Where to go

Leeds
Music venue
Headrow House

Home to regular arts and live music events, with djs, live gigs, comedy shows, and more, visiting this four-storey venue is a must.

Leeds
Music venue
The Wardrobe

Located in the city’s Art Quarter, The Wardrobe has been contributing to Leeds’ rich live music offering since its opening in 1999.

Belgrave music hall Leeds
Leeds
Music venue
Belgrave Music Hall

This music hall and canteen recently opened in the former site of Leeds Children’s Palace – a three-storey recreation hall and nursery school.

Leeds
Music venue
Brudenell Social Club

Perhaps Leeds’ most beloved music venue, the Brudenell is a lively and fun-loving place that often hosts two shows simultaneously.

The exterior of The Pilcrow
Manchester
Bar or Pub
Sadler’s Cat

The Pilcrow is now Sadler’s Cat, a contemporary community pub at the heart of the NOMA neighbourhood. Overlooking Sadler’s Yard.

Bakchich
Manchester
Restaurant
Bakchich Manchester

Bakchich does excellent, reasonably priced Lebanese food – including sharwarma, pickles, meshawi grills and baklawa – in a beautifully tiled, high-ceilinged space.

Levenshulme Antiques Village
Levenshulme
Shop
Levenshulme Antiques Village

The Antiques Village in Levenshulme is a regional hypermarket where many dealers buy and sell antiques, pre-war and vintage furniture, fireplaces and collectables.

Red Brick Vintage, Cains Brewery, Liverpool
Liverpool
Shop
Red Brick Vintage

Red Brick Vintage is a cavernous warehouse of vintage, antiques, retro, salvage, hand-crafted, brocante, collectables, vinyl and more.