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A diverse group of five young musicians, dressed in black, perform on stage with instruments including a saxophone, an upright bass, a piano, and a singer at the microphone, while an audience watches.

🎨 Arts & Culture

Free Music and Culture on Your Doorstep

Anna Pickard17 September 2026

A person sitting on a wooden floor surrounded by an assortment of photographs, letters, and film reels, holding a camera to their eye as if taking a photo.

🎨 Arts & Culture

Three Very Different Visions of Addiction Come Together for Stockport Screening

Sara Teiger16 September 2026

Three people, two men and one woman, are posing behind a large rectangular frame sign for the "BEST OF MANCHESTER AWARDS". The man in the middle is wearing a mayoral chain.

🏆 Awards & Recognition

Best of Manchester Awards Celebrate Inspiring Local Nominees

Catherine Wilson11 September 2026

A woman in a yellow raincoat is being helped across an art installation on the floor by another woman in a denim dress.

🎟️ What's On

Walk Across This Artwork: Mark it to Make it

Sara Teiger10 September 2026

Five men standing and talking in front of paintings in an art gallery.

🎨 Arts & Culture

Eat, watch, walk, think, take part, recover

Sara Teiger3 August 2026

A group of five people, four women and one man, holding pink art awards inside a modern building with large glass windows overlooking a city.

🏘️ Community

Forget Gold or Bronze: Manchester Open Winners Receive Handmade Wiggly Pink and Orange Ceramic Sculptures

Sara Teiger30 July 2026

A smiling woman with dark hair and a white vest stands in a long, sunlit hallway lined with pillars.

🎨 Arts & Culture

Jennifer Cleary Named Manchester’s Director of Culture and Creative Industries

Manchester Magazine29 July 2026

A diverse group of people perform on stage in front of a yellow banner for the Greater Manchester Improv Festival, while a few audience members are visible in the foreground.

🎨 Arts & Culture

The Greater Manchester Improv Festival Returns This Weekend

Anonymous5 June 2026

A smiling woman with curly brown hair and earrings stands in front of a man with gray hair and a beard looking directly at the viewer.

🎨 Arts & Culture

The Good U.S. Invasion of Comedy in Manchester

Anonymous10 May 2026

A man with short brown hair, a beard, and large amber-colored glasses looks slightly to his right, smiling softly, against a gray background.

🎨 Arts & Culture

Landmark digital culture organisation FutureEverything closes, marking end of an era

Anonymous10 April 2026

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