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A cult tv and movie themed bar set below street level on Portland Street in Manchester.
A cult tv and movie themed bar set below street level on Portland Street in Manchester.
Hop on your bike for this guided cycling tour, exploring fascinating corners of Manchester you may never have seen before.
from £25.00Scranchester have teamed up with Manchester Union Lager to curate a foodie walking tour with a craft lager twist.
from £70.00Explore the Suffragettes’ epic fight for equal rights on this guided tour around significant buildings and landmarks.
from £20.00The fifth Festival Of Libraries is a five-day multi-venue celebration of Greater Manchester’s libraries happening 4 to 8 June.
free entryVarious independent publishing houses set out their stalls at the Northern Publishers’ Fair at Manchester Central Library.
free entryStagger across three hundred years of Manchester’s drinking history in one of the city’s most fun-loving walking tours.
from £25.00Visit key locations associated with a moment that helped shape the future of the nation, tracing the footsteps of those who stood for change.
from £20.00Manchester Art Gallery presents: ‘Holly Graham: The Warp / The Weft / The Wake’, a show that takes a closer look at the the exploitative legacy of the cotton industry.
free entryEverything you want in a Canal Street club can be found here. Cruz 101 – better known as Cruz – is an institution, and a must-visit in Manchester.
Le français, c’est chic! The Alliance Française de Manchester has a large range of online & onsite French courses.
Now a conference and events venue, the Grade II-listed Mechanics’ Institute was the birth place of the TUC in 1868. It was also the birthplace of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Umist) and the Cooperative Insurance Society.
Try Thai is an unfussy authentic Thai restaurant in Chinatown that has been quietly serving up superb quality food for years.
Passionately adored by many Mancunian foodies (and the first Manchester restaurant in ages not to get a slating from notoriously picky Observer food critic Jay Rayner), this Szechuan restaurant rules the culinary roost from an unprepossessing basement on Portland Street.
The formerly known Hotel Brooklyn reopens as voco, a brand new and gloriously stylish hotel on Manchester’s Portland Street.
Ditto Coffee is a coffee shop specialising in independent music and speciality coffee. This Manchester coffee shop is the second from the Liverpool-based Ditto Music company.
Bundobust Oxford Road is the latest addition to the ever-growing alt-Indian food chain. Opens spring in the St James Building on Manchester’s Oxford Road.
Enjoy a gourmet lunch for whatever price you feel and help fight food waste. Real Junk Food Project Manchester has final found a permanent home, ideally located along Oxford Road, and business is booming.
Sackville Park is a lovely green space in Manchester city centre, home to the Alan Turing Memorial.
Spring is here and the North is buzzing with must-visit new restaurants and bars.
Open air clubs, new festivals and long-awaited gigs. The North West's live music scene is heating up this spring.
Vintage Alfred Hitchcock and a family friendly film festival are amongst our highlights this May.
Crocodile-themed Easter egg hunts, sense-sational museum trips and more this Easter!
Willow weaving, textile collages, digital arts and ecology - all this and more in our exhibition top picks this month
We've got many a good time in store this month as we round up the best walking tours, cultural classes and makers markets in the land.
Dynamic dance, party-performance, high-energy stand-up and a site-specific show set in a pub. All this and more in our newest theatre guide.
If it's inspiring, inclusive events and avant-garde, experimental afternoons you're after, look no further than live literature this spring – we've got you covered.