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music The Hallé – Maher’s Titan
The Bridgewater Hall | 9 February 2022

Carlo Rizzi conducts guest musicians Heejae Kim and Gareth Small in an evening featuring Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Mahler.

music The Hallé and Hallé Youth Orchestra Side by Side Showcase
The Bridgewater Hall | 13 February 2022

Delyana Lazarova, winner of the inaugural Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition and Hallé Youth Orchestra Music Director, takes to the podium to introduce and direct the combined forces of the Hallé and Hallé Youth Orchestra in an all-Russian programme that combines youth and experience. A truly memorable evening for both performers and audience alike. Tchaikovsky […]

music The Hallé – The Lark Ascending
The Bridgewater Hall | 19 February 2022

The Hallé present The Lark Ascending a concert at The Bridgewater Hall that offers a collection of much-loved pastoral-themed masterpieces.

music The Hallé – Isata Kanneh-Mason performs Clara Schumann
The Bridgewater Hall | 24 February 2022

Tianyi Lu conducts The Hallé at The Bridgewater Hall with guest pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and works by Anna Clyne, Clara Schumann and Schoenberg.

music The Hallé – Broadway…And All That Jazz
The Bridgewater Hall | 3 March 2022

The Hallé, Roderick Dunk and two of Britain’s most versatile vocalists lead this uplifting celebration of everyone’s favourite West End and Broadway songs and shows.

music Half Man Half Biscuit
The Ritz | 28 January 2022

Influential Birkenhead band Half Man Half Biscuit bring their satirical and sometimes surreal music to The Ritz this January.

music Yann Tiersen
The Bridgewater Hall | 15 February 2022

French musician and composer Yann Tiersen performs at The Bridgewater Hall in February in support of his latest album ‘Kerber’.

families Hallé – The Snowman and Hairy Maclary
The Bridgewater Hall | 22 December 2021

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without settling down in front of Raymond Brigg’s classic animated film, The Snowman.

music RNCM Opera Double Bill: Ariadne + The Medium
Royal Northern College of Music | 12 – 19 December 2021

After two years in the dark, the lights on the RNCM Opera stage have been switched back on. To mark the occasion, they are performing two fully staged operas in an exciting double bill programme.

music Below The Bridge
The Thirsty Scholar | 27 November 2021

Below The Bridge is an all-day live music event featuring the best new bands and singer-songwriters from across Manchester.

literature Anthony Joseph at Manchester Poetry Library
Manchester Poetry Library | 2 December 2021

Award-winning Trinidad-born poet, novelist, academic and musician Anthony Joseph hosts a special lecture that blends music and poetry at Manchester Poetry Library.

music Love Noughties New Year’s Eve 90’s Throwback Edition
Manchester Academy | 31 December 2021

Love Noughties UK presents the end of year party….. Love Noughties New Years Eve the 90s Throwback Edition.

music Ultimate Power: New Years Special!
The Ritz | 31 December 2021

Ultimate Power isn’t just for Christmas, no, the biggest songs, the biggest hair and the biggest guitar solos return to ring in the New Year at The Ritz

music Christmas at Hatch
HATCH | 12 – 22 December 2021

Hatch is transformed into a neon-drenched Winter Wonderland of shopping, music food and drink. The perfect alternative Christmas destination from 12th to 22nd of December.

music Anika
YES | 6 December 2021

Anika – the project of Berlin-based musician Annika Henderson who is also a founding member of Exploded View – is performing at YES in support of her first new album in over a decade.