FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Free Shows & Events in Manchester
Tue 28 Jan - Tue 13 May 2025
Mon 27 Jan - Mon 31 Mar 2025
Sat 25 Jan - Sat 19 Jul 2025
Tue 18 Feb - Fri 11 Jul 2025
Sun 16 Feb - Sun 18 May 2025
Tue 4 Feb - Tue 1 Jul 2025
Thursday Lunchtimes - RNCM Wind Orchestra
Thursday 23 January 2025
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. ...
Happy Hour Comedy
Thursday 23 - Friday 31 January 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...
RNCM Opera Scenes
Friday 24 - Friday 31 January 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...
The Traitors Finale Watch Party with Amanda Lovett
Friday 24 January 2025
Who will win? Join Amanda Lovett from The Traitors Season 1 for the finale watch party. Join us for an unforgettable night as we watch the thrilling finale of The Traitors Season 1 with none other than Amanda Lovett herself! Taking place ...
RNCM International Brass Band Festival Prelude
Friday 24 January 2025
The RNCM International Brass Band Festival remains a premier stage for the world's leading brass band musicians, celebrating the finest repertoire crafted for the genre. A triumphant opening to this year's festival welcomes RNCM student ...
La Fiesta
Friday 24 January 2025
A free-to-dance global music night featuring Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, and Jazz with live band. Free entry, every Friday! ...
Echoes - China & Hong Kong. Voicing the collection
Friday 24 January 2025
Echoes invites audiences to engage with the collection of the Portico Library and the communities who are reclaiming the colonial narrative written and illustrated in the Library's books. It seeks to navigate Britain's complex colonial rela...
LEGO Club
Friday 24 January - 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. ...
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Friday 24 January - 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. ...
Afroplay - Arcade & Afrobeats Party
Friday 24 January - Friday 28 February 2025
Experience the ultimate fusion of Music, Food, Fun, and game. Step into a world where music meets nostalgia at the ARCADE Hip-Hop, Afrobeats, Bashment & RnB Party. Join 100s of party-goers for an epic night out, featuring your favourite DJs...
Junior RNCM Brass Band
Saturday 25 January 2025
A free concert from the Junior RNCM Brass Band as part of the RNCM Brass Band Festival. Junior RNCM is a vibrant community of gifted young musicians aged 8 to 18 who come together to develop their talent at the Royal Northern College of ...
The 4barsrest Interview - David Bremner
Saturday 25 January 2025
Iwan Fox of 4barsrest interviews trombonist and festival soloist David Bremner about his life and work. David Bremner has been Principal Trombone of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra since 2002 and has enjoyed an illustrious career as a re...
Funk Street!
Saturday 25 January 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...
Family Art Stars
Saturday 25 January - 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...
The Stockport Music Story In Conversation with Peter Tattersall
Sunday 26 January 2025
The founder of the iconic Strawberry Recording Studios in Stockport talks to Dr Peter Wadsworth about creating 'the Abbey Road of the North'. This is a rare opportunity to be part of the audience in an intimate chat between Peter Tattersall...
Macclesfield Youth Brass Band
Sunday 26 January 2025
Macclesfield Youth Brass Band has over 120 members, welcoming complete beginners and advanced musicians alike. This special showcase is in honour of the band's 20th anniversary. ...
RNCM Monday Lunchtime Showcase
Monday 27 January - Monday 31 March 2025
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. Witness the next generation of musicians in this intimate lunchtime solo and chamber music series,...
Floridita Dance - Free Salsa Taster Class
Monday 27 January - Monday 31 March 2025
Ever wanted to learn Salsa but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner is required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their c...
Clubhouse Comedy
Tuesday 28 January - 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...
Floridita Dance - Free Bachata Taster Class
Tuesday 28 January - Tuesday 25 March 2025
Ever wanted to learn Bachata but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their co...
Shirley Tetteh
Thursday 30 January 2025
Described by Guitar World as "one of the UK's most exciting new jazz guitarists," Shirley Tetteh began her journey into jazz with Tomorrow's Warriors. In demand as a player, she currently features in Jazz Jamaica, Groundation, female collec...
Little Reads
Tuesday 4 February - 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...
Quatuor Danel & Juanjo Mosalini
Thursday 13 February 2025
A not to be missed opportunity to hear Argentinean Juanjo Mosalini on Bandoneon, both ensemble and solo. Each year, the Quatuor Danel brings to life new musical work by postgraduate composers, ranging from pithy etudes to expansive multi-mo...
Cloud Cuckoo Comedy
Sunday 16 February - 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 ...
Mothers Who Make
Tuesday 18 February - Friday 11 July 2025
A peer support group and creative exchange session for mothers who are artists - professional and/or passionate - writers, painters, actors, dancers, filmmakers, photographers... every kind of maker welcome, and every kind of mother. The se...
Tangram Collective
Thursday 20 February 2025
Join trailblazing artist London-based music collective, Tangram, on a journey navigating the fragile and destructive relationship between humans and our environment featuring performance artist Echo Morgan. Made up of researchers, composers...
The Apex Singers
Thursday 27 February 2025
The Apex Singers are an 8-part vocal ensemble known for their bespoke arrangements of traditional folk songs from around the world, performed a cappella. Their unique sound blends classical choral music, traditional folk, and contemporary a...
On Me
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Written by Caroline Lamb and presented by Dangerous To Know Theatre Company, On Me follows Shona and Christian, two actors working on a "gritty" true crime docudrama. As the pair develop feelings for each other, they must navigate the chall...
Xenia Pestova Bennett
Thursday 6 March 2025
Described by Tempo as "a powerhouse of contemporary keyboard repertoire", pianist and composer Xenia Pestova Bennett has earned an international reputation as a leading proponent of uncompromising music. Her work spans a wide range of sou...
On Me
Friday 7 - Saturday 8 March 2025
Written by Caroline Lamb and presented by Dangerous To Know Theatre Company, On Me follows Shona and Christian, two actors working on a "gritty" true crime docudrama. As the pair develop feelings for each other, they must navigate the chall...
Susi Evans & Szilvia Csaranko
Thursday 13 March 2025
Clarinet and accordion folk and klezmer music duo from London & Hannover, Susi Evans and Szilvia Csaranko perform old Yiddish melodies from a remarkable archive of manuscripts collected in Jewish villages in Ukraine between 1912 to 1914. Su...
Michael Kahan Kapelye
Monday 24 March 2025
The fourteenth generation of the university's resident klezmer ensemble returns to perform a vibrant programme of arrangements of music originating in Eastern European Yiddish cultures. Named after Michael Kahan, a Manchester-based music...
Eleanor Ryan, Yevgeny Dokshansky & Ben Powell
Thursday 3 April 2025
Lecturer in Performance Studies, Eleanor Ryan (violin) from the University of Manchester joins Professor Yevgeny Dokshansky (Clarinet) of University of Houston, and Professor Ben Powell (Piano) from RNCM. Performing Clarinet Trios from the ...
University of Manchester Baroque Orchestra - Bach and Beyond
Friday 4 April 2025
The University's Baroque orchestra and guest singers present Bach's beautiful 'Actus Tragicus' cantata (no. 106) alongside Telemann's viola concerto, the first composed for the instrument. The Baroque Orchestra is the Music department's mai...
The National Youth Orchestra
Friday 18 April 2025
FREE FOR UNDER 19s. Feel the sound, free your spirit with this fearless performance by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain with conductor Andrew Gourlay, where hundreds of teenagers passionately share their love of music Hear ...
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...
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...
