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Join Professor David Sumpter at Anthony Burgess Foundation for Four Ways of Thinking: Statistical, Interactive, Chaotic and Complex.

Join Sir Richard Leese and discover the future of healthcare in Delivering the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Strategy.

Different Trains is an exhilarating journey through time and memory, weaved together with live score for strings with field recordings and fragments of spoken word.

Manchester Collective present The Unfurrowed Field at RNCM. A joyful fusion of jazz and Scottish folk music.

In this audio-visual live concert, musicians and composers turn to the painter’s immense canvases for inspiration, reimagining them through sound and light.

Join Bez In conversation as he talks about his extraordinary life and career, the story of a bad lad who has turned his life good.

Join RNCM for a one-off, semi-staged performance of Sondheim’s award-winning adventure, Into the Woods.

RNCM round off their celebrations with some of Manchester’s finest DJs taking us through five decades of music.

To mark the end of its 50th year, the Royal Northern College of Music is throwing open its doors to the local community.

RNCM’s Wind Orchestra returns this summer for a riveting evening of new works, including Luis Serrano Alarcón’s Cello Concerto.

RNCM Original Voices Festival celebrates new perspectives on music by reimagining how to perform and present works from the past.

Renowned baritone Simon Keenlyside and RNCM alumnus returns this Spring alongside pianist Malcolm Martineau for a thrilling evening of music.

Join Z-arts this Christmas for Snow Mouse, an enchanting winter’s tale for children ages 0-4.

toooB is an enchanting wordless performance for 6-24 month-olds and their grown-ups.

Contact celebrates queer culture with an extraordinary line-up of LGBTQ+ talent heading our way for Queer Contact 2023