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Friday 20 February 2026

Circus Funtasia

Circus Funtasia

Wythenshawe Park, Manchester
USE THE DISCOUNT CODE "FUN26" TO GET MONEY OFF YOUR TICKET!Feel the Thrill of Circus Funtasia 2026 - Where Dreams Become Reality! Get ready to gasp, cheer, laugh, and leap out of your seat as Circus Funtasia 2026 storms into town with a tur...

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...

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

Lowry, Salford
This production is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It's London's biggest hit with 88 Five-Star reviews, making it the best-reviewed show in We...

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical

Palace Theatre, Manchester
The Broadway and West End musical comedy sensation follows three friends on a hilarious and heartwarming road trip across the Australian Outback to stage the show of a lifetime. Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is a joyous celebration of unity...

Florence + The Machine

Florence + The Machine

Co-op Live, Manchester
The insanely captivating Florence Welch - the festival headlining Boudicca, wielding anthems like a flaming sword - is at the peak of her powers, coming into a fully realised self-knowledge, poking sly fun at her own self-created persona, p...

The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical

The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical

HOME, Manchester
Adapted from Rick Riordan's best-selling novel by Joe Tracz, writer of Be More Chill, and with an electrifying rock score by Rob Rokicki, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is the perfect adventure for gods and mortals alike. Wh...

The K's

The K's

Gorilla, Manchester
  Now with a UK no.1 album to their name, The K's were formed in Earlestown in 2017 after the lads grew up together in the shadows of two huge North West neighbours, Manchester and Liverpool. Jamie Boyle (vocals/guitar); Ryan Breslin (guit...

British Cycling - National Track Championships

British Cycling - National Track Championships

National Cycling Centre, Manchester
2026 Lloyds National Track Championships returns to Manchester The 2026 Lloyds National Track Championships will be making its return, for the third year in a row to the home of cycling in Manchester's National Cycling Centre from Thursday ...

Scott Bennett

Scott Bennett

Lowry, Salford
As heard on BBC Radio 4!As a society we love stuff, it's a statement about who we are and who we want to be. But apparently, this message is at odds with the looming environmental crisis. We're now struggling to balance these worlds, to foc...

Disney in Concert - The Sound of Magic

Disney in Concert - The Sound of Magic

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Disney in Concert: The Sound of Magic returns to cebrate 100 years of the Disney experience through its music. This symphonic celebration will see renowned Novello Orchestra bring to life the soundtracks and characters from the Walt Disney ...

Go Your Own Way - A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

Go Your Own Way - A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Go Your Own Way is a brand new spellbinding show featuring the music from the legendary multiple Grammy Award Winning Fleetwood Mac. Their rock n roll legacy is beautifully performed by a highly talented and acclaimed ensemble of musicians ...

Road

Road

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
By Jim Cartwright, featuring Lucy Beaumont, Shobna Gulati, Lesley Joseph, Johnny Vegas, and with special guest Sir Tom Courtenay on film. 'Road's coming round us!' It's 1986. Your rumbustious chaperone Scullery guides you down the road, pic...

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...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Lowry, Salford
Visit the incredible world of Stuff and Nonsense. Three very funny men seek refuge in a grand but abandoned old house, where they gather around an extraordinary dining table that becomes their playground. Grandfather, Father and Son tell t...

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Welcome to Egypt - the bustling community hub and iconic music venue - run by legendary activist and soul diva Queen Cleopatra.  Egypt has everything you could possibly need to survive in this rundown city - warm space, free food, banging ...

Oxventure

Oxventure

HOME, Manchester
With all things table-top, from Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra, the massively successful video game channels devoted to Dungeons & Dragons, Blades in the Dark, One-Shot Wonder and more, The Oxventurers Guild make their triumphant return wit...

American Wrestling

American Wrestling

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Cheer the goodies and boo the baddies at the world's greatest family spectacular, featuring the man with the million dollar arms, TV's worldwide heavyweight champion Tiny Iron!With tag team titles on the line and a sensational over the top...

The Paper Kites

The Paper Kites

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Known for their ethereal, moody sound, Australian indie-folk rock outfit The Paper Kites' music has been featured on numerous television shows including Grey's Anatomy, Forever and Reign. The Australian band's melancholic, mid-tempo music ...

Big Special

Big Special

New Century Hall, Manchester
Described by Rolling Stone as "the punk duo who want us to dance through the darkness," Black Country natives Joe Hicklin (vocals) and Callum Moloney (drums) produce a sound that comes from vital, frustrated young working-class voices that ...

Coleen Nolan

Coleen Nolan

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
From a child star, as the youngest of the 'Nolan Sisters' to TV Personality/Presenter, Best Selling Author and Agony Aunt, Coleen Nolan has done it all, or so it would seem. However, there is still one thing that that needs ticking off the ...

Saturday 21 February 2026

Circus Funtasia

Circus Funtasia

Wythenshawe Park, Manchester
USE THE DISCOUNT CODE "FUN26" TO GET MONEY OFF YOUR TICKET!Feel the Thrill of Circus Funtasia 2026 - Where Dreams Become Reality! Get ready to gasp, cheer, laugh, and leap out of your seat as Circus Funtasia 2026 storms into town with a tur...

Manchester City v Newcastle United

Manchester City v Newcastle United

Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Abu Dhabi meets Saudia Arabia as City take on the Geordies in the Premier League at the Etihad. ...

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...

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

Lowry, Salford
This production is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It's London's biggest hit with 88 Five-Star reviews, making it the best-reviewed show in We...

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical

Palace Theatre, Manchester
The Broadway and West End musical comedy sensation follows three friends on a hilarious and heartwarming road trip across the Australian Outback to stage the show of a lifetime. Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is a joyous celebration of unity...

James Arthur

James Arthur

Co-op Live, Manchester
Multi-Platinum Middlesborough-born, Brit billion-certified artist James Arthur started writing and recording songs when he was just 15, uploading his music to SoundCloud and YouTube. Now, looking back on a decade-long career, which includes...

The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical

The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical

HOME, Manchester
Adapted from Rick Riordan's best-selling novel by Joe Tracz, writer of Be More Chill, and with an electrifying rock score by Rob Rokicki, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is the perfect adventure for gods and mortals alike. Wh...

British Cycling - National Track Championships

British Cycling - National Track Championships

National Cycling Centre, Manchester
2026 Lloyds National Track Championships returns to Manchester The 2026 Lloyds National Track Championships will be making its return, for the third year in a row to the home of cycling in Manchester's National Cycling Centre from Thursday ...

BBC Philharmonic & Lawrence Power - Romeo & Juliet

BBC Philharmonic & Lawrence Power - Romeo & Juliet

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
'Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.' - Simone Weil Violist Lawrence Power returns to perform Cassandra Miller's acclaimed Viola Concerto, a piece heralded on its 2022 pre...

Road

Road

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
By Jim Cartwright, featuring Lucy Beaumont, Shobna Gulati, Lesley Joseph, Johnny Vegas, and with special guest Sir Tom Courtenay on film. 'Road's coming round us!' It's 1986. Your rumbustious chaperone Scullery guides you down the road, pic...

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...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Lowry, Salford
Visit the incredible world of Stuff and Nonsense. Three very funny men seek refuge in a grand but abandoned old house, where they gather around an extraordinary dining table that becomes their playground. Grandfather, Father and Son tell t...

The Fratellis

The Fratellis

Albert Hall, Manchester
The brashly melodic BRIT Award-winning indie rock trio from Glasgow mix the tried-and-true sounds of glam rock, stripped-down acoustic-driven tracks, and Class of 1977 punk with fun, energetic 70's Cali-rock, rockabilly and glorious hints ...

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Welcome to Egypt - the bustling community hub and iconic music venue - run by legendary activist and soul diva Queen Cleopatra.  Egypt has everything you could possibly need to survive in this rundown city - warm space, free food, banging ...

For the Love of Wrestling

For the Love of Wrestling

Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
The UK and Europe's biggest dedicated wrestling event and fan convention featuring the biggest stars from WWE, WWF, WCW, ECW, TNA, NWA and Impact Wrestling - including (in 2024) Nic Nemeth, Mandy Sacs, Scott Steiner, Sgt. Slaughter, Trish S...

Teletech

Teletech

Hidden, Manchester
Manchester born Techno, electro and acid clubnight. ...

Candlelight - A Tribute to Taylor Swift

Candlelight - A Tribute to Taylor Swift

Abc Dome, Manchester
Enjoy some of the best Taylor Swift songs of all time like never before! Surrounded by the gentle glow of candlelight, you'll listen to a string quartet's rendition of top hits by Taylor Swift. Be ready to rediscover Taylor's catalogue of h...

Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works

Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works

Abc Dome, Manchester
  The most awe-inspiring music from one of the greatest film composers of all time brought to you by a string quartet in an intimate candlelight setting. No doubt these tracks will sound familiar, as they give life to iconic films such as ...

Hal Cruttenden

Hal Cruttenden

Lowry, Salford
One of the top stand up comedians working in the UK today, as well as being a highly accomplished writer and actor, Hal is back with a brand-new tour, Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It, that promises to stick it to 'The Man', as long as '...

Dinosaur Adventure Live - Danger on T-Rex Mountain

Dinosaur Adventure Live - Danger on T-Rex Mountain

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
The Greatest Prehistoric Show on Earth A dinosaur show 65 million years in the making... Are you ready for the BRAND NEW adventure? Join our intrepid rangers on a quest to recover the data crystal, restore power to the island and save the D...

Sunday 22 February 2026

Circus Funtasia

Circus Funtasia

Wythenshawe Park, Manchester
USE THE DISCOUNT CODE "FUN26" TO GET MONEY OFF YOUR TICKET!Feel the Thrill of Circus Funtasia 2026 - Where Dreams Become Reality! Get ready to gasp, cheer, laugh, and leap out of your seat as Circus Funtasia 2026 storms into town with a tur...

The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical

The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical

HOME, Manchester
Adapted from Rick Riordan's best-selling novel by Joe Tracz, writer of Be More Chill, and with an electrifying rock score by Rob Rokicki, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is the perfect adventure for gods and mortals alike. Wh...

British Cycling - National Track Championships

British Cycling - National Track Championships

National Cycling Centre, Manchester
2026 Lloyds National Track Championships returns to Manchester The 2026 Lloyds National Track Championships will be making its return, for the third year in a row to the home of cycling in Manchester's National Cycling Centre from Thursday ...

Nathan Carter

Nathan Carter

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Quickly becoming one of the UK's most prolific touring artists, wowing crowds with his sensational live show, Liverpudlian Irish country pop star Nathan Carter returns. One of the UK's most exciting live performers, his energetic showmanshi...

Chloe Petts

Chloe Petts

Lowry, Salford
  Rising star and "very funny" (Guardian) "very gay" Kent comedian Chloe Petts returns with her latest tour, Big Naturals, and she's delving where she's never delved before: this is a show about sex. The problem is that she blushes every...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Lowry, Salford
Visit the incredible world of Stuff and Nonsense. Three very funny men seek refuge in a grand but abandoned old house, where they gather around an extraordinary dining table that becomes their playground. Grandfather, Father and Son tell t...

For the Love of Wrestling

For the Love of Wrestling

Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
The UK and Europe's biggest dedicated wrestling event and fan convention featuring the biggest stars from WWE, WWF, WCW, ECW, TNA, NWA and Impact Wrestling - including (in 2024) Nic Nemeth, Mandy Sacs, Scott Steiner, Sgt. Slaughter, Trish S...

Whitney

Whitney

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Chicago indie folk rock duo Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek have been described by The Guardian as like "Bon Iver, with elements of folk and country, only given a Chicago soul makeover" with buoyant drum loops, effortless falsetto hooks, and...

The Last Picture

The Last Picture

HOME, Manchester
This brand-new play by Catherine Dyson provides a thought-provoking exploration of empathy, imagination, and collective memory from the perspective of an emotional support dog, Sam. On a school trip to a photography exhibition, Sam gently g...

Courtney Marie Andrews

Courtney Marie Andrews

Gorilla, Manchester
On the honey shores of Cape Cod in a beach shack, American folk pop singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews found self-love and her voice. Every morning, she'd walk 6-8 miles around the back trails of an island and meditate on her life, pe...
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