Things to do this March

There are signs of Spring in the air and plenty of things to do in March on the Oxford Road Corridor. It’s Women’s History Month and we are lucky enough to be surrounded by the inspiring rich history of the activism of women in Manchester. This is the birthplace of the suffragette movement so International Women’s Day is rightly celebrated here every March, see our guide below for some of the best things to do.

There are new exhibitions to see at The Refuge, Castlefield Gallery and at the Holden Gallery where Manchester School of Art’s Quartet series rotates to celebrate the work of their 2020 and 2021 media graduates. The BBC Philharmonic and Halle orchestra’s joint season marking 150 years since the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams continues throughout March and April with major concerts at The Bridgewater Hall.

There is an excellent line-up of theatre. The Glad Game at Contact is the story of someone finding themself in the bleakest of times, of discovering gladness in the saddest of moments and about how who and what you love can pull you through. Also at Contact, The Bread We Break is a new work from an emerging theatre practitioner that attempts to piece together fragments from an untold history.

Finally, ¡Viva! – the 28th edition of Manchester’s Spanish & Latin American Festival returns to HOME, with 50 screenings of 21 films from Spain, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Mexico.