FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Free Shows & Events in Manchester
Wed 23 Apr - Fri 27 Jun 2025
Tue 22 Apr - Tue 13 May 2025
Sat 3 May - Sat 19 Jul 2025
Sun 20 Apr - Sun 18 May 2025
Fri 2 May - Fri 18 Jul 2025
Sat 3 May - Sun 31 Aug 2025
Tue 6 May - Tue 1 Jul 2025
Fri 25 Apr - Fri 6 Jun 2025
Cloud Cuckoo Comedy
Sunday 20 April - Sunday 18 May 2025
A FREE new material night with some of the funniest comedians the North West has to offer in the heart of Preswich. Curated by MCs Hannah Rudd and Danielle Francis. All you need to do, is bring your sense of humour ...
Youth Theatre Taster Session
Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 April 2025
Aged between 7 and 17 and want to find out more about the Octagon's Youth Theatre sessions? Then try this FREE taster session ahead of the next term. The weekly youth theatre sessions support young people to develop drama skills, work wi...
Clubhouse Comedy
Tuesday 22 April - Tuesday 13 May 2025
Hosted by Charlie Lewis and Jordan Ducharme, Clubhouse Comedy is Manchester's award-nominated premier FREE comedy night in the heart of the city at legendary nightclub Joshua Brooks. Featuring the best TV acts trying new material and the ho...
Happy Hour Comedy
Wednesday 23 April - Friday 27 June 2025
An evening of uproarious comedy featuring the freshest local talents, all working out new material for your amusement. It's a free show with exit-by-donation - because laughter should be affordable and accessible. Come sip on budget-friendl...
Norman Kaplan - All Shall Be Afforded Dignity
Thursday 24 April 2025
This display of artwork marks 30 years since the first democratic elections in South Africa. Norman Kaplan's linocuts and prints speak to what life was like under the apartheid regime and remind us of the enduring relationship between art a...
La Fiesta
Friday 25 April - Friday 6 June 2025
A free-to-dance global music night featuring Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, and Jazz with live band. Free entry, every Friday! ...
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Friday 25 April - Saturday 31 May 2025
DJs and live musicians play old and new school hip hop, afrobeats and RnB goodness from Kendrick Lamar and J Hus to Wizkid and Lauryn Hill. ...
Funk Street!
Saturday 26 April - Saturday 7 June 2025
Get your groove on at Funk Street, a free night of live funk, soul and disco brought to you by resident bands. Traversing the finest in funk, soul, disco, house and more. Expect soul-heavy beats, infectious rhythm, and free-flowing danceflo...
Podcast Club
Tuesday 29 April - Wednesday 16 July 2025
Join in the fun at Z-arts' studio, where you can play games to improve your performance skills, learn how to record and edit audio, how to research, how to put together and give an interview, basically everything you need to become a supers...
Comedy Circus
Wednesday 30 April - Wednesday 21 May 2025
A free open mic comedy show designed to give anyone who's ever wanted a chance to try standup comedy, and for established comedians to work out new material. It's a wild fun and chaotic show featuring weekly games and contests for drinks an...
Baby Book Club
Wednesday 30 April - Wednesday 25 June 2025
Baby Book Club is a wonderful way to spend time together with your baby (0-2 years) and develop their love of books, stories and reading. Baby Book Club helps parents develop skills in how to make reading fun for their babies and help d...
Alexandra Whittingham & Elodie Chousmer-Howelles
Thursday 1 May 2025
Recognised by The Guardian as "a young 21st-century virtuoso", guitarist Alexandra Whittingham's creative spirit is reshaping classical music and defying conventions. Alexandra began her studies at Chetham's School of Music at the age of el...
Rhyme Time
Thursday 1 May - Thursday 17 July 2025
Rhyme time is a fun group singing session for babies and toddlers (0-4 years) and their grown-ups. Singing together and repeating rhymes helps your child develop listening, visual and memory skills, which will help them develop. Rhyme t...
LEGO Club
Friday 2 May - Friday 18 July 2025
Z-Arts are getting all their LEGO out for kids of all ages to play with and build whatever they like! Parents need to stay and supervise their children throughout the session. ...
LOWRY 360
Saturday 3 May - Sunday 31 August 2025
A unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of LS Lowry's iconic work, Going to the Match, in the UK's first free permanent immersive experience. Created in collaboration with Barcelona's renowned Immersive studi...
Family Art Stars
Saturday 3 May - Saturday 19 July 2025
Families that learn together, grow together. We are very excited to continue our Family Art Stars sessions every Saturday! Come down, muck in and make some art as a family, spending quality time and learning new techniques. No skill is requ...
Little Reads
Tuesday 6 May - Tuesday 1 July 2025
Little Reads with Manchester Literature Festival. Join Ged for an interactive Storytelling session in our new Children's Library. 10am session - Pre-school/Family session 11am- Inclusive session (If you require a BSL interpreter please do l...
University of Manchester Jazz Ensemble
Monday 12 May 2025
Led by Alexander Gagatsis, the Music Department's jazz ensemble was established in October 2019. It is one of the department's many assessed ensembles that complement the larger orchestras operating under the umbrella of Manchester Universi...
Dungeons & Dragons Night
Tuesday 13 May - Tuesday 9 September 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse's Dungeons & Dragons Night is an opportunity to embark on a remarkable journey into the realms of fantasy, where epic adventures, memorable characters, and thrilling encounters await! Whether you're seeking a new...
RNCM Opera Scenes
Thursday 5 - Thursday 19 June 2025
FREE EVENT. RNCM vocal and conducting students present excerpts from some of opera's greatest moments in this free series of staged scenes. A perfect way to feed your curiosity! Click on tickets link for the perfromers and excerpts presente...
Musical Storyland Live
Saturday 28 June 2025
Sean Chandler presents a live and interactive performance of Three Billy Goats Gruff from the CBeebies series Musical Storyland with musicians from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. A family of goats eat all the grass in their meadow and must...
Quentin Blake and Me
Saturday 19 July - Sunday 31 August 2025
In this vibrant and lively family exhibition, Lowry will be celebrating the work of one of the most popular and successful writers and illustrators of children's books, Quentin Blake. Known for his distinctive and whimsical style, Blake ha...
So Many Beauties Collective
Friday 19 September 2025
A spectacular world premiere performance of the So Many Beauties Collective celebrating the power of creativity. With new music co-created by a culturally diverse groups of people living with dementia and performed by some of the North Wes...
