Events Around Manchester

Express yourself through music, art and storytelling at Make Your Mark workshops with the museum’s creative team and guest artists. Family Friendly activity, suitable for 5+ No booking required, drop in activity Make Your Mark workshops offer an inclusive space for all ages and abilities.

Programme: Telemann – Oboe Concerto in C Bach – Concerto for Violin & Oboe Vivaldi – The Four Seasons If you’re looking for a romantic candlelit experience - or simply want to enjoy some classical music greats in a gorgeous setting - then this is the concert for you.

The Manchester Soul Festival Returns for Fifth Charitable Year After four years of bringing remarkable soul, northern, and Motown music to huge crowds and raising over £100,000 for The Christie, The Manchester Soul Festival is back for more!

Film-Director, author and lead singer of acclaimed Punk band The Skids, Richard Jobsonpresents ‘A Night of Songs’, where he will be sharing ihs illustrious, yet often challenging, life story alongside musical interludes.

Rossendale Hospice Mardi Gras Ball 2019 Fantastic entertainment, auction and DJ Hilton Hotel, 303 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4LQ. 6:30pm drinks reception, 3 course dinner Black tie, dress to impress. Carriages at 1am Booking form on www.rossendalehospiceball.com

Wing Fest is bringing its poultry wares to Manchester this 14th and 15th of September 2019. It will showcase over 20 restaurants, street food traders, BBQ teams and pop-ups; all slinging their drums and flats for a quid a wing in a bid to be crowned either ‘Best Buffalo Wing’ or ‘Best Wild Wing’ and prove they have...

Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera bring six brand new, short operas to The Dancehouse. Six librettists, six composers, centennials voicing their creations. Instruments and voices merge on stage in the worlds of the denied, the confused, the angry, the sad, the content.

After storming into America and being seen by 51 million people online, TAPE FACE lands back on UK soil and hits the road. Grab a ticket and prepare for another storm. Putting your shoes on will never be the same after seeing this show.

Mark Radcliffe will be interviewed by Dave Haslam about his new book, ’Crossroads’, a warm and intimate reflection on crucial turning points in the history of music.

Special ’Unknown Pleasures 40th Anniversary Cut’ Celebrating 40 years since the release of Joy Division’s groundbreaking debut LP, ’Unknown Pleasures’, this is the story of four ordinary lads who, inspired by the punk revolution of 1970s Manchester, came together to form one of the

You are invited to step inside the Oval Office and experience life as a reporter in the Briefing Room. Join BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel as he takes you inside Trump’s West Wing and discusses the impact this presidency has had on the most iconic of American institutions.

If you’re a retro video game collector, a board game fanatic or a fan of gaming from past to present, then make sure you head down to the Manchester Gaming Market on Sunday 1 September for your chance to find hidden gems from the gaming world.

FREE family friendly day out featuring classic and modern transport based in Heaton Park. With something for everyone, classic and modern buses, military and commercial vehicles, cars and motorcycles on show. Close by are the Boating Lake, Lakeside Café and the fun fair.

Free admission & free heritage buses between the Museum, Museum of Science and Industry & People’s History Museum Heritage Open Days is England’s biggest heritage festival involving 40,000 volunteers.

Calling all brides to be! We’d like to invite you to join us on Sunday 8th September at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, where we’ll be hosting over 65 leading wedding suppliers. Bring your partner, friends or family along for what’s set to be a day filled with all the wedding inspiration you need.

Join us for a Tabby McTat special of Under 5’s First Steps. This week we’ll be joining the cat with the loudest meee-ews and his best friend as we travel around the city.

The Creative Craft show returns to cities across the UK this Autumn. The Creative Craft Show will be in Manchester in September bringing the hottest new supplies to crafters.

You are very welcome to join us at St Paul’s Church in Monton on Sunday Evening, 1st September 2019 at 6:30pm as members of the Eccles Team Of Churches come together with friends from the local Methodist Churches and others to sing a selection of wonderful hymns and hear the reasons why those hymns have been

Mum2mum Market SWINTON, Manchester BARGAINS, BARGAINS, BARGAINS!! Swinton Mum2mum market is a popular baby and childrens nearly new sale, for goods for 0-6 years old. Come along and see what you can find! You can grab lots of bargains at a fraction of the retail price!!

A musical play adapted and directed by David Wood, based on the book by Judith Kerr. Direct from the West End, the Olivier Award nominated smash hit show, The Tiger Who Came to Tea returns on tour, celebrating over 10 years on stage! The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea.

You’ve seen football. You’ve seen tennis. But have you seen Comedy as a sport? Then you don’t want to miss this all ages, all action, all improvised competitive comedy show! Two teams battle it out for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, sketches and songs inspired by your suggestions.

Pick your distance and join #TeamChristie once again as we tour the stunning Cheshire countryside in the Manchester 100. Starting and finishing at Wythenshawe Park, choose either the 100km or 100 mile route and test your cycling mettle for The Christie!

Walk in the footsteps of hatters with hatting expert Sue Lea. This popular guided walk takes in the key sites and characters that played a part in Stockport’s hat trade. Don’t forget to wear your comfy shoes and dress for whatever the great British weather has in stor. Please meet at Hat Works.

A new family musical adaptation of the wonderful Quentin Blake story. Mister Magnolia has many things, such as an old trumpet that goes rooty-toot, some very fat owls learning to hoot, a big purple dinosaur who’s a magnificent brute, two sisters who play the flute, and even a swimming pool.