WHAT'S ON AT THE RNCM, MANCHESTER
What's On at the RNCM, Manchester
RNCM – The Royal Northern College Of Music is a conservatoire of The Royal Schools Of Music based in Manchester. As well as an education establishment, it also houses two venues. With a history dating back to the 1800’s, its current home on Oxford Road Manchester opened in 1973, with a refurbishment of the concert hall completing in 2014.
RNCM Concert Hall (capacity 443 - 710) and the RNCM Theatre (capacity approx. 600) have hosted many professional artists and organisations including Adele, BC Big Band, English Youth Ballet, Hugh Laurie, Jarvis Cocker, Manchester Jazz Festival, Rob Brydon and even Question Time.
RNCM has music programmes and series, shows, events, festivals, productions, concerts, comedy and ballets to look forward to including regular Monday and Thursday lunchtime showcase, Tom Mcrae, Will Young, Hugh & Cry, Manchester Camarata, Chamber music, RNCM’s Christmas family day with Stick Man, and concerts featuring the music of Beethoven, Dvorak, Ravel, and Holst. See what's on at the RNCM below and book tickets online.
RNCM – The Royal Northern College Of Music is a conservatoire of The Royal Schools Of Music based in Manchester. As well as an education establishment, it also houses two venues. With a history dating back to the 1800’s, its current home on Oxford Road Manchester opened in 1973, with a refurbishment of the concert hall completing in 2014.
RNCM Concert Hall (capacity 443 - 710) and the RNCM Theatre (capacity approx. 600) have hosted many professional artists and organisations including Adele, BC Big Band, English Youth Ballet, Hugh Laurie, Jarvis Cocker, Manchester Jazz Festival, Rob Brydon and even Question Time.
RNCM has music programmes and series, shows, events, festivals, productions, concerts, comedy and ballets to look forward to including regular Monday and Thursday lunchtime showcase, Tom Mcrae, Will Young, Hugh & Cry, Manchester Camarata, Chamber music, RNCM’s Christmas family day with Stick Man, and concerts featuring the music of Beethoven, Dvorak, Ravel, and Holst. See what's on at the RNCM below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at RNCM, Manchester
What's On at the RNCM, Manchester
RNCM Session Orchestra with Tim Burgess and Helen…
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 1 March 2025
PerformersAndy Stott directorTrevor Naughton assistant directorTim Burgess vocalsHelen O?Hara violinRNCM Session OrchestraAboutTim Burgess, legendary singer-songwriter and frontman of The Charlatans, joins forces with Helen O?Hara of Dexys ...Manchester Amateur Choral Competition 2025
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 2 March 2025
Established in 2008, the Manchester Annual Choral Competition (MACC) is an annual competition in which choirs from across the UK and overseas are invited to compete in a spirit of creativity and community. The competition is not solely focu...The Song Pharmacy
RNCM, Manchester
Monday 3 March 2025
Save the date!RNCM Associate Artist Soraya Mafi launches an innovative ?prescriptive? recital that explores the benefits ofclassical song for mental health. Full details to be announced soon. Promoted by Soraya Mafi. ...Bill Laurance & Michael League (Snarky Puppy)
RNCM Theatre
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Southern California-born bassist/multi-instrumentalist Michael League founded the globally acclaimed, four-time GRAMMY award-winning collective Snarky Puppy in. As for keyboardist Bill Laurance, originally from London, he has been a part of...Spotlight: Fushigi (Japanese City Pop Band)
RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 4 March 2025
ProgrammeMusic to include covers by Yasuha, Miki Matsubara and Mariya Takeuchi as well as originals by the Japanese city pop and jazz fusion band, Fushigi. PerformersIsaac Chisnall electric guitarTheo Sanders keyboardJulian Chu bassXuandi Z...RNCM Symphony Orchestra: Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
ProgrammePatrick Gorry New workLudwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major Op 73 ?Emperor?Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Op 64 (excerpts)PerformersAndrew Manze, Benjamin Huth * conductorsSiyi Dai pianoRNCM Symphony Orchestra...Spotlight: Osian Ensemble - Latin Nights
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
ProgrammeAstor Piazzolla OblivionGeorges Bizet arr Osian Ensemble HabeneraPablo de Sarasate arr Osian Ensemble PlayeraManuel De Falla arr Osian Ensemble ?Asturiana?, ?Jota? and ?Nana?Isaac Alb?niz Tango in DChick Corea SpainPerformersJacob ...Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Guitars
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
PerformersCraig Ogden directorRNCM GuitarsAboutDrop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with our Monday and Thursday Lunchtimes. Tickets:Free admission, ticket requiredPromoted by RNCM. This event w...RNCM Gospel Choir
RNCM Concert Hall
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Experience the soul-stirring sounds of Gospel. Following on from their roaring success supporting the RNCM Session Orchestra, the RNCM Gospel Choir return to the stage this spring for their very first solo show. Led by renowned vocalist and...European Chamber Music Academy Recital
RNCM, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Renowned as Europe?s leading training institute for young professional chamber musicians, students from the European Chamber Music Academy join the RNCM for an intensive week of rehearsals and masterclasses, culminating in an exceptional pe...RNCM Chopin Prize
RNCM Concert Hall
Thursday 13 March 2025
An evening of exceptional piano music, the Royal Northern College of Music's annual Chopin Prize sees finalists from the RNCM School of Keyboard Studies showcase their skills in honour of the virtuoso pianist and his compositions. Chopin ...Spotlight: Cardinal Quintet plays Tomasi
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
ProgrammeMaurice Ravel Pi?ce en forme de habaneraK?mea N?meth New workHenri Tomasi Cinq dances profanes et sacr?esRoss Edwards ?Ecstatic Dances? and ?Clapping Dance? from The Laughing MoonPerformersKaoruko Takehara fluteCara Smith clarinetC...Thursday Lunchtimes: Kleio Quartet
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
ProgrammeJ S Bach O Mensch, bewein dein S?nde gross BWV 622B?la Bart?k String Quartet No 5PerformersKleio Quartet:Juliette Roos, Katherine Yoon violinsYume Fujise violaEliza Millett celloAboutDrop in during your lunch break and discover a w...Manchester Collective - Serenity 2.0
RNCM Concert Hall
Friday 14 March 2025
A nervous system reset. One minute, the sound vibrates through you, your hairs pulled on end. The next: a blissful calm descends. There's furious amplified sound and then mysterious, holy light to slow the pulse back down... Ever felt overs...Spotlight: Two Quartets by Grażyna Bacewicz
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
ProgrammeGra?yna Bacewicz Cello QuartetGra?yna Bacewicz Violin QuartetElla Fitzgerald arr Nathan Jackson-Turner Someone Like YouPerformersOrla McGarrity, Audrey Doyle, Bruno Robalo, Nina Doig violinsNathan Jackson-Turner, Maya Tucker, Elena...Graham Gouldman (10cc)
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 15 March 2025
It is only between 10cc's sell-out, bi-annual UK tours that the band's co-founder, Manchester musical legend Graham Gouldman, is able to fully indulge his Heart Full of Songs project. The semi-acoustic four-piece - which includes 10cc live ...RNCM Young Explorers: Interactive Science Workshops
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 16 March 2025
Join us for a morning of inspiring science and music workshops!Discover the wonders of technology and creativity as you make music with plants using cutting-edge technology developed by Bionic and the Wires. In this workshop, young people w...RNCM Young Explorers: Space Stars and Video Games
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 16 March 2025
Our Young Explorer series of family-friendly events blasts off this season with a thrilling galactic adventure. Join the KNDS Fairey Band on a musical journey across the cosmos, featuring music from classical masterpieces to the beloved sou...Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Harps
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
PerformersAnne Marie O?Farrell directorRNCM HarpsAboutDrop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with our Monday and Thursday Lunchtimes. Photo credit: Robin ClewleyTickets:Free admission, ticket requ...Manchester Camerata & RNCM Musicians - Dvorak's Cello Concerto
RNCM Concert Hall
Friday 21 March 2025
Manchester Camerata, with its Music Director Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Principal Cellist, Hannah Roberts, and students from the RNCM breathe life into an evening of extraordinary works. Dvorak wrote his Cello Concerto in 1894 during his final acad...RNCM Community Chorus and The Sunday Boys
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 22 March 2025
The RNCM Community Chorus and The Sunday Boys come together to showcase the lasting influence of folk music on composers. Uniting diverse voices, this performance celebrates the wide range of stories and sounds that have inspired and shaped...Jonathan Biss (piano)
RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 25 March 2025
ProgrammeFranz Schubert Piano Sonata No 19 in C minor D 958Tyshawn Sorey For Anthony BraxtonFranz Schubert Piano Sonata No 21 in B flat major D 960PerformersJonathan Biss pianoAboutPart of our new Inspirational Artists series. Jonathan Biss...Kryštof Kohout (violin) and Findlay Spence (cello)
RNCM, Manchester
Wednesday 26 March 2025
The International Artist Diploma (IAD) represents the highest level of performance achievement at the RNCM, welcoming a select group of exceptional artists each year who are poised to embark on international careers. In this series each art...RNCM Chamber Choir with Clod Ensemble
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 27 March 2025
PerformersStuart Overington, Rosina Flueckiger conductorsRNCM Chamber ChoirClod EnsembleAboutThe RNCM Chamber Choir and interdisciplinary company Clod Ensemble transform Manchester?s historic Victoria Baths to welcome audiences into an imme...Thursday Lunchtimes: Music for Piano and Strings
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 27 March 2025
ProgrammeJohannes Brahms Piano Trio No 1 in B major Op 8 (first movement) *Dora Peja?evi? Piano Quartet Op 25 ^PerformersSilja Trio: *Georgina Bloomfield violinCillian Hennessy celloHanna Csermely pianoPalmieri Piano Quartet: ^Jina Sou viol...RNCM String Orchestra with Henning Kraggerud (director violin)
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
Programme to include:J S Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (excerpt)Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E major Op 8 No 1 ?Spring? (third movement)Fritz Kreisler Liebesleid; Sicilienne and MusetteHenning Kraggerud Variation ...Spotlight: Abbey Road via Oxford Road - The…
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
ProgrammeMusic to include songs by The Beatles arranged by Louis Andriessen, Luciano Berio, and RNCM composers Rob Hughes, Emily Dunbar and Kuba WilliamsPerformersK?mea N?meth mezzo-sopranoLucian Amette Crosby pianoNatalie Ngai, Matt Jones ...Britten: Owen Wingrave
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 30 March - Saturday 5 April 2025
ProgrammeBenjamin Britten Owen WingraveLibretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the story by Henry JamesCreativesRory Macdonald, Benjamin Voce * conductorsOrpha Phelan directorPerformers and creatives tbcAboutCan one act of defiance shatter generat...Spotlight: Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 30 March 2025
ProgrammeRebecca Clarke MorpheusRalph Vaughan Williams On Wenlock EdgePerformersAaron Peters tenorGeorgina Bloomfield, Angus Findlow violinsJeanette Szeto violaCillian Hennesy celloLuca Den Hollander pianoAboutThis recital combines the Engl...Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Saxophones
RNCM Concert Hall
Thursday 3 April 2025
Our students, staff, and visiting artists perform alongside one another in our weekly Thursday lunchtime concert series. Drop in during your lunch break and enjoy the best of ensemble music in the heart of Manchester. Immerse yourself in t...RNCM MIUAWGA Ensemble with Fred Thomas (piano)
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
Spontaneity and instinct are the building blocks of the RNCM?s innovative Make-it-up-as-we-go-along (MIUAWGA) Ensemble. Under the direction of Head of Jazz and Improvisation Steve Berry, this ensemble explores the art of musical improvisati...Spotlight: A Night at the Cabaret
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
ProgrammeMusic to include songs from Cabaret, Chicago, West Side Story, and South Pacific. PerformersEllie Forrester sopranoMerel-Magali Cox mezzo-sopranoSophie Iliaifar mezzo-sopranoBrennan Alleyne tenorSamuel Austin clarinetJoana Moura do...Belshazzar's Feast
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 6 April 2025
Two of the North West?s leading choirs join forces to perform Walton?s magnificent Belshazzar?s Feast in what promises to be an unmissable concert.A controversial masterpiece when it was unveiled in 1931, Belshazzar?s Feast is a dramatic an...John Lodge (The Moody Blues)
RNCM Concert Hall
Tuesday 8 April 2025
John Lodge, legendary bass player, songwriter and vocalist of The Moody Blues, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, has been touring for the last two years in the USA with his critically acclaimed Performs Days of Future show. He is now delight...Country Hits Live
RNCM Theatre
Thursday 10 April 2025
Transporting you right into the heart of downtown Nashville. Performed by a cast of multi award-winning musicians and singers, fronted by Yorkshire Country singer Jade Helliwell and, direct from Nashville, Lars Pluto, Country Hits Live cel...National Concert Band Festival
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
Save the date!The National Concert Band Festival is largest, most active festival for musicians who play in wind bands & big bands in the UK. Full details will be announced soon.?Promoted by NCBF. ...Mary Coughlan
RNCM Concert Hall
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan has been one wild Irish girl determined to live a life less ordinary. A prolific artist by anyone's standards, Coughlan is ce...World Comedy Clash 2025
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 26 April 2025
London?s number one original and longest running comedy clash show returns to Manchester by popular demand with a star-studded, action-packed line up. ComediansKojo Anim (Ghana)Aurie Styla (Jamaica)Quincy (Barbados)Dana Alexander (Canada)Wi...World Comedy Clash 2025 - Manchester
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 26 April 2025
An all star line up featuring Aurie Styla, Richard Blackwood & Britain Got Talent 2019 finalist Kojo Anim....Neil Cowley Trio
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 27 April 2025
Unpausing of the PauseThe Neil Cowley Trio reunite to perform their first live show together in 7 years. They present music from their outstanding brand-new album, Entity, alongside some fan-favourite Cowley classics. In 2006 the Neil Cowle...Scottish Ensemble: Impulse - Music in Motion
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 2 May 2025
ProgrammePiotr Illyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major Op 48Dmitri Shostakovich arr Rudolph Barshai Chamber Symphony in C minor Op 110a (String Quartet No 8)PerformersScottish EnsembleAboutPart of our new Inspirational Artists s...Brian Bilston & Henry Normal
RNCM Theatre
Saturday 3 May 2025
Brian Bilston has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter's unofficial Poet Laureate; with over 400,000 followers on social media, Brian has become truly beloved by the online community. He has published several collections of po...Tony Ann
RNCM Theatre
Sunday 11 May 2025
Tony Ann is a virtuoso solo pianist from Canada who seamlessly blends contemporary and classical styles. As a harmony connoisseur, Tony pushes the limits of neoclassical and popular music, crafting emotionally rich compositions using the fu...The Ultimate Classic Rock Show
RNCM Theatre
Saturday 31 May 2025
Dust off your air guitars for an evening of the very best classic rock anthems from legends past and present! Let The Ultimate Classic Rock Show take you on a roller coaster journey of classic rock nostalgia. Performing hit after hit live w...Juno Birch
RNCM Theatre
Wednesday 2 July 2025
 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Juno Birch the absolutely stunning outlandish blue alien who'd love nothing more than to speak to the manager of Earth. Juno travel's the Earth and probes the absurdity of life on this planet, in her...Auri
RNCM Theatre
Friday 12 September 2025
In the fleeting moments between the state of being awake and reaching the doors of dreamworld lies a borderland whence comes the mood music of ancient stories told - the celestial unison of three creative souls known as AURI. Originally bor...Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
RNCM Theatre
Sunday 12 October 2025
Status Quo legend Francis Rossi is taking up his acoustic guitar to bring you a selection of well-known hits and some previously not-performed-live-before tunes. Â It'll be a unique evening in which Francis will reprise fan favourites from ...How to get to the RNCM, Manchester
RNCM Frequently Asked Questions
124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD
The two closest public car parks to the RNCM are Booth Street West and Booth Street East.
Visitor parking is available in the RNCM underground carpark weekdays and Saturdays 5pm - 11.30pm and Sundays 6am - 11.30pm.
Please note that general traffic along Oxford Road is no longer permitted to use the route between 6am and 9pm, 7 days a week.
The nearest train station to the RNCM is Manchester Oxford Road and is approximately a 13 minute walk (0.5 miles).
Manchester Piccadilly is 0.8 miles/20 minute walk. Deansgate is 0.9 miles/21 minute walk and Manchester Victoria is 1.5 miles/33 minute walk.
The nearest tram stop to the RNCM is St Peter’s Square and is approximately a 15 minute walk (0.8 miles).
The RNCM Concert Hall has a seating capacity of between 443 - 710 depending on the layout.
The RNCM Theatre has a seating capacity of 600.
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Please contact The RNCM directly. For further information on ticketing, please visit their how to book page.
If you would like to buy a ticket in person from RNCM Box Office, they open one hour prior to the event starting, and can only facilitate in person bookings for the performance showing on the day.
Alternatively, you can see what's on and book online here.
When we know of a duration of a show, we add it to the description of the show on our event pages. For example, on our Wicked event page, after the description of the show we have added the duration of the show in large capital letters. If the time isn't listed, we do not have the information yet. We update our pages daily so it maybe a case of knowing closer to the performance itself, so keep checking.
The RNCM curfew is 11pm. More precise timings are often confirmed close to the performance date.
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Most Popular Shows and Events at RNCM, Manchester
