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Friday 17 October 2025

Sunny Afternoon

Sunny Afternoon

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Following a phenomenal two years in the West End and a sensational first UK and Ireland tour, the "indisputably terrific" (The Times) OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST NEW MUSICAL, charting the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of THE KINKS, is ba...

Busted vs McFly

Busted vs McFly

AO Arena, Manchester
Pop rock legends Busted and McFly have announced a joint UK tour. Speaking of the tour, McFly threw down the gauntlet and commented: "Busted gate-crashed our show and challenged us to a VS tour next year. They're old men now, and we are gon...

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Something wickedly spectacular this way comes...! Dare you enter the haunted Big Top? Gandeys Circus returns, bringing you a brand-new, spine-chilling, and action-packed Halloween Spooktacular-a legendary show filled with frights, delights,...

The HandleBards - The Tempest

The HandleBards - The Tempest

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This production of The Tempest is the first collaboration between Shakespeare North Playhouse and internationally renowned theatre company ran by cycling actors, The HandleBards, who carry all the necessary set, props & costume on the b...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Welcome to a world of intrigue, as we invite you to step Inside Number 9 for a theatrical experience like no other. Expect the unexpected as the acclaimed BBC TV series comes to life on stage, fresh from a sell out West End run, weaving its...

AR Rahman

AR Rahman

Co-op Live, Manchester
Described by Time Magazine as the "Mozart of Madras", A.R. Rahman is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer, best known in the UK for composing the Oscar-winning soundtrack to "Slumdog Millionaire".  Nicknamed Isai ...

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
"I want to dance, Kate. It's the festival of Lughnasa. I'm only thirty-five. I want to dance." Driven by an overwhelming desire, the five Mundy sisters dance. Together they twirl and spin, it is wild, passionate, reckless, and for the brief...

Snake in the Grass

Snake in the Grass

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
A darkly comic thriller about family, secrets and manipulation. Annabel returns home after the death of her cruel father. Reunited with her sister Miriam, the siblings bicker as buried truths resurface. Tensions grow when his former nurse ...

Wankernomics

Wankernomics

Lowry, Salford
After entirely sold-out runs in Edinburgh & London in 2024, Australia's favourite workplace w*nkers return with their brand new show, Just Touching Base.W*nkernomics are masters at skewering the buzzwords, bureaucracy and bulls**t of the mo...

Jamie Jones - Paradise

Jamie Jones - Paradise

Depot Mayfield, Manchester
World renowned DJ and producer, Hot Creations label boss, founder and curator of the Paradise global event series and a member of cross-genre band Hot Natured, over the last decade Jamie Jones had pioneered his own distinct sound that has ...

Going Out Out

Going Out Out

HOME, Manchester
Going Out Out is a show filled with music, courage and love about a man who finds a way to cope with grief by joining the Manchester drag scene. Ian's gone out less since he became a widower. Actually, he hasn't gone out at all - a local ch...

BLACK POWER DESK

BLACK POWER DESK

Lowry, Salford
Inspired by the historic Mangrove Nine Trial and brought to life by an original score performed by a live three-piece band, Black Power Desk is a musical soundtrack charting a fiercely emotive and politically charged era of often overlook...

Larkin Poe

Larkin Poe

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Rebecca & Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe are singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist sisters creating their own brand of Roots Rock 'n' Roll: gritty, soulful, and flavoured by their southern heritage. Originally from Atlanta and currently livi...

Bury Tomorrow

Bury Tomorrow

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
  Forming in Hampshire in 2006, metalcore outfit Bury Tomorrow rapidly propelled the genre into the British mainstream.  Now comprising co-vocalists Daniel Winter-Bates and Jason Cameron, bassist Davyd Winter-Bates, drummer Adam Jackson, ...

Sleeper

Sleeper

Albert Hall, Manchester
  The Platinum-selling Manchester-formed Britpop band are back. Sleeper enjoyed huge critical and commercial success in the mid 90s: achieving 8 Top 40 singles across 3 Top 10 albums with well over 1,000,000 sales. They garnered front cove...

Man In The Mirror - A Tribute To Michael Jackson

Man In The Mirror - A Tribute To Michael Jackson

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Join us for a Thriller of an evening, as we celebrate the legendary music of the KING OF POP. This is the "Man in the Mirror" - The brand new must-see, electrifying tribute concert to Michael Jackson. Starring CJ, one of the world's greates...

The Groove Chorus

The Groove Chorus

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Get ready to dance all night with The Groove Chorus! Featuring a choir of 40 singers and a 9-piece live band, they serve up dance anthems with a disco twist. Naturally, they are joined by a resident pole dancer, special drag queens, and lot...

Barry Steele's The Roy Orbison Story

Barry Steele's The Roy Orbison Story

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Barry Steele is widely recognised as one of the world's leading vocalists playing homage to legend Roy Orbison. He has stunned audiences across the globe with his uncanny similarity and ability to authentically revive the exquisite toe-tapp...

Bingo Lingo

Bingo Lingo

Freight Island, Manchester
Taking bingo, shaking all the dust-out and turning it into one mad, confetti-filled, party-bingo night of mayhem, this is Bingo like you've never experienced before.  You'll be sat at a table with all of your friends playing bingo in a f...

Saturday 18 October 2025

Sunny Afternoon

Sunny Afternoon

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Following a phenomenal two years in the West End and a sensational first UK and Ireland tour, the "indisputably terrific" (The Times) OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST NEW MUSICAL, charting the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of THE KINKS, is ba...

Busted vs McFly

Busted vs McFly

AO Arena, Manchester
Pop rock legends Busted and McFly have announced a joint UK tour. Speaking of the tour, McFly threw down the gauntlet and commented: "Busted gate-crashed our show and challenged us to a VS tour next year. They're old men now, and we are gon...

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Something wickedly spectacular this way comes...! Dare you enter the haunted Big Top? Gandeys Circus returns, bringing you a brand-new, spine-chilling, and action-packed Halloween Spooktacular-a legendary show filled with frights, delights,...

The HandleBards - The Tempest

The HandleBards - The Tempest

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This production of The Tempest is the first collaboration between Shakespeare North Playhouse and internationally renowned theatre company ran by cycling actors, The HandleBards, who carry all the necessary set, props & costume on the b...

The Legends Of Them

The Legends Of Them

HOME, Manchester
A Hackney Showroom Production in Association with Brixton House & Royal Court Theatre "For the first time in my life, everything was silent" A memory: reggae pioneer Sutara Gayle AKA Lorna Gee hears her radio debut from Holloway Prison. Ano...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Welcome to a world of intrigue, as we invite you to step Inside Number 9 for a theatrical experience like no other. Expect the unexpected as the acclaimed BBC TV series comes to life on stage, fresh from a sell out West End run, weaving its...

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
"I want to dance, Kate. It's the festival of Lughnasa. I'm only thirty-five. I want to dance." Driven by an overwhelming desire, the five Mundy sisters dance. Together they twirl and spin, it is wild, passionate, reckless, and for the brief...

Snake in the Grass

Snake in the Grass

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
A darkly comic thriller about family, secrets and manipulation. Annabel returns home after the death of her cruel father. Reunited with her sister Miriam, the siblings bicker as buried truths resurface. Tensions grow when his former nurse ...

The Vamps

The Vamps

Gorilla, Manchester
The Vamps had never really had the chance to be bored before 2020 struck. Since their platinum-selling debut album, 'Meet The Vamps', crashed into the UK charts at number 2 in 2014, the band have been holding onto a dream-like rush of album...

Myra DuBois

Myra DuBois

Lowry, Salford
  Described by Graham Norton as "bust a gut funny", with her passion for compassion and flair for giving care, Rotherham's finest export since Paul Shane, registered empath Myra DuBois returns to the stage with a brand-new show "Cosmic Em...

Overmono

Overmono

Depot Mayfield, Manchester
Welsh electronic music duo Overmono headline with a live set in the Depot, joined by Skream & Benga, Sammy Virji, Joy Orbison, Interplanetary Criminal, and more. The Concourse will host Ewan McVicar B2B Special Request, KI/KI, Ben UFO, DJ F...

The Hallé & Anna Lapwood - Flying Through Film

The Hallé & Anna Lapwood - Flying Through Film

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Radio 1's film critic, Ali Plumb, pilots this exhilarating musical journey: from the sound of wings, wheels and broomsticks slicing through the air, to engines roaring and planets in orbit, these musical scores bring to life the majesty and...

The Stranglers

The Stranglers

O2 Apollo, Manchester
One of the UK's most exciting, credible and influential British groups, The Stranglers, are set for an extensive, full production tour - the last time they play together in this format! Covering tracks from their mighty, 45-year catalogue, ...

Men I Trust

Men I Trust

Manchester Academy, Manchester
  The Quebecois electo-pop band's rise to indie fame is a bit more abnormal than most. The group initially started without their lead singer, as a duo with programmed robotic electronic drums alongside boisterous synthesizers heavily insp...

Going Out Out

Going Out Out

HOME, Manchester
Going Out Out is a show filled with music, courage and love about a man who finds a way to cope with grief by joining the Manchester drag scene. Ian's gone out less since he became a widower. Actually, he hasn't gone out at all - a local ch...

BLACK POWER DESK

BLACK POWER DESK

Lowry, Salford
Inspired by the historic Mangrove Nine Trial and brought to life by an original score performed by a live three-piece band, Black Power Desk is a musical soundtrack charting a fiercely emotive and politically charged era of often overlook...

The Piccadilly Sinfonietta - Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Candlelight

The Piccadilly Sinfonietta - Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Candlelight

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Few things are more magical than hearing the world's most breath-taking classical music being performed live by a brilliant orchestra in beautiful surroundings, by the flicker of candlelight.  This experience comes to life when the city's...

Warren Mailley-Smith - Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

Warren Mailley-Smith - Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
The perfect option for first-time classical concert goers, spectacular British concert panist Warren Mailley-Smith performs a selection of sensational works for solo piano, including Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. ...

Sunday 19 October 2025

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Something wickedly spectacular this way comes...! Dare you enter the haunted Big Top? Gandeys Circus returns, bringing you a brand-new, spine-chilling, and action-packed Halloween Spooktacular-a legendary show filled with frights, delights,...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...

Wet Wet Wet + Heather Small (M People)

Wet Wet Wet + Heather Small (M People)

Lowry, Salford
Iconic Clydebank pop act Wet Wet Wet have sold more than 15 million singles and albums to date and have featured in the UK Singles Chart and Album Chart for an incredible time period of over 500 weeks. Formed in 1982, their albums have been...

Nina Conti

Nina Conti

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
The virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winner is back on tour with a new show, Whose Face is it Anyway? London-born Nina Conti (and Monkey) has regularly sold out shows all over the world with her widely acclaim...

Jalen Ngonda

Jalen Ngonda

O2 Apollo, Manchester
With shades of Marvin Gaye, Liverpool-based US singer Jalen Ngonda is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. His voice, equal parts raw feeling and elegance, exudes confidence and charm. Despite still being in his twe...

Rick Wakeman (Yes)

Rick Wakeman (Yes)

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Legendary keyboardist Rick Wakeman is well known for being a member of the rock band Yes as well as having his own successful solo career. He made chart history in 2017 when his Piano Portraits album became the first solo piano album...

Men I Trust

Men I Trust

Manchester Academy, Manchester
  The Quebecois electo-pop band's rise to indie fame is a bit more abnormal than most. The group initially started without their lead singer, as a duo with programmed robotic electronic drums alongside boisterous synthesizers heavily insp...

Tamino

Tamino

New Century Hall, Manchester
The spellbinding arrival of the classically trained Belgian-Egyptian indie rocker with a divine falsetto is enough to make even an agnostic ponder predestination. The grandson of one of Egypt's most famed singers, the great Muharram Fouad, ...

Simply Dylan - A Tribute to Bob Dylan

Simply Dylan - A Tribute to Bob Dylan

Lowry, Salford
As straightforward as the title suggests: no frills, no gimmicks, no pretense; Simply Dylan is John O'Connell's personal exploration and celebration of the rich and diverse work of Bob Dylan.O'Connell, formerly of Groundpig, has had his nam...

Tom Houghton

Tom Houghton

Lowry, Salford
  After phenomenal, sold-out, international tour, the multi-viral social media sensation and former resident of The Tower of London, Tom Houghton - star of Netflix's The Circle and host of Very British Problems: Live and Bad Manors podcast...
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