Expect a joyous weekend loaded with outdoor performances, live music, hands-on family events, and of course, Preston’s signature Torchlight Procession and firework display.

This contemporary adaptation promises a “whirlwind of sweaty dance-offs” and “drum and bass love anthems” in a celebratory nod to Manchester’s dance, music and rave culture.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park welcomes a retrospective from Bharti Kher, a leading contemporary artist known for her innovative approach to sculpture.

Fat Out Fest, a Salford festival championing the experimental and the underground in music and visual art, returns with three-days of music, exhibitions and workshops.

Air Open is back for its seventh year, with a fantastic array of innovative artworks in any medium you can imagine, on display at Rogue Artist Studios.

Porches, the synth-pop project of New York–based musician Aaron Maine, plays at Band on the Wall following the release of his sixth album, Shirt.

Dance, live music and spoken word collide in this Olivier Award-winning performance from Ivan Michael Blackstock.

Igshaan Adams’s opulent textile works takes centre stage at his solo exhibition ‘Weerhoud’ at the Hepworth Wakefield.

Now in its 19th year, Manchester Literature Festival returns this autumn, running city-wide across a variety of venues from 4 to 20 October.

Marking the official start of The Warehouse Project’s 2024 season, Repercussion is back with a huge day-to-night party celebrating dance music in all its forms.

To mark the start of autumn The Hepworth Wakefield are hosting a Harvest Festival filled with local stall holders, activities and exhibitions.

In this series of screenings, presented in partnership with the University of Manchester’s ‘James Baldwin and Britain’ project, HOME examines his ongoing influence on British culture.