Spirit Studios, formerly known as SSR and The School of Sound Recording, is a music and media training academy producing graduates within the music, television, film and radio industries. Recently kitted out with new state-of-the-art Audient desks, Spirit Studios houses 10 unique studios, an on-site live venue, DJ booths, editing suites and more.
Open-air club Progress scales up to 5000 capacity and launches a spring/summer season of forward-thinking electronic music and grassroots culture.
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Now in its 20th year, Manchester Literature Festival is presenting a special programme of spring events.
from £8.00
Explore the incredible history behind one of Britain’s grandest and most storied commercial buildings: Manchester’s Grade II listed Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
from £20
Happening as part of MIF25, Blackhaine’s world premiere performance promises to be one of the most compelling and emotionally charged experiences of the festival.
from £10.00
An exhibition organised by an all-female team, with an emphasis on celebrating women’s perspectives through the work of four emerging artists
free entry
The new curatorial project ‘Ecological Borders’ ponders how the body can act as both a barrier and a point of connection with nature.
free entry
Manchester School of Theatre (Manchester Metropolitan University) are back with a bumper spring season of performance.
from £5.00
Through a treasure trove of concerts, the RNCM’s initiative Dance:Music explores the symbiotic relationship between music and dance.
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After serving two summers of temporary parties, Progress Centre was reinvented into a new permanent outdoor club in 2024, before adding two new permanent spaces – Square One and Cakebread…
Huge outside drinking space, designed for groups of people to enjoy that Irish pub atmosphere in the open air.
Projekts MCR Skatepark sits under the Mancunian Way, with architecturally intriguing ramps and pipes as well as a small cafe.
Join Good Life Skates at Freight Island every week from Thursday to Sunday, to roll through the weekend.
Seconds is the new carvery at Freight Island, based around hearty Sunday roast dinners.
Mayfield is about to be reborn. Innovation, audacity and imagination are in the air, as energy, ideas and life return to this neglected part of Manchester city centre.
The Marriott Hotel Piccadilly delivers four star luxury in the heart of Manchester.
The in-house spa at the Marriott Hotel Piccadilly is a sanctuary away from the city outside on its doorstep.
Manchester has a new green heart: The 6.5 acre Mayfield Park, complete with the largest public playground in the city.
Freight Island is back for its fifth season, with a sparkling new line-up of events and happenings.
One Star Döner Bar is the latest addition to the fast-growing Escape To Freight Island, the exciting urban market located at Depot Mayfield.
The Star and Garter is a legendary Manchester pub and music venue located in a grade II listed building on Fairfield Street.
Crocodile-themed Easter egg hunts, sense-sational museum trips and more this Easter!
Electronic music features heavily in our latest round-up of gig highlights across Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool.
Willow weaving, textile collages, digital arts and ecology - all this and more in our exhibition top picks this month
Spring is here and the North is buzzing with must-visit new restaurants and bars.
Vintage Alfred Hitchcock and a family friendly film festival are amongst our highlights this May.
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.
