Manchester jazz festival heads to Escape to Freight Island this June

Manchester jazz festival will head to Escape to Freight Island for three FREE days of new music this June.   The team from Manchester’s longest...

Lowry Theatre, Oldham Coliseum,Home, Band in the Wall, Manchester Museum and Football museum among...

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced details of 2,700 organisations being offered nearly £400 million in grants and loans to help the culture sector...

Science and Industry Museum to reopen with major new exhibition exploring 100 years of...

While it waits for the green light to welcome visitors back, the Science and Industry Museum has lifted the mystery on a new, free...

Spring Opening Announced for Simon Shaw’s Third Restaurant

Simon Shaw, chef patron and creative director of El Gato Negro & Canto, has revealed plans for his third restaurant, Habas. Located at 43a Brown...

Report spells out value of culture to Manchester and impact of Covid

One year on from the forced closure of theatres and other cultural venues, a council report spells out the value of culture to the...

Greater Manchester to become the first City region outside of London to take control...

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has made a landmark decision to take control of buses in the biggest shake-up to Greater Manchester’s...

From the shellshock of ‘Covid 2020’ rises three 2021 exhibitions, opening in Rochdale in...

From the shellshock of ‘Covid 2020’ rises three 2021 exhibitions, looking at the human impact of the pandemic, commemorating the Battle of Britain and...

Lowry Theatre announces reopening plans for May

The Lowry has today confirmed details of its planned re-opening line-up. In accordance with Step 3 of the ‘Roadmap out of Lockdown’ the Salford arts...

First look inside Manchester’s Victoria Riverside development

Developer Far East Consortium (FEC) has released unseen images of Manchester’s newest waterfront development, Victoria Riverside, ahead of planned enabling works starting in April. The...

Greater Manchester proposes 10-year plan to prevent abuse and violence against women and girls

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has today published proposals for a 'Gender Based Abuse Strategy: The Greater Manchester Strategy to Tackle Violence...