WHAT'S ON AT THE MET, BURY
What's On at The Met, Bury
Most Popular Shows and Events at The Met, Bury
What's On at The Met, Bury
O'Hooley & Tidow
Thursday 1 May 2025
Nominated four times for BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 'Best Duo', much loved Yorkshire lasses Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow have been propelled into newfound fame for penning the theme tune to Sally Wainwright's hit BBC1/HBO drama 'Gentleman ...
First Thursday Comedy
Thursday 1 May - Thursday 4 September 2025
Comedy in a Van present an hilarious evening of top quality comedy on the first Thursday of every month. Click for acts on specific dates. ...
Daphne's Flight
Friday 2 May 2025
Featuring five of the finest singer-songwriters of their generation, the music of Daphne?s Flight is a unique and magical blend of their individual styles, but together they create a unique and unparalleled force, empowering audiences of al...
Burn - A Tribute to Deep Purple
Saturday 3 May 2025
BURN - Deep Purple Tribute present over 2 hours of searing rock and roll from one of the greatest rock bands of the seventies. You can expect all the classics - Highway Star, Fireball, Space Truckin', Woman from Tokyo - but also MkIII class...
Track Dogs
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Track Dogs are four international "madrilenos" (Garrett Wall, Dave Mooney, Howard Brown & Robbie K. Jones) 2 Irishmen, an Englishman and an American. Based in Spain, the band name comes from the dark subterranean world of New York's subway ...
Cut It Out Collage Club
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Come and have a relaxed evening of collage, chat, chill and creation at the Two Crows Arts Studio. Open to anyone looking to do something a little more relaxed and different, at all levels of experience, the Collage Club is an open group wh...
Ags Connolly
Thursday 8 May 2025
A traditional country artist from Oxfordshire, England, Ags Connolly is widely considered to be one of the best singer-songwriters in the genre ever to emerge from the UK ? but that doesn?t tell the whole story?Ags? songs have been lauded b...
Mat Walklate & Alex Haynes
Friday 9 May 2025
This pairing is a convergence of talent from two highly distinctive British blues artists. Having already built individual reputations, Manchester-based Mat Walklate and Leeds musician Alex Haynes have come together, drawing on the deepest ...
Jerron Paxton
Sunday 11 May 2025
Growing up in Los Angeles, Jerron Paxton would sit with an ear by the radio, eagerly absorbing the nuances and history of Black American traditional music that connect him to his ancestral roots in the South.A songwriter, inheritor of tradi...
Life Drawing with Two Crows Studios
Tuesday 13 May 2025
Basic materials are available and every session has a thought out playlist to guarantee an atmosphere to inspire your creativity. The bar will be open serving a wide variety of quality drinks....
Georgia Ruth
Friday 16 May 2025
Using folk influences to create a truly unique sound, her debut album Week of Pines won the Welsh Music Prize in 2013 and was nominated for two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Georgia collaborated with Manic Street Preachers on their Futurology al...
Get A Round In
Friday 16 May - Friday 19 September 2025
This regular event at The Met features three artists sharing the stage to showcase their songwriting talent and tell the stories behind their music. Expect the very best of Greater Manchester?s acoustic talent. Our March event features?Born...
Aiming High
Saturday 17 May 2025
Aiming High are back for another term of fun and creative drama activity. Our groups use physical activities and drama games to create a safe place for young people to express themselves, encourage them to become more independent and improv...
Metro Jazz (summer term 24 Mar - 23 Jun 2025)
Saturday 17 May - Monday 30 June 2025
Metro Jazz is open to anyone aged 18-100 (and beyond!) who plays an instrument to a competent standard (but don?t worry about grades) and is interested in learning about and playing jazz music. If you would consider yourself a beginner, can...
Rush Performing Arts Showcase
Saturday 17 May 2025
Enjoy an afternoon of celebrating amazing talents and dedicated students showcasing their talent, commitment, and enthusiasm for the arts. At Rush Performing Arts we pride ourselves on nurturing our students to become the best version of th...
The School of Curiosity (Summer term 28 Apr - 21 Jul 2025)
Saturday 17 May 2025
Is your child bursting with creativity?Do they love reading, making, and telling stories?Do they have a passion for exploring the world of imagination?Well, then, look no further!Welcome to The School of Curiosity ? a thrilling creative lea...
Met Express Drama Group
Monday 19 - Tuesday 20 May 2025
Met Express is The Met's very own learning disability theatre company. Met Express is an inclusive and accessible group run by expert facilitators with a diverse membership with a range of different disabilities. Sessions run Mondays and T...
Bury Youth Dance
Monday 19 May 2025
Join us in Bury Youth Dance to develop skills, create new work, perform at a range of platforms and make connections to build career paths in dance. This company is for 11-18 year olds who already have some grounding in dance and movement a...
Tuesday Meet-Up
Tuesday 20 May 2025
The idea is to have a social diverse space giving the chance to chat draw and create, (there will always be prompts and materials provided each month), in a decent chilled unique environment with music and a bar serving a wide variety of dr...
Catherine MacLellan and Lucy Farrell
Thursday 22 May 2025
Suspending time with their musical storytelling, Catherine and Lucy?s songs journal the characters, landscapes and situations that populate their lives and the broader world, unraveling and reweaving the threads of history and tradition wit...
Ellen Beth Abdi
Friday 23 May 2025
Grown wise with the lessons of life in outer-city Manchester, absorbing the teachings of music, culture, loss, and love, Ellen Beth Abdi?s long-awaited solo venture showcases her unique blend of influences. A beyond-years wisdom, musiciansh...
Gnoss
Thursday 29 May 2025
Gnoss' signature sound is a rich tapestry of acoustic layers; outstanding musicianship, deep traditional roots and contemporary compositional flair combine to create songs and tunes brimming with character. Triple Scots Trad Music Awards no...
The Luke Combs Experience - Luke Combs Tribute
Saturday 31 May 2025
A Luke Combs tribute act who will bring you everything you need to have you foot-stomping and fist-pumping to all of the country superstar's hits. From 'The Kind of Love We Make', 'Beer Never Broke My Heart' to 'Beautiful Crazy' and 'Growin...
You Choose
Saturday 31 May 2025
Suitable for ages 2-7, You Choose - Every show is unique!Based on the brilliant book by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt Nonsense Room Productions (Shark in the Park and Hairy Maclary Shows) bring you an interactive musical show for all th...
Art bEATs
Saturday 31 May 2025
We?re delighted to pilot a brand-new, free to attend social event in partnership with our friends Two Crows Studios. We firmly believe that art is for everyone, so we?re opening up the doors to The Met?s Social Hub ? and home of Two Crows A...
Flook
Thursday 5 June 2025
"In the pantheon of Irish/English folk groups they don't come much more revered than Flook." ~ Irish Post. Originally formed by flute playing friends Sarah Allen, Brian Finnegan, and Michael McGoldrick (who left in 1997 to join Capercaillie...
Good Habits
Friday 6 June 2025
Manchester-formed folk duo Bonnie Schwarz (cello + vocals) and Pete Shaw (accordion) mix revved-up virtuosity and harmony with vivid storytelling, drawing on their diverse musical tastes and weaving them into an action-packed narrative of g...
Bella Hardy
Saturday 7 June 2025
Bella has since become a regular on radio and television, notably singing solo in a sold-out Albert Hall at the Proms. She?s written and recorded with everyone from Beautiful South founder David Rotheray to folk luminary Eliza Carthy, and p...
King Creosote
Thursday 12 June 2025
 Since the mid-late 1990s, Mercury Prize-nominated Scottish singer-songwriter Kenny Anderson, DIY pop voyager, ancestral seaside home restorer, squeezebox lothario, Fife for lifer, diamond miner, hijacker of hearts, and the man also known...
BE. RIGHT. BACK.
Friday 20 June 2025
Drummer Rob formed the band in early 2023, bringing together musicians who met through local community jazz programmes at venues including The Met and Band on the Wall. The band?s ethos is to create music that resonates with a wide audience...
With Love Mr Gay
Saturday 21 June 2025
This (real) letter was blue-tacked to my flat?s front door, and thus sparked a neighbourhood feud over both my sexuality, and the placement of the blue bins. Determined to find peace, and not let the conflict consume me, I sought advice and...
Justin Moorhouse
Friday 27 June 2025
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 ...
Hannah Rarity
Friday 27 June 2025
Award-winning singer, Hannah Rarity, has made a lasting impression since being warmly embraced by the folk world, winning BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year (2018) and recording and touring with top acts Blazin? Fiddles, Rura, Nitew...
G2 Definitive Genesis
Saturday 28 June 2025
Celebrating their twenty-first anniversary year of playing classic 1970s Genesis, G2 pay tribute to a vintage period in the legendary band's long and colourful history, the four-man "Seconds Out" era, and earlier Gabriel years. With a repe...
Rockfit Rockathon
Saturday 28 June 2025
Get ready for a Rockfit event set to the heavy, heart-pounding sounds of?Rammstein?and other rock legends. This isn?t just a workout ? it?s an experience. Sweat, strength, and pure adrenaline!...
Learn Harmonica (summer term 28 Apr - 30 Jun 2025)
Monday 30 June 2025
We offer three classes for this workshop, a beginners session 6-7pm,?a returning beginners session at 7-8pm, and an intermediate session 8-9pm. If you are unsure which group to sign up for, please contact education@themet. org. uk. Workshop...
Nanna Mo's Botox and Bum Lifts
Thursday 3 July 2025
From MaD Theatre Company, the producers of "Nanna's OnlyFans Film", "Nanna Mo's Botox and Bum Lifts" promises to be a hilarious look at how the baby boomer generation is trying to keep up with the modern world. After doing an online course ...
Beatles Complete - Tribute to The Beatles
Friday 11 July 2025
Direct from the world famous Cavern Club, Liverpool, Beatles Complete present a night of Beatlemania packed with massive hits from the most influential band of all time. This Liverpool based 'beat combo' are the youngest ever Beatles band...
Beat The Drum - The Runrig Experience
Saturday 19 July 2025
Following a triumphant run of over fifty sold-out performances across Europe in 2024, The Runrig Experience is set to hit the road once again in 2025! Returning to some beloved venues and making exciting new stops along the way, this tour p...
The Bookshop Band
Saturday 26 July 2025
Formed in September 2010, they released their first album two months later and have since released thirteen albums collaborating with over one-hundred authors, including Philip Pullman, Louis de Bernieres and Margaret Atwood. They have tour...
Heather Ferrier Trio
Friday 12 September 2025
Heather Ferrier completely charmed a packed Bridgwater Hall in Manchester for the opening ceremony of the thirtieth annual WOMEX in October 2024, with her disarming personality and virtuoso playing of the accordion, but when she put down th...
Well Said
Saturday 13 September 2025
A trip down memory lane with cherished originals from their past, alongside their unique mix of brass-driven ska/rock/pop cover versions. Don?t miss this celebration of a band at the top of the Bury music scene for the past four decades. Pl...
Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings (Bellowhead)
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Bellowhead frontman and one half of Spiers & Boden, Jon Boden founded his band The Remnant Kings in 2009 to perform the album 'Songs from the Floodplain', the first in his post-apocalyptic trilogy of self-penned albums. They were reunited t...
Chris Difford (Squeeze)
Thursday 18 September 2025
The Squeeze songwriter is a Grammy nominated and double Ivor Novello Award winning lyricist who has brought us characters and sketches from everyday life, and has successfully turned the mundane into the beautiful, the urbane into the exqu...
The Smiths Ltd - The Smiths Tribute Band
Saturday 20 September 2025
The Smiths Ltd was formed in Manchester, UK the hometown of The Smiths. After an extensive search to find the perfect Morrissey, the band played their first gig in Manchester to an audience of avid Smiths fans. The response was spectacular...
Ferocious Dog
Saturday 4 October 2025
 Worksop's Ferocious Dog has emerged as a prominent figure in the music world, renowned for their dynamic and authentic folk-punk sound that echoes the essence of Nottinghamshire. Celebrated for their narrative-driven lyrics addressing so...
Emmanuel Sonubi
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee and Best Show nominee, Emmanuel Sonubi is back on tour with his new show Life After Near Death, following sold-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, his Curriculum Vitae European Tour, and hi...
The Bohemians - A Night of Queen
Saturday 25 October 2025
The Show Must Go On' - and there's certainly no stopping this comprehensive re-enactment of Queens greatest hits! Internationally renowned Queen tribute band The Bohemians take you on a high energy roller coaster ride of a concert, featurin...
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