What's on in Manchester in February
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical
Thursday 19 - Saturday 28 February 2026
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...
Barnum
Tuesday 10 - Saturday 14 February 2026
Step right up and enter the dazzling world of P.T. Barnum, where imagination and ambition know no bounds. Hand in hand with wife Charity, Barnum's life and career twists and turns as he schemes and dreams his way to headier heights.
West E...
Operation Mincemeat
Monday 16 - Saturday 28 February 2026
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 W...
Single White Female
Tuesday 10 - Saturday 14 February 2026
Based on the iconic 90's psychological thriller, the world premiere stage production of Single White Female is a bold and modern reimagining of the best-selling book and hit movie, that coined a phrase and led a generation to fear a stilett...
Mean Girls
Monday 23 February - Saturday 7 Mar 2026
Direct from the West End, MEAN GIRLS is the smash-hit musical comedy from an award-winning creative team including Tina Fey (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Saturday Night Live).
Faye Tozer* - Steps icon, TV personality and West End ac...
Road
Friday 13 February - Saturday 14 Mar 2026
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, p...
The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical
Wednesday 11 - Sunday 22 February 2026
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.
W...
The Memory of Water
Thursday 5 - Saturday 21 February 2026
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. Mea...
Pinocchio
Tuesday 17 - Sunday 22 February 2026
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 ...
Peppa Pig's Big Family Show
Friday 6 - Sunday 8 February 2026
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...
Bubble Planet - An Immersive Experience
Saturday 7 February - Sunday 8 Mar 2026
Welcome to Bubble Planet, where bubbles are bigger and more magical than ever.
Let your inner child run free and follow your imagination in this spherical universe full of soap bubbles, air bubbles, and even virtual reality.
Explore every...
Noel Coward’s Private Lives
Thursday 5 - Sunday 8 February 2026
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 fr...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 February 2026
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, ...
The Hallé - From Broadway With Love
Saturday 14 February 2026
Gather your Valentines, your Galentines and your Palentines this Valentine's Day for a night of musical magic!
Join the Hallé orchestra, conductor Stephen Bell and West End stars Louise Dearman and Matt Ford for a stroll down Broadway as ...
English National Opera - Cosi fan Tutte
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 February 2026
ENO presents a new semi-staged concert of Mozart's Così fan tutte for two special performances at The Bridgewater Hall.
Mozart's comic masterpiece is centred around Ferrando and Guglielmo, who have long bragged about enjoying strong...
BRIT Awards
Saturday 28 February 2026
The BRIT Awards with Mastercard moves to Manchester for first time in 2026.
Award-winning comedian, actor, presenter, writer and University of Manchester drop-out Jack Whitehall will host the ceremony which features a homecoming from the v...
Young Voices
Thursday 5 - Friday 13 February 2026
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 s...
Disney in Concert - The Sound of Magic
Friday 20 February - Sunday 29 Mar 2026
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...
Circus Funtasia
Thursday 12 February - Sunday 1 Mar 2026
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 tu...
Luminiscence
Thursday 5 February - Thursday 26 Mar 2026
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.
Featur...
For the Love of Wrestling
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 February 2026
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, T...
British Cycling - National Track Championships
Thursday 19 - Sunday 22 February 2026
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...
