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From vintage bus tours to unusual places and hidden spaces, explore the city as never...
Lightopia promises spectacular illuminations, a water-based laser show and 2000 lanterns
Uprising makes its bank holiday debut with twelve giant murals and arty events galore
The groundbreaking venue will tour Greater Manchester, opening with a new arts festival this month
Live in Greater Manchester? You could submit work, with £10,000 of prizes up for grabs
Exactly 200 years on, the powerful free event will feature ‘no spectators, only participants’
From ‘knocker up’ Martha to ‘washerwoman’ Mary, lively sculptures recall the women of Grove Street
Defying a stalling ‘Northern Powerhouse’, culture has seen staggering growth
David Lynch at HOME, The Nico Project and Tao of Glass reviewed
Invisible Cities, Utopolis, Tuesday and Atmospheric Memory reviewed
As its Cheetham Hill synagogue is doubled in size, the museum will create a two-year...
MIF19 launched with Ono’s ‘Bells for Peace’ and Janelle Monáe’s sell-out concert…here’s what we thought...
Expect 18 days of free gigs, world premieres and a brand new Festival Square as...
As the huge biennial arts festival returns this week, Danny Moran asks: “Are you out...
The citywide festival entered double figures with one of its most vibrant parades yet
Expanded music venue will explore the heritage of Manchester’s migrant communities
From ‘devil’s darkness’ to beacon city, the Victorian visionary helped inspire modern Manchester
The elephant, which famously walked from Edinburgh in 1872, is on loan from Manchester Museum
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FilterEngland’s biggest free heritage festival is coming to Manchester
From vintage bus tours to unusual places and hidden spaces, explore the city as never...
Europe’s biggest lantern and light festival to debut in Heaton Park
Lightopia promises spectacular illuminations, a water-based laser show and 2000 lanterns
Major new street art festival to take over Rochdale this weekend
Uprising makes its bank holiday debut with twelve giant murals and arty events galore
Royal Exchange launches £1m pop-up theatre
The groundbreaking venue will tour Greater Manchester, opening with a new arts festival this month
HOME to host massive open exhibition with 500+ local artists
Live in Greater Manchester? You could submit work, with £10,000 of prizes up for grabs
From the Crowd - huge public performance to mark Peterloo Massacre anniversary
Exactly 200 years on, the powerful free event will feature ‘no spectators, only participants’
a place lived: new Spinningfields artwork recalls 18th century residents
From ‘knocker up’ Martha to ‘washerwoman’ Mary, lively sculptures recall the women of Grove Street
MIF19 bows out with Skepta…as Greater Manchester revealed to have North’s biggest culture scene
Defying a stalling ‘Northern Powerhouse’, culture has seen staggering growth
Manchester International Festival: the hits and misses so far (part 2)
David Lynch at HOME, The Nico Project and Tao of Glass reviewed
Manchester International Festival: the hits and misses so far
Invisible Cities, Utopolis, Tuesday and Atmospheric Memory reviewed
Manchester Jewish Museum to ‘pop up’ in Central Library during £5m transformation
As its Cheetham Hill synagogue is doubled in size, the museum will create a two-year...
Yoko Ono rings in peace…and Manchester International Festival
MIF19 launched with Ono’s ‘Bells for Peace’ and Janelle Monáe’s sell-out concert…here’s what we thought...
Manchester International Festival - all you need to know
Expect 18 days of free gigs, world premieres and a brand new Festival Square as...
Interview: Manchester International Festival director John McGrath
As the huge biennial arts festival returns this week, Danny Moran asks: “Are you out...
From giant monkeys to steampunk: Manchester Day in pictures
The citywide festival entered double figures with one of its most vibrant parades yet
Band on the Wall to unveil hidden musical heritage thanks to £1.4m lottery fund
Expanded music venue will explore the heritage of Manchester’s migrant communities
Summer festival to mark 200th birthday of John Ruskin
From ‘devil’s darkness’ to beacon city, the Victorian visionary helped inspire modern Manchester
Skeleton of Belle Vue legend Maharajah displayed at Piccadilly
The elephant, which famously walked from Edinburgh in 1872, is on loan from Manchester Museum