WHAT'S ON AT THE MET, BURY
What's On at The Met, Bury
Most Popular Shows and Events at The Met, Bury
Thu 12 Sep - Wed 9 Oct 2024
What's On at The Met, Bury
CODA - A Tribute To Led Zeppelin
Saturday 29 June 2024
If you like your Led Zeppelin tribute band with big hair, all the stage moves and excitement of the original band, an incredible attention to detail unrivalled by any other Led Zeppelin tribute band, a singer with all the range and power of...
Bury Comic Con - Pen! Paper! Pose!
Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 June 2024
Join Lee Crocker of Two Crows Arts Studio for a lively figure drawing event that is Comic Con inspired for all levels of experience (Ages 5+) with a great playlist and random prizes. Basic materials available and the bar will be open! ...
Metro Jazz (15 Apr - 1 Jul)
Saturday 29 June - Monday 1 July 2024
Metro Jazz is open to anyone aged 16-100 (and beyond!) who plays an instrument to a competent standard (but don?t worry about grades) and is interested in learning about and playing jazz music. If you would consider yourself a beginner, can...
RockFit - Rock-fest
Saturday 29 June 2024
RockFit is an exercise class set to a full rock and metal playlist, with a range of movements from strengthening to cardio to dance. All tracks in this special ninety minute session are by bands playing this years biggest festivals. Think D...
The School of Curiosity
Monday 1 - Monday 15 July 2024
Is your child aged between 10 and 14 and bursting with creativity?Do they love reading, making, and telling stories?Do they have a passion for exploring the world of imagination?Well, then, look no further! Welcome to The School of Curiosi...
Meet Me at The Met
Monday 1 - Monday 15 July 2024
Come and join us in our beautiful building to get involved in multiple activities as well as making new friendships! From mono printing to drumming workshops, we do it all and everything in between! We even have complimentary teas and coffe...
Sketchbook Meet Up
Tuesday 2 July 2024
Each month the Two Crows team will provide prompts and other ideas to help strengthen creativity and a social hub in Bury?s town centre carrying on the belief that Art is For Everyone....
Home Educated Drama Workshop
Wednesday 3 - Wednesday 17 July 2024
This is the perfect chance to meet new people, exercise your creative muscles and learn all about drama and the theatre with industry professionals in a theatre and arts venue. Open to anyone aged between 5 and 15, this is a fun group focus...
Movers and Shakers
Wednesday 3 - Wednesday 17 July 2024
This is a great opportunity to keep active and bond with your children, discover new fun games to play at home and meet other parents and carers!Come join our hourly sessions led by the fantastic Danielle, who also leads our Leaps and Bound...
First Thursday Comedy
Thursday 4 July - Thursday 3 October 2024
Comedy in a Van present an hilarious evening of top quality comedy on the first Thursday of every month. Click for acts on specific dates. ...
Metro Jazz presents Summertime Swing
Friday 5 July 2024
Led by super saxophonist Munch Manship and longtime group leader Alan Barton, The Met?s community jazz orchestra are a staple of our workshop programme. Come down to our ground floor space The Box for a mixed repertoire for all to enjoy!...
Manchester International Roots Orchestra
Saturday 6 July 2024
The Manchester International Roots Orchestra (MIRO) is a unique ensemble of musicians with roots from across the world including refugee musicians. Their repertoire skilfully combines diverse musical influences from haunting Eastern Europ...
After School Art
Thursday 11 July 2024
This child friendly session is a chance to get creative after school and stretch those creative muscles....
Arctic Numpties plus guests
Friday 12 July 2024
Arctic Numpties are Yorkshire?s very own tribute to the Arctic Monkeys with an authenticity that is hard to beat. The ?Numpties? give audiences the ultimate Arctic Monkeys experience, passionately replicating the Sheffield icons? sound and ...
Friday Night Jesmonite Workshop with Caroline Coates
Friday 12 July 2024
Explore the wonders of eco-friendly jesmonite and create your own homewares and decorative pieces with local artist Caroline Coates using a variety of moulds. Jesmonite is a versatile material that will create a different outcome every time...
Stax of Soul & The Soul Review
Saturday 13 July 2024
The original. A reputation that needs no introduction. Born in Manchester in 1983, 9-piece 100% live band STAX of SOUL celebrate their 40th Anniversary. Featuring incredible musicians (including a powerful brass section) meticulously & ene...
Screen-printing with Caroline Coates
Saturday 13 July 2024
Caroline will take you through design, creating stencil and printing to create your own unique screen printed design. Whether you?re a complete beginner or looking to expand your artistic skills, this event is perfect for anyone interested ...
Met Express Drama Group
Monday 15 - Tuesday 16 July 2024
Met Express is The Met's very own learning disability theatre company. Met Express is an inclusive and accessible group run by expert facilitators with a diverse membership with a range of different disabilities. Sessions run Mondays and T...
Learn Harmonica (29 Apr - 15 Jul)
Monday 15 July 2024
We offer three classes for this workshop, a beginners session 6-7pm,?a returning beginners session at 7-8pm, and an intermediate session 8-9pm. If you are unsure which group to sign up for, please contact education@themet. org. uk. Workshop...
Bury Youth Theatre
Tuesday 16 - Wednesday 17 July 2024
Our very own youth theatre is a supportive environment where young people come together to learn new skills and create their own shows. Led by highly trained professional facilitators, Bury Youth Theatre can help young people find their fir...
Cut It Out Collage Club
Wednesday 17 July 2024
Led by Alison Erika Forde, why not try our monthly collage club for a creative way to relax?...
Beauty and the Beast - The Broadway Musical
Thursday 18 - Sunday 21 July 2024
Beauty and the Beast ? The Broadway Musical is a late 18th-century classic French fairy tale, that the 1991 smash hit Disney animated feature film was based. Beauty and the Beast tells the story of Belle, a beautiful and intelligent young w...
Pen Paper Pose Costumed figure drawing
Friday 19 July 2024
Two Crows artist Lee Crocker invites you to join him for another Pen, Paper, Pose! in Two Crows Art Studios at The Met. An evening of themed costumes and music with a relaxed atmosphere and friendly faces. Whether you?re a seasoned professi...
Aiming High
Saturday 20 July 2024
Aiming High are back for another term of fun and creative drama activity. Our groups use physical activities and drama games to create a safe place for young people to express themselves, encourage them to become more independent and improv...
We Make Monsters
Wednesday 24 - Wednesday 31 July 2024
Join illustrator Bob Nutts Jr on a journey of monster design and creation during the summer holidays at Two Crows Arts Studio where you will produce your own monster and join together to create the Gigantic Gobblegulperr....
Sleeper
Friday 26 July 2024
The Manchester-formed Britpop band mark the 25th anniversary of their 1996 Platinum-selling album, 'The It Girl', by performing the record in its entirety - including the Top 20 singles "Sale of the Century", "Nice Guy Eddie", "What Do I D...
The Sunday Boys - Here and Queer
Saturday 27 July 2024
Come and hear The Sunday Boys ? Greater Manchester?s low voiced LGBTQ+ choir ? share brand new music for choral voices combined with the sounds of the queer contemporary club scene. Collaborating with artists Ros? Gold, Bennettiscoming & Ma...
‘Spirit': Networking and Training for Bury-based Artists and Creatives
Saturday 27 July - Saturday 14 September 2024
Thanks to the GM Arts Spirit fund, working alongside Bury Art Museum, over the course of 2024-25, The Met will be hosting a series of networking and training events for artists and creatives living and/or working in Bury and the surrounding...
Popstar Parties
Monday 5 - Sunday 11 August 2024
Our popstar parties put you and your friends centre-stage with a VIP-style recording session in our state-of-the-art music studio. Enjoy a refreshments on arrival, take part in a photoshoot with a professional photographer at various stunni...
The Met's Drama Summer School
Monday 5 August 2024
Does your child love performing? Are you looking for theatre to make your little one?s summer? Children aged 6-10 are invited to join us for our very own Summer School! One whole week full of fun-filled days of drama and all things fun wher...
Peatbog Faeries
Sunday 1 September 2024
2023 saw a fresh start from multi award winning Scottish hall-of-famers, the Peatbog Faeries. Fuelled with a new enthusiasm following the addition of the superbly talented Shetlander Norman Willmore on keys and alto sax, renowned multi-inst...
Get A Round In
Friday 6 September 2024
This brand-new event at The Met features four artists sharing the stage to showcase their songwriting talent and tell the stories behind their music. Expect the very best of Greater Manchester?s acoustic talent. This is a pilot for what we ...
Paddy McGuinness
Thursday 12 September - Wednesday 9 October 2024
Making a long-awaited return to stand-up, one of the country's best-loved and most popular comedians, Bolton funny man Paddy McGuinness embarks on his first major UK tour since 2016, with his new show Nearly There... Paddy McGuinness is a m...
The Swing Commanders
Friday 13 September 2024
The Swing Commanders are a stunningly vibrant and versatile Manchester-based group that perform an exciting mix of 1940s Classics, Boogie-Woogie, Western Swing, '50s Jump Jazz and more! Every member of the Swing Commanders sings and plays ...
Poppycock + Vee VV
Friday 13 September 2024
Founding member and keyboard player of seminal post-punk giants The Fall, Una Baines and her band Poppycock showcase their album Magic Mothers. Passionate for live performance, the band delivers an eclectic array of songs straddling the got...
Clare Ferguson-Walker & Robin Ince
Saturday 14 September 2024
Join two marvellous minds via the vehicles of poetry, story telling, jokes and general silliness with Clare Ferguson-Walker and Robin Ince. Clare is an award winning poet, comedienne, sculptor and singer. She a regular special guest with t...
Flo Perlin
Saturday 14 September 2024
A Londoner with Iraqi and Belarusian heritage, contemporary singer-songwriter Flo Perlin began learning the cello at the age of five, later falling in love with the guitar when her Colombian teacher Cesar Rodriguez-Duran (the same person wh...
LOUD Cabaret
Thursday 19 September - Thursday 24 October 2024
We?re delighted to announce a new queer cabaret night where we will be showcasing the most fabulous of rising stars from across Bury and beyond. Expect tantalising musicians, side-splitting comedians, captivating dancers and a line-up of ta...
Top Whack PIP
Thursday 19 September 2024
Poor Calvin is depressed. He?s been kicked out of his Pupil Referral Unit for smoking weed during class, his girlfriend Latrine has left him and he?s afraid his beloved dog Lola will be put down, as she?s an American XL Bully whose breed ha...
Springsteen Acoustic Sessions
Friday 20 September 2024
The Springsteen Acoustic Sessions project has been meticulously stitched together by Dougie Robertson the founder and front man from The Springsteen Sessions, and Peter McAteer, his long time musical collaborator and friend, to bring a litt...
Edwina Hayes
Saturday 21 September 2024
Edwina Hayes brings together English folk, Americana and the rich northern singer-songwriter tradition to create a sound that?s truly her own. Highly accomplished she?s toured with such notable performers as Jools Holland, Van Morrison, Nan...
Clinton Baptiste
Thursday 26 September 2024
Solo again, Britain's most celebrated clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights returns with his brand new hilarious one-man stand up show. As well as venturing into the audience to offer his unique spirit readings, Clinton...
The Smiths Ltd - The Smiths Tribute Band
Friday 27 September 2024
The Smiths Ltd was formed in Manchester, UK the hometown of The Smiths. After an extensive search to find the perfect Morrissey, the band played their first gig in Manchester to an audience of avid Smiths fans. The response was spectacular...
Pinked Floyd - Tribute to Pink Floyd
Saturday 28 September 2024
North West based tribute band Pinked Floyd offer an engaging and energetic performance celebrating the magical music of Pink Floyd. A stunning light and video show complement their exciting and amazingly accurate performance of music spann...
Paul McKenna Band
Saturday 28 September 2024
Scotland?s Paul McKenna has long been ranked among our finest younger singers and songwriters, armed with a powerful yet intensely emotive voice and passionate social conscience, often expressed through his songs, a combination that?s broug...
Kate Young String Quintet
Thursday 3 October 2024
She is driven by the exploration of new sounds found in traditional music around the globe, which feed into her compositional world. As a musician, Kate combines voice with fiddle-playing techniques to conjure intriguing soundscapes as she ...
Tommy Holland & The Rising Sun Band - Elvis: As it Was
Friday 4 October 2024
Tommy Holland and The Rising Sun band recreate some of Elvis' most dynamic performances in a two-part show. With his impeccable attention to detail Tommy faithfully recreates the sound, the look, and the feel of Elvis. The Movie years: Fe...
The Annie Keating Band
Friday 4 October 2024
The Annie Keating Band features Keating on acoustic guitar and vocals, rising star Joe Coombs on electric/slide guitars, Scott Warman on bass and Jamie Dawson on drums. Talent spotted by BBC Radio?s Bob Harris with the release of her breakt...
Wishbone Ash
Saturday 5 October 2024
The 1970's Torquay Prog-rock legends are noted for their extensive use of harmony twin lead guitars which helped Andy Powell and Ted Turner to be voted "Two of the Ten Most Important Guitarists in Rock History" and to appear in Rolling Sto...
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Most Popular Shows and Events at The Met, Bury
Thu 12 Sep - Wed 9 Oct 2024
