Your guide to the arts in Manchester: exhibitions, plays and musicals, and concerts and gigs. Plus, discover what’s on at galleries, museums and cinemas across the city.
More than half of the UK’s grassroots music venues failed to make a profit in 2025, with thousands of jobs lost and the national touring circuit shrinking to a handful of major cities. The latest annual report from the...
Liverpudlian comedian John Bishop has announced today (January 23) a major UK and Ireland tour for spring 2027 with a brand-new show, Let’s Go Round Again. Hot on the heels of his sold-out, critically-acclaimed in...
Things are hotting up once again in the sphere of Harry Styles-world, and in times like this, it can be beneficial to take it all the way back to the start. Before he was a global phenomenon…...
The film awards season is in full swing, and the finishing line is now in sight, with all eyes now on the biggest prize, the 98th Academy Awards. The Oscar nominations are in (Thursday, January 22), and there are alread...
Dame Prue Leith has announced she will be leaving the baking television programme, The Great British Bake Off, after almost a decade as a judge on the show. The 86-year-old took over from Dame Mary Berry on the series b...
Popcorn at the ready…the films of 2026 are about to whisk us away on an emotional rollercoaster. From the giddy highs of seeing our favourite characters return in long-awaited sequels, to the euphoric swoop of fal...
This weekend, it’s Blues v Reds, because the Manchester Derby is back. Whether you’re United or City, you’ll want to catch all the action on the big screen, so if you’re looking for somewhere wit...
BBC Arts has announced that Ian McKellen is set to portray Greater Manchester artist L.S. Lowry in the forthcoming Arena documentary, L.S. Lowry: The Unheard Tapes. Marking 50 years since Lowry’s death, the immersive fi...
We love a bit of cinema here in Manchester, and with festivals celebrating all kinds of world cinema and genres, it’s no surprise the UK’s largest annual celebration of Japanese cinema is coming to town R...
Candlelight concerts in Manchester are redefining the city’s live music scene with tribute concerts that bring classical music to iconic venues like ABC Dome and Hallé St Peter’s. These Candlelight concerts near you—oft...
