Explore unusual things to do in Manchester: we reveal the secret places to visit, quirky sights to see, cool neighbourhoods to try, and guides to making the most of Manchester all year round. It’s your must-read guide to Manchester, for visitors and locals alike.
With festive treats, fire pits, an array of food and drink and entertainment, this wonderful winter village has it all! Treat yourself to a visit to the Alpine Village, arriving outside the Great Hall in the Trafford Ce...
As important to the festive season as tinsel and wrapping paper, the design for this year’s Christmas Market mug has been released. Every year the limited edition mugs are snapped up in their tens of thousands with visi...
Happy Hallo-wheel! The Big Wheel is landing outside intu Trafford Centre… but not all is what it seems this Halloween, as hair-raising horrors await. Photo: David McHugh / Brighton Pictures Experience a Big Wheel ride l...
There’s a Harry Potter shop in Manchester’s Arndale Centre and is donates all its profits to a wonderful charity. bycorbinluby Hoot, the not-for-profit Harry Potter themed gift shop has opened in The Arndale...
Who said dream jobs don’t exist? Cat lovers rejoice, Manchester’s moggie mansion is looking for a new assistant manager and the role sounds prrrfect. Photo: Cat cafe manchester The Northern Quarter cafe shar...
Noel Gallagher will be the special guest for a fundraising in-conversation event at Salford Lads Club. Interviews with the ex-Oasis singer are never dull and this one will be one of his most intimate to date. Photo: joy...
Help tackle food poverty and get a free beer. Today (Setember 25) between 12pm and 3pm the Camden Town Brewery ‘Harvest Hells Van’ will bring the UK’s first ‘Can-for-Can’ swap initiative to Media City. Sta...
The Afflecks student shopping guide Whether you’re a fresher, an ‘inbetweener’, returning to university for your final year or embarking on a post-grad, it’s time to get yourselves packed up and prepped for your ‘...
Following the success of last year’s installation, the wintry domain of the Ice Village will return to Manchester’s Cathedral Gardens for Christmas 2019. Set against a backdrop of snow-covered trees and twin...
Alton Tower’s Scarefest will return with three terrifying new mazes. Alton Towers is always bright and shiny, even in the rain (which is most of the time, if we’re being honest). But at Halloween, things get...