FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
FREE SHOWS & EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Free Shows & Events in Manchester
Sat 27 Dec 2025 - Tue 30 Jun 2026
Mon 12 Jan - Mon 23 Mar 2026
Fri 2 Jan - Fri 14 Aug 2026
Quentin Blake and Me
Saturday 27 December 2025 - Saturday 31 January 2026
In this vibrant and lively family exhibition, Lowry will be celebrating the work of one of the most popular and successful writers and illustrators of children's books, Quentin Blake. Known for his distinctive and whimsical style, Blake ha...
LOWRY 360
Saturday 27 December 2025 - Tuesday 30 June 2026
A unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of LS Lowry's iconic work, Going to the Match, in the UK's first free permanent immersive experience. Created in collaboration with Barcelona's renowned Immersive studi...
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Friday 2 January - Friday 14 August 2026
DJs and live musicians play old and new school hip hop, afrobeats and RnB goodness from Kendrick Lamar and J Hus to Wizkid and Lauryn Hill. ...
RNCM Young Strings
Sunday 11 January 2026
Young Strings is one of RNCM's Junior Programmes. String players aged 6 to 13 years attend weekly classes to develop their string playing, musicianship and creativity. Two of their ensembles are delighted to be showcasing some of their lear...
RNCM Monday Lunchtime Showcase
Monday 12 January - Monday 23 March 2026
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. Witness the next generation of musicians in this intimate lunchtime solo and chamber music series,...
Youth Theatre Taster Session
Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 January 2026
Aged between 7 and 17 and want to find out more about the Octagon's Youth Theatre sessions? Then try this FREE taster session ahead of the next term. The weekly youth theatre sessions support young people to develop drama skills, work wi...
Thursday Lunchtimes - RNCM Wind Orchestra
Thursday 15 January 2026
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. ...
RNCM Opera Scenes
Wednesday 21 - Friday 30 January 2026
FREE EVENT. RNCM vocal and conducting students present excerpts from some of opera's greatest moments in this free series of staged scenes. A perfect way to feed your curiosity! Click on tickets link for the perfromers and excerpts presente...
Junior RNCM Brass Band
Saturday 24 January 2026
A free concert from the Junior RNCM Brass Band as part of the RNCM Brass Band Festival. Junior RNCM is a vibrant community of gifted young musicians aged 8 to 18 who come together to develop their talent at the Royal Northern College of ...
The National Lottery's Big Night of Musicals
Monday 26 January 2026
The National Lottery's Big Night of Musicals will once again illuminate Manchester's AO Arena on 26 January 2026, delivering its most ambitious celebration of British theatre to date. Now in its fifth year, this unmissable event, once ag...
Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Harps
Thursday 12 March 2026
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. ...
At the Rainbow's End
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 March 2026
At the Rainbow's End by Clare Summerskill A verbatim play addressing homophobic and transphobic abuse of older LGBTQ+ people in care and receiving care in later life. Presented by members of Artemis Theatre Company. These script-in-hand p...
Quatuor Danel & Noémi Gyori - Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major
Thursday 7 May 2026
Free lunchtime concert. The leading French string quartet - who have been "Quartet in Residence" at the University of Manchester since 2005 - join forces with Noemi Gyori (flute) to perform Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285 and ...
