exhibition
Black Gold Arts x Whitworth Takeover
The Whitworth | 6 – 7 August 2022
Black Gold Arts x Whitworth Takeover is a two-day outdoor music and arts festival that showcases the very best, live music, DJs, dance, performance, fashion, and a catwalk.
exhibition
Together As One: A Celebration of Manchester’s LGBTQIA+ Community
The Refuge | 28 July – 30 September 2022
British Culture Archive Presents: Together As One – A Celebration of Manchester’s LGBTQ+ Community at The Refuge at The Kimpton Clocktower.
exhibition
British Art Show 9
HOME, Castlefield Gallery & the Whitworth | 26 May – 3 September 2022
British Art Show 9 explores three overarching themes – healing, care and reparative history; tactics for togetherness; and imagining new futures. Each of the four exhibitions will also adapt to local contexts. In Manchester the exhibition will engage with the evolving nature of work and the ongoing struggle to shape a new social contract.
exhibition
Open House
The Whitworth | 26 November 2021 – 10 December 2022
Wallpapers began arriving at the Whitworth in 1967, this exhibition delves into the galley’s collection of around 10,000 examples.
music
Manchester Psych Festival
YES | 3 September 2022
Manchester Psych Fest is an all-day celebration of psychedelic music and art, returning to the Oxford Road Corridor in September.
theatre
Kin
HOME | 27 September – 1 October 2022
Prepare to be moved to the core by Gecko’s hypnotising beauty, compelling global soundtrack, and unbarred emotion. Look inwards and ask ‘Who am I, and where do I belong?’