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Friday 6 February 2026

Ockham's Razor - Collaborator

Ockham's Razor - Collaborator

Lowry, Salford
Ockham's Razor return with an intimate duet crafted and performed by the two Artistic Directors. For 20 years Alex and Charlotte have been making circus together. Lifting, catching and carrying; stepping on and around each other. They have ...

Young Voices

Young Voices

Co-op Live, Manchester
The largest children's choir concerts in the world returns. Performing alongside 5,000-8,000 other children as a single choir to arena capacity audiences of family and friends, Young Voices have surpassed Take That's record of 46 shows at M...

The Memory of Water

The Memory of Water

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Starring Helen Flanagan, Vicky Binns, Polly Lister and Victoria Brazier THREE SISTERS AND A FUNERAL... Winter, 1996.  The Spice Girls are riding high in the charts, football has failed to come home, and Dolly the Sheep's been cloned. Mean...

Peppa Pig's Big Family Show

Peppa Pig's Big Family Show

Lowry, Salford
Peppa Pig and friends are back in their brand new live stage show!With a new arrival on the way the whole family are busy getting ready. With building and decorating work to be done, it's an oinktastic makeover and Peppa Pig, Mummy Pig, Dad...

Bridget Christie

Bridget Christie

Lowry, Salford
Described by The Independent as "One of the brightest and best around," Bridget Christie hits the road again with a brand new show, Jacket Potato Pizza. A kidney stone. A stray cat. An eye-themed fetish. The Edinburgh Comedy Award, Rose D'...

Horrible Histories - The Concert

Horrible Histories - The Concert

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
For the very first time, your favourite songs and actors from the BAFTA Award-winning CBBC TV series will be appearing live (and dead!) on stage in a very special production! When William Shakespeare is asked to create the greatest show on ...

80s Live

80s Live

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Feel shiny and new as yout travel back in time to one of the most iconic eras of music for the night - put your hands together and get into the groove as the live band, Electric Dreams, perform over two dozen chart topping anthems from arti...

DMA'S

DMA'S

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Renowned for their euphoric live performances, Sydney trio DMA'S aren't like most bands and have carved out a niche in an otherwise typically saturated guitar music scene. Their Madchester influences and swaggering mash-up of Screamadelica...

Luminiscence

Luminiscence

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Arriving in the UK for the first time, after dazzling over 1 Million people in Europe, the incredible immersive projection concert LUMINISCENCE transforms Manchester Cathedral into a fully immersive world of sound, story, and light. Featuri...

Taylormania - Taylor Swift Tribute Show

Taylormania - Taylor Swift Tribute Show

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Not to be missed, TAYLORMANIA is coming to a theatre near you in 2026. An award-winning extravaganza that plays tribute to one of the leading contemporary recording artists of our time. Katy Ellis a self obsessed 'Swiftie' with an incredibl...

The United Kingdolls

The United Kingdolls

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Starring Bimini, Tayce. A'Whora & Lawrence Chaney. It will be 5 years since the smash hit heard around the world - Bing Bang Bong - launched the United Kingdolls into Drag Race herstory. Now, the original foursome are back together on tour ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Step into candlelit winter woods and discover the shadowy underbelly of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream To escape a society ruled by tyrannical law, four young lovers flee to the forest beyond the city walls. Unbeknownst to them, th...

Black Parade - 00's Emo Anthems

Black Parade - 00's Emo Anthems

O2 Ritz, Manchester
The U.K's biggest emo party! Come dance to all the biggest emo bangers from: My Chemical Romance, Paramore, A Day To Remember, Jimmy Eat World, Pierce The Veil, Panic! At The Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Mayday Parade, Enter Shikari, All Amer...

Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran

Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran

Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Discover the music of Coldplay and Ed Sheeran performed by a string quartet at this awe-inspiring location under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...

The Clone Roses (Stone Roses Tribute) + DJ Clint Boon

The Clone Roses (Stone Roses Tribute) + DJ Clint Boon

The Met, Bury
Described as "the second best Stone Roses in the world" by Mani, the 25th Anniversary of the UK's leading tribute to The Stone Roses, The Clones have performed at some of the most iconic venues in the UK, respectfully replicating some of th...

Manford's Comedy Club

Manford's Comedy Club

Northwich Memorial Court, Northwich
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...

Aladdinsane - The Sound & Vision of Bowie

Aladdinsane - The Sound & Vision of Bowie

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
With a full band and 12 string acoustic, Aladdinsane - The Sound & Vision of Bowie, are widely acclaimed as the best Bowie tribute in the UK, with Paul Henderson performing as David Bowie, with audiences commenting how eerily close his voi...

Noel Coward’s Private Lives

Noel Coward’s Private Lives

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creative team behind 'Blithe Spirit' and 'The Taming of the Shrew' comes HER Productions next classical takeover: Noel Coward's PRIVATE LIVES! Embracing Coward's trademark banter and elegance, HER's production peels back the fro...

The Library of Enchantment

The Library of Enchantment

Z-arts, Manchester
Ever wanted to step inside a story? The Library of Enchantment is a fun-filled thrilling family-friendly escape room, full of seafaring adventures, time travelling tricks and a pesky old bookworm who's always up to meddlesome mischief! Can ...

Saturday 7 February 2026

Ockham's Razor - Collaborator

Ockham's Razor - Collaborator

Lowry, Salford
Ockham's Razor return with an intimate duet crafted and performed by the two Artistic Directors. For 20 years Alex and Charlotte have been making circus together. Lifting, catching and carrying; stepping on and around each other. They have ...

The Memory of Water

The Memory of Water

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Starring Helen Flanagan, Vicky Binns, Polly Lister and Victoria Brazier THREE SISTERS AND A FUNERAL... Winter, 1996.  The Spice Girls are riding high in the charts, football has failed to come home, and Dolly the Sheep's been cloned. Mean...

Peppa Pig's Big Family Show

Peppa Pig's Big Family Show

Lowry, Salford
Peppa Pig and friends are back in their brand new live stage show!With a new arrival on the way the whole family are busy getting ready. With building and decorating work to be done, it's an oinktastic makeover and Peppa Pig, Mummy Pig, Dad...

Jason Derulo

Jason Derulo

Co-op Live, Manchester
Multi-Platinum selling Haitian Creole Florida R&B singer Jason Desrouleaux, a.k.a. Jason Derulo, topped the charts in the United States (UK no.3) with his debut single "Whatcha Say" in 2009 and has since gone on to score numerous worldwide...

Motionless in White

Motionless in White

AO Arena, Manchester
With their unique combination of industrial metal dissonance, captivating gothic bombast and powerful, contemporary metalcore, Pennsylvania's Motionless In White have become one of the most important forces in modern US rock music. With ove...

Nashville

Nashville

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Nashville: The Reunion Tour sees Clare Bowen, Charles Esten, Jonathan Jackson and Sam Palladio take to the stage once more to perform classic songs from the hit TV series, as well as their own original material. Airing from 2012 to 2018, N...

Nashville in Concert

Nashville in Concert

O2 Apollo, Manchester
After a sold-out 2023 tour, stars of the iconic hit television series Nashville are returning. The Nashville Encore Tour will feature stars Clare Bowen, Charles Esten, Jonathan Jackson and Sam Palladio, who will take the stage to p...

Sue Perkins

Sue Perkins

Lowry, Salford
You may know her as Bake-Off Sue, Taskmaster Sue, Just A Minute Sue, or the Sue that gives you travel envy - but stand-up Sue is full of surprises. In this brand-new show, she shares the unlikely happenings from a career in the spotlight. W...

Horrible Histories - The Concert

Horrible Histories - The Concert

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
For the very first time, your favourite songs and actors from the BAFTA Award-winning CBBC TV series will be appearing live (and dead!) on stage in a very special production! When William Shakespeare is asked to create the greatest show on ...

Luminiscence

Luminiscence

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Arriving in the UK for the first time, after dazzling over 1 Million people in Europe, the incredible immersive projection concert LUMINISCENCE transforms Manchester Cathedral into a fully immersive world of sound, story, and light. Featuri...

PwC presents Cinderella

PwC presents Cinderella

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Cinderella is creative, compassionate and fiercely loyal to her friends-but trapped under the thumb of her cruel stepmother and vain stepsisters. Her happily-ever-after feels far out of reach. Meanwhile, the Prince is shy, artistic, and lon...

Sleaford Mods

Sleaford Mods

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sprechgesang electro-punk duo Sleaford Mods pull no punches either live or on record and not one inch of their rhetoric - alternately cheeky and blood-and-guts, occasionally both - is inauthentic or posed. Thrown out of school and disdainfu...

Maximo Park

Maximo Park

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Rakish Newcastle post-punks Maximo Park are a hyper-tuneful indie-rock outfit in the vein of XTC, Gang of Four, and particularly modern peers The Futureheads. They turn out the sort of breathless, keyboard-drenched art-pop numbers that ne...

Tales from Acorn Wood

Tales from Acorn Wood

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Based on the favourite stories by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's beloved Tales from Acorn Wood stories are brought to life on stage for the first time in an enchanting lift-the-flap experience. Poor ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Step into candlelit winter woods and discover the shadowy underbelly of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream To escape a society ruled by tyrannical law, four young lovers flee to the forest beyond the city walls. Unbeknownst to them, th...

For the Love of Vampire Diaries UK

For the Love of Vampire Diaries UK

Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
Part of the Monopoly Events family of pop culture conventions, attracting thousands of fans annually, if you love The Vampire Diaries Universe then this is the show for you! This event will see guests from all three franchises across the u...

Forbidden Nights

Forbidden Nights

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Having made their debut on Britain's Got Talent in 2015 and played to packed houses since then, the Forbidden Nights boys are still in high demand at theatres all over the country with an even bigger and hotter tour for 2023. Yes ladies, "C...

Trance Classical

Trance Classical

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Hosted by one of the most iconic names in classic trance, Lange, prepare to hear trance classics performed like never before. A fusion of orchestra and DJ with a tailored light and laser show to bring you an immersive experience. Expect t...

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...

Sunday 8 February 2026

Peppa Pig's Big Family Show

Peppa Pig's Big Family Show

Lowry, Salford
Peppa Pig and friends are back in their brand new live stage show!With a new arrival on the way the whole family are busy getting ready. With building and decorating work to be done, it's an oinktastic makeover and Peppa Pig, Mummy Pig, Dad...

Horrible Histories - The Concert

Horrible Histories - The Concert

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
For the very first time, your favourite songs and actors from the BAFTA Award-winning CBBC TV series will be appearing live (and dead!) on stage in a very special production! When William Shakespeare is asked to create the greatest show on ...

Magdalena Bay

Magdalena Bay

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Few artists are at once artful and savvy enough to transcend the endless scroll, but LA-based Miami indie synthpop duo Magdalena Bay have used social platforms to dispatch their music, and what you might call their philosophy, in hypnotic, ...

Luminiscence

Luminiscence

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Arriving in the UK for the first time, after dazzling over 1 Million people in Europe, the incredible immersive projection concert LUMINISCENCE transforms Manchester Cathedral into a fully immersive world of sound, story, and light. Featuri...

Justin Moorhouse

Justin Moorhouse

Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Justin returns with "The Greatest Performance of My Life". After a successful and extensively extended tour of his 2022 show Stretch and Think (which you can catch in full on YouTube), he's back ...

Tales from Acorn Wood

Tales from Acorn Wood

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Based on the favourite stories by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's beloved Tales from Acorn Wood stories are brought to life on stage for the first time in an enchanting lift-the-flap experience. Poor ...

RNCM Day of Percussion

RNCM Day of Percussion

RNCM, Manchester
  Now in its 32nd year, the RNCM Day of Percussion continues its mission to engage, educate, and entertain all who have an interest in the wonderful world of percussion. Led by artistic director Simone Rebello, our internationally renowne...

Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
  Vitruvian Mango is the new stand-up show from multi award-winning comedian Marcus Brigstocke. What are men for? Most heavy things can be lifted by machines and most problems can be solved by computers and most puddles can be crossed with...

For the Love of Vampire Diaries UK

For the Love of Vampire Diaries UK

Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
Part of the Monopoly Events family of pop culture conventions, attracting thousands of fans annually, if you love The Vampire Diaries Universe then this is the show for you! This event will see guests from all three franchises across the u...

Fozzy

Fozzy

O2 Ritz, Manchester
After scoring four Top 10 hits in the States, Atlanta, Georgia, powerhouse rockers Fozzy bring their kick ass, hooky heavy metal songs on a wild ride to the UK. Fozzy has always been about a heavy groove and a good time. And when you have t...
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