FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Free Shows & Events in Manchester
Dungeons & Dragons Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse
Tue 8 Jul - Tue 9 Sep 2025
Floridita Dance - Free Bachata Taster Class
On Bar
Tue 17 - Tue 24 Jun 2025
RNCM Spotlight - Suit Up Barbershop Quartet
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
An evening of close harmony classics and modern tunes alike, presented in Suit Up's debut performance. ...LOWRY 360
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 14 June - Wednesday 24 December 2025
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...Family Art Stars
Z-arts, Manchester
Saturday 14 June - Saturday 19 July 2025
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...Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Saturday 14 June - Saturday 4 October 2025
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. ...RNCM Spotlight - Cortet
RNCM, Manchester
Monday 16 June 2025
The French horn group Cortet embarks on an ethereal musical journey, featuring works that evoke a dreamlike atmosphere and the premiere of Ella Laughton's latest composition. ...Floridita Dance - Free Salsa Taster Class
On Bar, Manchester
Monday 16 - Monday 30 June 2025
Ever wanted to learn Salsa but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner is required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their c...Floridita Dance - Free Bachata Taster Class
On Bar, Manchester
Tuesday 17 - Tuesday 24 June 2025
Ever wanted to learn Bachata but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their co...Podcast Club
Z-arts, Manchester
Tuesday 17 June - Wednesday 16 July 2025
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...BBC Philharmonic & RNCM Students
BBC Philharmonic Studios, Salford
Wednesday 18 - Friday 20 June 2025
The BBC Philharmonic joins RNCM student conductors and International Artist Diploma musicians for an afternoon of extraordinary music making. This unique collaboration offers student conductors the rare opportunity to lead a world-class pro...Happy Hour Comedy
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Friday 27 June 2025
An evening of uproarious comedy featuring the freshest local talents, all working out new material for your amusement. It's a free show with exit-by-donation - because laughter should be affordable and accessible. Come sip on budget-friendl...RNCM Opera Scenes
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 19 June 2025
FREE EVENT. RNCM vocal and conducting students present excerpts from some of opera's greatest moments in this free series of staged scenes. A perfect way to feed your curiosity! Click on tickets link for the perfromers and excerpts presente...Rhyme Time
Z-arts, Manchester
Thursday 19 June - Thursday 17 July 2025
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
Z-arts, Manchester
Friday 20 June - Friday 18 July 2025
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. ...Funk Street!
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 21 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Get your groove on at Funk Street, a free night of live funk, soul and disco brought to you by resident bands. Traversing the finest in funk, soul, disco, house and more. Expect soul-heavy beats, infectious rhythm, and free-flowing danceflo...RNCM Spotlight - Mendelssohn's Octet
RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 24 June 2025
A cornerstone of the chamber music repertoire, Mendelssohn's Octet combines rich orchestral textures with intricate interplay, written when the composer was just 16 and performed here by two chamber groups. ...
Baby Book Club
Z-arts, Manchester
Wednesday 25 June 2025
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...RNCM Spotlight - Aurora Winds
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 26 June 2025
Aurora Winds performs new works for wind quintet influenced by hip-hop, the Talking Heads, Annie Clarke, Sigur Ros, and Radiohead. ...Musical Storyland Live
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
Sean Chandler presents a live and interactive performance of Three Billy Goats Gruff from the CBeebies series Musical Storyland with musicians from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. A family of goats eat all the grass in their meadow and must...Bury Comic Con - Pen! Paper! Pose!
The Met, Bury
Sunday 29 June 2025
Join Lee Crocker of Two Crows Arts Studio for a lively figure drawing event that is Comic Con inspired for all levels of experience (Ages 5+) with a great playlist and random prizes. Basic materials available and the bar will be open! ...Little Reads
Z-arts, Manchester
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Little Reads with Manchester Literature Festival. Join Ged for an interactive Storytelling session in our new Children's Library. 10am session - Pre-school/Family session 11am- Inclusive session (If you require a BSL interpreter please do l...Dungeons & Dragons Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 8 July - Tuesday 9 September 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse's Dungeons & Dragons Night is an opportunity to embark on a remarkable journey into the realms of fantasy, where epic adventures, memorable characters, and thrilling encounters await! Whether you're seeking a new...Quentin Blake and Me
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 19 July - Sunday 31 August 2025
In this vibrant and lively family exhibition, Lowry will be celebrating the work of one of the most popular and successful writers and illustrators of children's books, Quentin Blake. Known for his distinctive and whimsical style, Blake ha...So Many Beauties Collective
