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activity Festive Fun at the Museum
The Manchester Museum | 13 December 2023

Fill up on festive joy with an evening of fun at Manchester Museum. with market stalls, winter music, reindeer racing and sing-alongs.

activity Stan’s Secret Santa
The Manchester Museum | 5 – 8 December 2023

Manchester Museum’s beloved Tyrannosaurus rex, Stan, is getting into the festive spirit by pulling on his Santa hat for a charity gift appeal.

activity bound & UN:IK Pop-Up Store
Circle Square | 27 October – 4 November 2023

Powerhouse fashion brands UN:IK and bound are joining forces to bring a week-long celebration of independent culture at Circle Square.

activity Anniversary Open Evening
The Pankhurst Centre | 10 October 2023

Join The Pankhurst Centre for a special anniversary night at the museum to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the founding of the WSPU.

activity A Nightmare on Nelson Street
The Pankhurst Centre | 26 October 2023

A walk around Nelson Street to hear its curious history, then back to the Pankhurst Centre for cocoa & tales of the spookiest suffragettes!

activity Stitching on the Border
Manchester Poetry Library | 5 April – 10 May 2023

Help Manchester Poetry Library complete Stitching on the Border, a new artwork dedicated to all people crossing boarders.

activity Big Weekender: Earth Day
The Manchester Museum | 22 – 23 April 2023

Manchester Museum’s Big Weekender includes hands-on activities to help inspire appreciation and caring for our planet.

activity Girl Boss Equity Festival
Milk & Honey Cafe | 9 March 2023

A community of collaborative women – Doing boss, not Being boss. Celebrating stories, skills, and coming together for equity.

activity The Walk for Women 
Manchester Central Library | 4 March 2023

The Walk for Women will be back again this International Women’s Day 2023, with a walk on Saturday 4 March.

activity Christmas at The Pankhursts’
The Pankhurst Centre | 8 December 2022

Explore the iconic home of the Suffragette movement on an expert-led tour complete with Christmas crafts, mince pie and mulled wine.

activity Soundwalking: Designing and Incorporating Sound into Urban Design
School of Digital Arts (SODA) | 16 November 2022

A workshop and soundwalk around the Man Met campus and Oxford Road to learn more about the impact of design on local sound environments.

families Afrocats x Whitworth
The Whitworth | 25 – 27 October 2022

This October half term, African and Caribbean songs will fill the galleries as well as cultural arts and crafts workshops taking place in the Whitworth’s School of Creativity.

activity World Afro Day – Drink and Draw
Contact | 15 September 2022

Contact is throwing a drink and draw event as part of their World Afro Day celebrations in the run-up to new show, Halo.

activity Pride Events
The Proud Place | 24 – 28 August 2022

The Proud Place run a number of workshops for Manchester Pride ahead of the event and over the weekend celebrations.

theatre The Lands Heart is Greater Than Its Map
HOME | 8 – 12 June 2022

Join a guided tour of a distant city where nothing seems to make sense. Its people are silenced and its landscape is disappearing.