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Wednesday 29 October 2025

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Something wickedly spectacular this way comes...! Dare you enter the haunted Big Top? Gandeys Circus returns, bringing you a brand-new, spine-chilling, and action-packed Halloween Spooktacular-a legendary show filled with frights, delights,...

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Palace Theatre, Manchester
A theatrical triumph, the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's sold-out electrifying Fiddler on the Roof is going on tour. This is a rare opportunity to catch this critically acclaimed production from the powerhouse creative team directed by Jo...

Deadly Live Hosted by Steve Backshall

Deadly Live Hosted by Steve Backshall

AO Arena, Manchester
Get ready, UK! This Autumn half-term, award-winning wildlife presenter Steve Backshall is bringing Deadly Live! to arenas nationwide-an action-packed, edge-of-your-seat experience based on the hugely popular BBC Deadly franchise. Join Ste...

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
"I want to dance, Kate. It's the festival of Lughnasa. I'm only thirty-five. I want to dance." Driven by an overwhelming desire, the five Mundy sisters dance. Together they twirl and spin, it is wild, passionate, reckless, and for the brief...

Aitch

Aitch

Depot Mayfield, Manchester
The latest, greatest contender for Manchester's music throne, Aitch has cemented his position as one of the most exciting young British rappers with two UK Top 10 EPs and multi-Platinum Top 10 hits "Taste (Make It Shake)", "Baby", "Rain", "...

Kidz Bop

Kidz Bop

O2 Apollo, Manchester
  Make memories that will last a lifetime at the ultimate pop concert for kids, and their grown-ups too!  Sing and dance along as the KIDZ BOP Kids perform your favorite songs like "Espresso," "greedy," "Lil Boo Thang," "Dance The Night,"...

Going Out Out

Going Out Out

HOME, Manchester
Going Out Out is a show filled with music, courage and love about a man who finds a way to cope with grief by joining the Manchester drag scene. Ian's gone out less since he became a widower. Actually, he hasn't gone out at all - a local ch...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...

Garth Marenghi

Garth Marenghi

Lowry, Salford
From the fevered imaginata of Horror Fiction's Grand Frightener Garth Marenghi - Channel 4's spoof pulp horror author created by English comedians Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade - author of Sunday Times Bestselling Garth Marenghi's T...

The Smeds and The Smoos

The Smeds and The Smoos

Lowry, Salford
Tall Stories presents The Smeds and the Smoos. Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. On a far off planet, Smeds and Smoos can't be friends. So when a young Smed and Sm...

Candlelight - A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

Candlelight - A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Come and be whisked away to the Fleetwood Mac tribute of your "Dreams" with a programme selected from the band's impressive catalogue of most treasured iconic Rock masterpieces. A talented group of classical musicians will be melding sounds...

Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works

Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
  The most awe-inspiring music from one of the greatest film composers of all time brought to you by a string quartet in an intimate candlelight setting. No doubt these tracks will sound familiar, as they give life to iconic films such as ...

Daniel Kitson - Maybe A Ghost Story

Daniel Kitson - Maybe A Ghost Story

Albert Hall, Manchester
Originally written for the Globe theatre and then restaged at Wiltons Music Hall this is the first UK tour of a singularly seasonal show which is definitely funny, potentially frightening and maybe, just maybe, a ghost story. Comedian Danie...

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

HOME, Manchester
It's not breaking a code that matters, it's where you go from there. Mastermind code breaker. Maverick. Arguably one of the most important and inquisitive minds of the twentieth century. Alan Turing is famed for cracking the Enigma code at ...

Black Tie Ball

Black Tie Ball

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
It's the glitziest night of the year, and everyone wants to be there, from the great to the good. The Bentleys are parked, the Jazz band has arrived, and the magician is magic, so pick up your invite for this fundraising frenzy. But behind ...

Songs and Stories - An Intimate Evening With Paul Young

Songs and Stories - An Intimate Evening With Paul Young

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Songs and Stories - An Intimate Evening with Paul Young.  Paul Young broke into the big time 40 years ago when No Parlez went to number one and spawned iconic hits like Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home). More success followed with th...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Escape to a world of pure imagination with ROALD DAHL'S Charlie and The Chocolate Factory - The Musical.   The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory... but only to a lucky few. Charlie Bucket, an imaginat...

This Paranormal Life

This Paranormal Life

New Century Hall, Manchester
Award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Rory Powers & Kit Grier Mulvenna. Every Tuesday they investigate a different paranormal case! ...

The Haunting of Blaine Manor

The Haunting of Blaine Manor

The Met, Bury
Renowned American parapsychologist Doctor Roy Earle, famous for discrediting hauntings and exposing fake mediums, is invited to attend a seance in what is said to be the most haunted building in England, a building with a horrific history, ...

The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming

The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming

Manchester Multiple Venues, Manchester
  If you are looking for a film to watch, ManchesterTheatres. com have rounded-up the best movies currently showing at Manchester's cinemas, and we are offering discounted tickets at Odeon, Vue, Cineworld and HOME too. We've also compiled...

Thursday 30 October 2025

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Something wickedly spectacular this way comes...! Dare you enter the haunted Big Top? Gandeys Circus returns, bringing you a brand-new, spine-chilling, and action-packed Halloween Spooktacular-a legendary show filled with frights, delights,...

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Palace Theatre, Manchester
A theatrical triumph, the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's sold-out electrifying Fiddler on the Roof is going on tour. This is a rare opportunity to catch this critically acclaimed production from the powerhouse creative team directed by Jo...

HAIM

HAIM

Co-op Live, Manchester
The sister trio HAIM have been cultivating their soft indie rock sound and celebrating their sunny San Fernando Valley roots for more than a decade. Often compared to Fleetwood Mac and Wilson Phillips, they're a band with an innate ability ...

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
"I want to dance, Kate. It's the festival of Lughnasa. I'm only thirty-five. I want to dance." Driven by an overwhelming desire, the five Mundy sisters dance. Together they twirl and spin, it is wild, passionate, reckless, and for the brief...

Old Dominion

Old Dominion

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Proving that they are not your average country band, Nashville's Old Dominion lend old-fashioned country charm, lyrical wit and rock n' roll grit into radio-friendly hook-heavy pop nuggets. Old Dominion have emerged as one of the hottest br...

Lost In Music

Lost In Music

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Get ready to recreate the Magical 70's and let us take you on a musical journey straight to the heart of Disco!Relive some of the greatest songs of all time from artists such as Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge...

Going Out Out

Going Out Out

HOME, Manchester
Going Out Out is a show filled with music, courage and love about a man who finds a way to cope with grief by joining the Manchester drag scene. Ian's gone out less since he became a widower. Actually, he hasn't gone out at all - a local ch...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...

Garth Marenghi

Garth Marenghi

Lowry, Salford
From the fevered imaginata of Horror Fiction's Grand Frightener Garth Marenghi - Channel 4's spoof pulp horror author created by English comedians Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade - author of Sunday Times Bestselling Garth Marenghi's T...

The Smeds and The Smoos

The Smeds and The Smoos

Lowry, Salford
Tall Stories presents The Smeds and the Smoos. Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. On a far off planet, Smeds and Smoos can't be friends. So when a young Smed and Sm...

The Hallé Presents… John Adams in Manchester

The Hallé Presents… John Adams in Manchester

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
John Adams makes his much-anticipated return to the Halle in the first of three concerts celebrating a selection of his best-loved works. In a full-circle event, Slonimsky's Earbox - dedicated to the Russian-American musicologist and his le...

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

HOME, Manchester
It's not breaking a code that matters, it's where you go from there. Mastermind code breaker. Maverick. Arguably one of the most important and inquisitive minds of the twentieth century. Alan Turing is famed for cracking the Enigma code at ...

Black Tie Ball

Black Tie Ball

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
It's the glitziest night of the year, and everyone wants to be there, from the great to the good. The Bentleys are parked, the Jazz band has arrived, and the magician is magic, so pick up your invite for this fundraising frenzy. But behind ...

Skindred

Skindred

Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
From hard-hitting metal to reggae, rock to pop, dub to electro, nothing's off limits for Welsh ragga rock pioneers Skindred as their heavy, distortion-laden riff punches melt into vocalist Benji Webbe's frenzied rapping. Explosive metal an...

Halloween Ghost Train

Halloween Ghost Train

East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Are your family ready for the fright of their lives on the Halloween Scream Train? The Halloween Ghost Train is back to haunt the East Lancashire Railway this October, and we're hoping you're brave enough to climb aboard. Do you have what i...

The Lovely Eggs

The Lovely Eggs

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Lancaster indie rock duo the Lovely Eggs were formed in 2006 by Holly Ross and David Blackwell following the breakup of all-girl punk band Angelica, which Ross fronted between 1994 and 2003. Blackwell, a member of psychedelic drone outfit ...

Reef

Reef

O2 Ritz, Manchester
  UK Album Chart-topping Glastonbury hard blues rockers REEF return with their thrilling blast of unadulterated funky rock'n'roll joy. Their energetic shows serve up nineties Top 10 classics such as "Place Your Hands", and "Come Back Brigh...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Escape to a world of pure imagination with ROALD DAHL'S Charlie and The Chocolate Factory - The Musical.   The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory... but only to a lucky few. Charlie Bucket, an imaginat...

Tide Lines

Tide Lines

New Century Hall, Manchester
Scottish folk pop band Tide Lines rounded off a huge 2023 with a unique conceptual tour throughout Scotland entitled Elements. Such was the success of these special, stripped back shows, the band are now getting set to take Elements on t...

The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming

The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming

Manchester Multiple Venues, Manchester
  If you are looking for a film to watch, ManchesterTheatres. com have rounded-up the best movies currently showing at Manchester's cinemas, and we are offering discounted tickets at Odeon, Vue, Cineworld and HOME too. We've also compiled...

Friday 31 October 2025

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Something wickedly spectacular this way comes...! Dare you enter the haunted Big Top? Gandeys Circus returns, bringing you a brand-new, spine-chilling, and action-packed Halloween Spooktacular-a legendary show filled with frights, delights,...

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Palace Theatre, Manchester
A theatrical triumph, the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's sold-out electrifying Fiddler on the Roof is going on tour. This is a rare opportunity to catch this critically acclaimed production from the powerhouse creative team directed by Jo...

Duran Duran

Duran Duran

Co-op Live, Manchester
Birmingham New Wave idols Duran Duran were one of the first bands to truly capitalise on the new frontier of MTV. With a run of high concept, high-end production videos to innately catchy funk rock singles, the band's rise to stardom was pr...

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
"I want to dance, Kate. It's the festival of Lughnasa. I'm only thirty-five. I want to dance." Driven by an overwhelming desire, the five Mundy sisters dance. Together they twirl and spin, it is wild, passionate, reckless, and for the brief...

Björn Again - The Australian Abba Show

Björn Again - The Australian Abba Show

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Established in Melbourne, Australia, in 1988 and endorsed by ABBA, Bjorn Again are the world's leading ABBA tribute-parody show and have now toured over 120 countries worldwide, performing concerts at Wembley, The Sydney Opera House and Th...

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Aviva Studios, Manchester
From lo-fi garage/surf-rock to thrash metal, Stu Mackenzie's Australian psychedelic rock band have morphed into a prolific, constantly-evolving group, releasing over 48 albums between September 2012 and June 2023, seventeen of which entered...

Arch Enemy

Arch Enemy

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sweden's extreme metal titans Arch Enemy return with more guttural force, powerful signature guitar riffs and clean vocal surprises. ...

Going Out Out

Going Out Out

HOME, Manchester
Going Out Out is a show filled with music, courage and love about a man who finds a way to cope with grief by joining the Manchester drag scene. Ian's gone out less since he became a widower. Actually, he hasn't gone out at all - a local ch...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...

The Smeds and The Smoos

The Smeds and The Smoos

Lowry, Salford
Tall Stories presents The Smeds and the Smoos. Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. On a far off planet, Smeds and Smoos can't be friends. So when a young Smed and Sm...
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