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Wednesday 2 July 2025

Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell

Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell

Lowry, Salford
Matthew Bourne's award-winning The Midnight Bell comes to Salford for the first time in 2025. In 1930s London ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound s...

Elbow

Elbow

Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Elbow are an English rock band formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1997. The band consists of Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner. They have played together since 1990, adopting the name Elbow in 1997Having built a dese...

Liberation

Liberation

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
How does a revolution begin and who keeps it going? Inspired by true events in Black British history, LIBERATION is a powerful new play from writer Ntombizodwa Nyoni and director Monique Touko tracing the private lives of activists who foug...

The Illegal Eagles - Eagles Tribute Band

The Illegal Eagles - Eagles Tribute Band

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Celebrating the music of the legendary West Coast Country Rock band, The Illegal Eagles return for another outstanding show promising more of their trademark musical prowess, acute attention to detail and incredible showmanship. This cri...

Lucy Dacus

Lucy Dacus

Manchester Academy, Manchester
From Richmond, Virginia, indie folk rocker Lucy Dacus's voice, both audible and on the page, has a healer's power to soothe and ground and reckon while her lyrics feel destined for countless yearbook quotes and first tattoos. She is full of...

Living the Life of Riley

Living the Life of Riley

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Starring Vicky Entwistle, Living the Life of Riley is a heart-warming, heart-breaking and hilarious tale of a family, trying to negotiate their way through teenage tantrums, autism, and Grandma. Joanne Riley always knew there was something...

The Backseat Lovers

The Backseat Lovers

New Century Hall, Manchester
Utah's The Backseat Lovers are an alt-rock indie quartet based in Salt Lake City. Their radio hit "Kilby Girl" made the US Billboard Alternative Airplay singles chart in late 2020. ...

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...

Jim Norton & Jim Florentine

Jim Norton & Jim Florentine

Manchester Academy, Manchester
American stand-up comedians and radio hosts Jim Norton and Jim Florentine hit the stage for their latest show, 'American Trash'. ...

Juno Birch

Juno Birch

RNCM, Manchester
  Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Juno Birch the absolutely stunning outlandish blue alien who'd love nothing more than to speak to the manager of Earth. Juno travel's the Earth and probes the absurdity of life on this planet, in her...

Remy Bond

Remy Bond

Gorilla, Manchester
Remy Bond creates timeless pop anthems steeped in nostalgia and cinematic allure. Blending vintage aesthetics with contemporary lyricism, her music invites listeners into a world where the golden age of Hollywood meets modern-day sensibilit...

This is your tribute

This is your tribute

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
A brand new interactive cabaret show from the creators of 'An Evening Without Kate Bush' and 'Julie Madly Deeply'. 'Expect to laugh, sing and be merry!' (★★★★★ Quinntessential Review). Your sparkling host Sarah-Louise Young (Fasci...

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Australia's greatest and most enduring songwriter, Paul Kelly, has produced some of his country's most revered folk rock songs - 'Before Too Long', 'Darling It Hurts', 'Leaps And Bounds', 'To Her Door', 'Dumb Things', 'From Little Things Bi...

Adventures in Wonderland

Adventures in Wonderland

Z-arts, Manchester
Fall down the rabbit hole and have your very own magical adventure with Adventures in Wonderland at Z-arts! Created by Z-arts in partnership with Macmillan Children's Books, step into Alice's shoes and have your very own magical Adventure i...

Reyna Tropical

Reyna Tropical

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Reyna Tropical is led by guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer Fabiola Reyna (founder of She Shreds Media). Investigating landscapes of the tropical diaspora, Reyna Tropical is a musical exploration of intuition, transition, connection...

South Manchester AOS - 42nd Street

South Manchester AOS - 42nd Street

Z-arts, Manchester
South Manchester AOS, the company who brought 'OLIVER!', 'GYPSY', 'GREASE', 'CHICAGO' and 'PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT' to the Z-ARTS stage are back to celebrate their 70th anniversary with this epic Broadway fairytale. First staged on Br...

Title Fight Comedy

Title Fight Comedy

Grub, Manchester
Manchester's most inventive comedy night! An evening like no other as comedians and performers pair up and create brand new shows from the title chosen by their opponents, with the winners decided by you! ...

Happy Hour Comedy

Happy Hour Comedy

Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
An evening of uproarious comedy featuring the freshest local talents, all working out new material for your amusement. It's £1 with exit-by-donation - because laughter should be affordable and accessible. Come sip on budget-friendly drinks...

Laugh Therapy

Laugh Therapy

Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Ready for a dose of comedy to cure what ails you? Join us for a night where comedians become your "therapists," offering hilarious insights and advice to brave audience members who share their personal problems. Whether you're in the hot se...

Comedy Circus

Comedy Circus

Stage And Radio, Manchester
A free open mic comedy show designed to give anyone who's ever wanted a chance to try standup comedy, and for established comedians to work out new material. It's a wild fun and chaotic show featuring weekly games and contests for drinks an...

Thursday 3 July 2025

Chris Brown

Chris Brown

Co-op Live, Manchester
With over 200 million records sold worlwide, Virginian R&B singer Chris Brown is often referred to as the "King of R&B", and he continues to blur the lines between soul, hip hop, pop and dance music with his polyhedric output which has seen...

Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell

Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell

Lowry, Salford
Matthew Bourne's award-winning The Midnight Bell comes to Salford for the first time in 2025. In 1930s London ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound s...

The Charlatans + Embrace + The Coral

The Charlatans + Embrace + The Coral

Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
The West Midlands-formed, Northwich-relocated Madchester legends have notched up seventeen Top 40 studio albums - three of them number ones - alongside 22 Top 40 singles, including nineties Top 10 hits "One to Another", "The Only One I Know...

Liberation

Liberation

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
How does a revolution begin and who keeps it going? Inspired by true events in Black British history, LIBERATION is a powerful new play from writer Ntombizodwa Nyoni and director Monique Touko tracing the private lives of activists who foug...

Squeeze + Badly Drawn Boy + China Crisis

Squeeze + Badly Drawn Boy + China Crisis

Ashley Hall Showground, Altrincham
As one of the most traditional pop bands of the new wave, London's Squeeze provided one of the links between classic British guitar pop and post-punk providing the vehicle for the wry, subtle lyric writing of Chris Difford and traditiona...

Tenor Martin Toal's Summer Variety Concert

Tenor Martin Toal's Summer Variety Concert

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Back by popular demand TENOR MARTIN TOAL'S SUMMER VARIETY CONCERTINCLUDING FAVOURITE SONGS, MUSIC & DANCE FROM THE WORLD OF OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE, AND INCLUDING A ROUSING SINGALONG LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS FINALE. Following his 2024 sell-o...

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...

Lady Wray

Lady Wray

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Multi-million streamed R&B artist "Lady Wray carries the charisma of a Jackson 5 family member, while also boasting similar vocal prowess to an icon such as Aretha Franklin." -Consequence of Sound. Only a few people in the world can take th...

Waylon Wyatt

Waylon Wyatt

Gorilla, Manchester
Waylon Wyatt is a young Folk/Country artist born and raised in Hackett, Arkansas. Inspired by red-dirt contemporaries Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan, Waylon began writing songs at fifteen, workshopping them after long summer days spent worki...

This is your tribute

This is your tribute

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
A brand new interactive cabaret show from the creators of 'An Evening Without Kate Bush' and 'Julie Madly Deeply'. 'Expect to laugh, sing and be merry!' (★★★★★ Quinntessential Review). Your sparkling host Sarah-Louise Young (Fasci...

Summer Diesel Gala

Summer Diesel Gala

East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Gleaming diesel locomotives, gorgeous sun-drenched days (hopefully) and soothing summer evenings. It's the East Lancashire Railway's Summer Diesel Gala!See and ride behind your favourite engines from the ELR home fleet, and maybe even some ...

Just The Tonic Comedy Club

Just The Tonic Comedy Club

The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Just the Tonic Comedy features some of the biggest names in stand-up. [click on tickets for line-up] ...

Adventures in Wonderland

Adventures in Wonderland

Z-arts, Manchester
Fall down the rabbit hole and have your very own magical adventure with Adventures in Wonderland at Z-arts! Created by Z-arts in partnership with Macmillan Children's Books, step into Alice's shoes and have your very own magical Adventure i...

Nanna Mo's Botox and Bum Lifts

Nanna Mo's Botox and Bum Lifts

The Met, Bury
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 ...

Women Aren't Funny

Women Aren't Funny

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
"All women joke about is periods and bras!" Well, at Shakespeare North, they love a "Period BRAma!" Get ready for a glorious night of standup comedy that's here to prove one undeniable truth: women are in fact hilarious. Featuring a stellar...

Casey Abrams

Casey Abrams

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Texan multi-instrumentalist Casey Abrams is a natural born entertainer and is able to bring a crowd of hundreds to their feet with just his voice and his upright bass. With legions of superfans the world over, "the nicest man in jazz-rock" ...

South Manchester AOS - 42nd Street

South Manchester AOS - 42nd Street

Z-arts, Manchester
South Manchester AOS, the company who brought 'OLIVER!', 'GYPSY', 'GREASE', 'CHICAGO' and 'PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT' to the Z-ARTS stage are back to celebrate their 70th anniversary with this epic Broadway fairytale. First staged on Br...

First Thursday Comedy

First Thursday Comedy

The Met, Bury
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. ...

Ev and Kev - Toxic Positivity

Ev and Kev - Toxic Positivity

Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Brace yourself for TOXIC POSITIVITY, the high-energy, anything-goes improv show where optimism is mandatory, chaos is inevitable. TOXIC POSITIVITY - The Improv Show That Won't Let You Have a Bad TimeBrace yourself for TOXIC POSITIVITY, the ...

Friday 4 July 2025

Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell

Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell

Lowry, Salford
Matthew Bourne's award-winning The Midnight Bell comes to Salford for the first time in 2025. In 1930s London ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound s...

The Brit Fest

The Brit Fest

Ashley Hall Showground, Altrincham
A celebration of all things British; music, culture, cars, food, drink, sport, entertainment and more... Prepare to be blown away by an incredible lineup of top-notch British musicians and bands. From iconic anthems to chart-topping pop hit...

Mary J Blige

Mary J Blige

Co-op Live, Manchester
Grammy and Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated, "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul," Mary J. Blige announced a special one off Arena performance here at Co-op Live. The show comes on the heels of her new album "Gratitude". The tour and album are a c...

Shed Seven

Shed Seven

Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Perpetual underdogs, Shed Seven seldom received critical acceptance, yet the York-formed indie legends were one of the leading lights of Britpop with two gold albums, 15 Top 40 singles and a legion of loyal fans. Their thunderous indie-rock...

Liberation

Liberation

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
How does a revolution begin and who keeps it going? Inspired by true events in Black British history, LIBERATION is a powerful new play from writer Ntombizodwa Nyoni and director Monique Touko tracing the private lives of activists who foug...

Tom Jones

Tom Jones

Haydock Park, Newton-le-Willows
Welsh vocalist Sir Tom Jones OBE is a living legend. The son of a miner and homemaker who grew up singing at school and for family gatherings, he went on to quit school at the age of 16 before recording music that's traversed many genres -...

Legend - The Music of Bob Marley

Legend - The Music of Bob Marley

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Legend - the Music of Bob Marley is an unforgettable evening celebrating the musical icon, the reggae legend that was Bob Marley, in one fantastic stage show extravaganza. Combining his superb, distinctive vocals with flawless musicianship...

RADAR Festival

RADAR Festival

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
  A progressive rock and metal festival headlined in 2026 by Carpenter Brut + Bob Vylan + Underoath....

Tribs On The Hill

Tribs On The Hill

Higher Mickledale Farm, Frodsham
Three days of quality music with best in class tribute acts.  The fantastic tribute artists are best in class and some of our best will be making a welcome return.  Set in the beautiful countryside of the Cheshire Plains, we have the aren...

The Upbeat Beatles

The Upbeat Beatles

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Did you miss The Beatles first time around? Don't miss them now!The Upbeat Beatles are a rockin' band with tight musicianship and powerhouse vocals! You'll be jumping from the word go! There isn't a band to touch them - 8 bars of Twist an...
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