icy, magic and mystical adventure.

A joyous, tap-dancing classic returns – Singin’ in the Rain lights up Christmas 2025 at the Royal Exchange.

HOME presents ‘Roots in the Sky’, a group exhibition and curatorial project by British-Nigerian artist Tunji Adeniyi-Jones. 

Manchester Art Gallery presents: ‘Holly Graham: The Warp / The Weft / The Wake’, a show that takes a closer look at the the exploitative legacy of the cotton industry.

‘It Requires Getting Lost’ at Castlefield Gallery is a unique dialogue between artists and an exercise in seeing uncertainty with hope.