Aviva Studios becomes a skater’s paradise this summer as adidas brings Build Manchester – a free celebration of skate culture.

Straight from Kampala, Uganda, comes Who Killed Captain Alex?, a DIY kung-fu action film that must be seen to be believed.

A summertime food and drink blow-out at the beautiful Temple Newsam estate in Leeds.

To mark Ted Hughes’s birthday on 17 August, four dynamic Northern poets will gather in his native Mytholmroyd to celebrate the landscape and poetry of the former Poet Laureate.

Every Monday night upstairs at Fierce Bar, The Comedy Vault hosts an outrageously funny open-mic night. Come and try your hand or just to watch and laugh.

Get ready for a night of genre-busting live music when Fluff brings its Summer Pride Party to the Social at Aviva Studios.

Manchester’s SCENE is back for 2025 with a huge, city-wide celebration of queer screen culture scheduled this August

An insanely committed seven-nights-a-week, Creatures of the Night Comedy Club opens its doors (20.30-22.30 typically, though please check) for evening after evening of side-splitting comedy.

Round up the family and celebrate Pride with a packed day of circus arts and dance, facepainting and creative workshops. All free.

Join in the celebration of creative communities in the heart of Manchester with MCDC’s new exhibition ‘Connecting Spaces’.

Following its acclaimed debut in 2024, Star Nhà Ease, the UK’s only curated season celebrating Vietnamese cinema, arrives at Manchester’s Cultplex.

Enjoy arts, crafts and storytelling this summer.