FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Free Shows & Events in Manchester
Tue 10 Feb - Tue 30 Jun 2026
Mon 16 Feb - Mon 23 Mar 2026
Fri 13 Feb - Fri 14 Aug 2026
Wed 18 Feb - Wed 15 Apr 2026
Fri 13 Feb - Fri 3 Apr 2026
Thu 12 Feb - Thu 16 Jul 2026
Sat 14 Feb - Sat 4 Apr 2026
Tue 10 Feb - Tue 14 Jul 2026
Fri 13 Feb - Fri 3 Apr 2026
LOWRY 360
Tuesday 10 February - Tuesday 30 June 2026
A unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of LS Lowry's iconic work, Going to the Match, in the UK's first free permanent immersive experience. Created in collaboration with Barcelona's renowned Immersive studi...
Baby Book Club
Tuesday 10 February - Tuesday 14 July 2026
Baby Book Club is a wonderful way to spend time together with your baby (0-2 years) and develop their love of books, stories and reading. Baby Book Club helps parents develop skills in how to make reading fun for their babies and help d...
Rhyme Time
Thursday 12 February - Thursday 16 July 2026
Rhyme time is a fun group singing session for babies and toddlers (0-4 years) and their grown-ups. Singing together and repeating rhymes helps your child develop listening, visual and memory skills, which will help them develop. Rhyme t...
LEGO Club
Friday 13 February - Friday 3 April 2026
Z-Arts are getting all their LEGO out for kids of all ages to play with and build whatever they like! Parents need to stay and supervise their children throughout the session. ...
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Friday 13 February - Friday 14 August 2026
DJs and live musicians play old and new school hip hop, afrobeats and RnB goodness from Kendrick Lamar and J Hus to Wizkid and Lauryn Hill. ...
Podcast Club
Friday 13 February - Friday 3 April 2026
Join in the fun at Z-arts' studio, where you can play games to improve your performance skills, learn how to record and edit audio, how to research, how to put together and give an interview, basically everything you need to become a supers...
Family Saturdays
Saturday 14 February - Saturday 28 March 2026
Join us at the Octagon on selected Saturday mornings for FREE family storytelling sessions for children and their grownups. Sharing stories through creative play to spark imaginations! Family Saturdays is a space where families can explore ...
Family Art Stars
Saturday 14 February - Saturday 4 April 2026
Families that learn together, grow together. We are very excited to continue our Family Art Stars sessions every Saturday! Come down, muck in and make some art as a family, spending quality time and learning new techniques. No skill is requ...
RNCM Monday Lunchtime Showcase
Monday 16 February - Monday 23 March 2026
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. Witness the next generation of musicians in this intimate lunchtime solo and chamber music series,...
Comedy Circus
Wednesday 18 February - Wednesday 15 April 2026
A free open mic comedy show designed to give anyone who's ever wanted a chance to try standup comedy, and for established comedians to work out new material. It's a wild fun and chaotic show featuring weekly games and contests for drinks an...
Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Harps
Thursday 12 March 2026
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. ...
At the Rainbow's End
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 March 2026
At the Rainbow's End by Clare Summerskill A verbatim play addressing homophobic and transphobic abuse of older LGBTQ+ people in care and receiving care in later life. Presented by members of Artemis Theatre Company. These script-in-hand p...
Quatuor Danel & Noémi Gyori - Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major
Thursday 7 May 2026
Free lunchtime concert. The leading French string quartet - who have been "Quartet in Residence" at the University of Manchester since 2005 - join forces with Noemi Gyori (flute) to perform Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285 and ...
