EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS IN MANCHESTER
EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Exhibitions & Fairs in Manchester
For the Love of Vampire Diaries UK
Bowlers Exhibition Centre
Sat 7 - Sun 8 Feb 2026
For the Love of Wrestling
Bowlers Exhibition Centre
Sat 21 - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Artefacts of Interaction: Artist-led workshop with Will Belshah
HOME
Sat 7 - Sun 8 Feb 2026
For the Love of Vampire Diaries UK
Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 February 2026
Part of the Monopoly Events family of pop culture conventions, attracting thousands of fans annually, if you love The Vampire Diaries Universe then this is the show for you! This event will see guests from all three franchises across the u...Artefacts of Interaction: Artist-led workshop with Will Belshah
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 February 2026
Led by Manchester-based artist Will Belshah, this workshop is an invitation to explore art as a space for connection and recovery through collaborative art making. RECOVERIST = recovery + activist. Informed by Artefacts of Interaction, an e...PREVIEW / Double Solo Spring Exhibitions
HOME, Manchester
Friday 20 February 2026
Join us for the preview of our solo spring exhibitions opening in HOME?s Main Gallery, offering the opportunity to see them before they open to the public. Exhibitions of new large-scale sculpture by Nicola Ellis: Exercises in Knowing and G...For the Love of Wrestling
Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
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, Trish S...Small Engines Gala
East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 February 2026
Ride up and down the East Lancs Railway, hauled by their fleet of smaller steam and heritage diesel engines. These small but perfectly-formed locomotives, some of which are built for stamina rather than speed, are often found shunting aroun...Gabriel Kidd: I found the giant and he was dead
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 21 February - Sunday 17 May 2026
Through sculpture, drawing, sound, and writing, Kidd?s work utilises queer tactics of parody, fluidity and vitality, to explore mythology, ecology and history. In Gabriel Kidd?s first institutional solo show, they have created an immersive ...Nicola Ellis: Exercises in Knowing
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 21 February - Sunday 17 May 2026
For this exhibition, Exercises in Knowing, Nicola Ellis has created three new bodies of work that extend her ongoing collaboration with the steel enclosure manufacturer Ritherdon & Co in Darwen, Lancashire. In it, Ellis explores how we rela...The Big Festoon
AO Arena, Manchester
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Get READY! The UK's biggest business and life development event, The BIG Festoon, returns across the UK & the US in 2025 and 2026! Get ready to Show Up, Wise Up and Rise Up with awe-inspiring talks and performances from Dani Wallace, breakt...Tattoo Tea Party
Manchester Central, Manchester
Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 March 2026
Celebrating everything that is wonderful about the tattoo scene and alternative lifestyle in the UK and Ireland, the Tattoo Tea Party will be held again within Manchester Central. The show features 360 amazing tattoo artists (tattooing '...Manchester Card Show
Toughsheet Community Stadium, Bolton
Sunday 5 April 2026
The Manchester Card Show is a family friendly event that shines a light on the collector space be it Pokemon, Sports Cards, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic The Gathering, Weiss Schwarz, Dragon Ball Super and beyond! Buy, sell, trade and most importantly h...Fearne Cotton's Happy Place Festival
Tatton Park, Knutsford
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 September 2026
Fuel your thoughts and find your sanctuary this summer at the UK's biggest space dedicated to feeding both body and mind. Spawned from Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, which sees the London born broadcaster talk to incredible peopl...Roots in the Sky
