WHAT'S ON AT THE PORTICO LIBRARY, MANCHESTER
What's On at The Portico Library, Manchester
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Most Popular Shows and Events at The Portico Library, Manchester
What's On at The Portico Library, Manchester
Slow Reading Club - Banned Book Week: James Joyce's Ulysses
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 10 October 2025
A bookclub but with a difference - just a few passages to read & discuss in a relaxed environment. Perfect for a book few people have actually read....Slow Reading Club: James Joyce's Ulysses
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 10 October 2025
A bookclub but with a difference - just a few passages to read & discuss in a relaxed environment. Perfect for a book few people have actually read....Bimbo Ponmile - The Agile Employee: Manchester Book Launch
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
The Agile Employee,?provides a guide to building a career focused on professional growth and mental wellness simultaneously.?The book, and?Bimbo?Ponmile's work in general, advocates for a leadership and work culture that prioritises psychol...Portico Ubuntu: Local History Global Impact
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
Join the Portico Library and Newsroom for this informative exhibition as we mark the 80th anniversary of the October 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester, a landmark gathering that reshaped the global fight for Black liberation and indep...Gothic Historical Fiction: Essie Fox and Kate Griffin in conversation
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Join award-winning novelists Essie Fox and Kate Griffin to find out more about the process of writing historical fiction and how to create a Gothic atmosphere. They will be talking about their recent novels, Essie Fox?s Dangerous (2024) and...Ubuntu: Black Creatives - Kevin Dalton Johnson
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
In this inspiring masterclass, Kevin Dalton-Johnson shares his personal experiences as a student, teacher, and leader in the arts....Islamic Art Illumination Workshop
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Step into the rich world of Islamic illumination ? a centuries-old art form used to beautify sacred manuscripts with intricate floral motifs and shimmering gold accents....Islamic Art Illumination Workshop FULLY BOOKED
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Step into the rich world of Islamic illumination ? a centuries-old art form used to beautify sacred manuscripts with intricate floral motifs and shimmering gold accents....The Portico Kitchen Secret Supper Club
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 30 October 2025
Join the Portico Kitchen team for a series of unique dining experiences in one of the city's most extraordinary settings. The Portico Kitchen is Manchester's oldest lunch spot, and expand their offer into dinner service for a limited run of...Witches Wizards and Magical Creatures: Half-Term Family Activities
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 30 October 2025
Join us to explore witches, wizards and magical creatures in our collections and more recent children?s books. And for an excuse to dress up and make the most of our Halloween costumes....Slow Reading Club: The Vampire
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
A bookclub but with a difference - just a few passages to read & discuss in a relaxed environment. On Halloween at dusk, it has to be The Vampyre. . . ....Manchester Bees & Books - Family Event
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 1 November 2025
Free - drop in! Spend time finding about bees and their importance with beekeeper and author of A Bee, Natasha Devine, Secretary of the Manchester & District Beekeepers? Association....We Are Family: Six Kids and a Super-Dad
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 1 November 2025
An empowering one-person performance poetry show all about family! For children (aged 5+) and their grown ups...Two Doctors - Two Ghost Stories by MR James
The Portico Library, Manchester
Monday 3 November 2025
M R James is acknowledged as the master of the English Ghost Story. He first performed his supernatural tales to friends at Christmas in King's College, Cambridge. M R James's ghost stories often involve the rediscovery of haunted objects. ...“Two Doctors” & “The Diary of M R Poynter” - Ghost Stories by M. R. James FULLY BOOKED
The Portico Library, Manchester
Monday 3 November 2025
A rare chance to hear the eerie stories of M R James, performed by R M Lloyd Parry, in an atmospheric 19th century Library....Making a single section hardback book: Bookbinding Workshop
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
We will make a proper hardback book with a difference!...Making a single section hardback book: Bookbinding Workshop FULLY BOOKED
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
We will make a proper hardback book with a difference!...The Singer Not the Song - Launch
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
A display of words, spineless wonders and dialects from the singer Jennifer Reid interwoven with books from the Portico Collection. Ballads and broadsides sing out under the Portico Dome, moving between the worlds of the nineteenth-century ...Changes in Light: Screening & Discussion
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 20 November 2025
A film that beautifully captures how staff, books, and ideas within the library, are impacted and changed through decolonising practices....Slow Reading Club: Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
A bookclub but with a difference - just a few passages to read & discuss in a relaxed environment. Perfect for a Friday afternoon. . ....The Portico Christmas Feast
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
The Portico Christmas Feast returns!Join us for our ever-popular yearly shindig of fine food, entertainment, and fundraising for the Portico....Fast History and Open Mic Night
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025
Listen to a series of quickfire talks with specially invited guests from across the history and heritage sector, then take to the stage yourself to share your own historical passions!...Mike Harding: Tales from the North
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025
Join us for a special evening with poet Mike Harding as he shares some stories from his latest books - including Specky Four Eyes....Bog Standard: An ancient bog man's story
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 19 February 2026
Ancient bog man?s story unearths magic, murder and mystery in Wilmslow - find out more in this performance with Rachel Pugh and Lucy Nolan....Cole Stacey at the Portico
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 21 March 2026
Bringing together his years of experience on stage, Cole Stacey?s deeply personal shows are rooted in storytelling - perfect for a library....How to get to The Portico Library, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at The Portico Library, Manchester
