Songs of Arrival
Henry Watson Music LibraryAs part of Holocaust Memorial Day, Manchester Jewish Museum's song-writing group will present an initial performance of songs inspired by the moving stories of Jewish Refugees arriving in Cheetham in […]
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Club Ceoil: Manchester’s Irish Traditional Music Archive
Henry Watson Music LibraryTHIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED A celebration of Manchester’s traditional Irish music with young musicians, plus a presentation exploring the collaboration of the Club Ceoil Archive in partnership with the British […]
Hamdel Ensemble Concert
Performance SpaceSee a free LIVE gig by Iranian maestro musician Seyed Ali Jaberi and the Hamdel Ensemble on Saturday 17 July with two COVID safe repeated concerts at 2pm or 3.30pm. […]
Dave Haslam ‘All You Need is Dynamite’ Book Launch
Performance SpaceIn ‘All You Need Is Dynamite: Acid, the Angry Brigade, and the End of the Sixties’ - the latest in his Art Decades series of small format books - Dave […]
#Like Chopin – Mysterious Story in Manchester
Henry Watson Music Library#LikeChopin – The Mysterious Story of Chopin in Manchester In August 1848 Fryderyk Chopin travelled to Britain. During the visit he also gave a performance in Manchester. The concert […]
International Women’s Day: Songbird
Archives+ Ground FloorJoin us in the oculus area on the ground floor for this short concert by the RNCM Chamber Choir, in celebration of International Women’s Day. Inspired by birdsong, ‘Songbird’ is […]
MIRO Chamber Ensemble
Henry Watson Music LibraryJoin us for an intimate performance by a Manchester International Roots Orchestra chamber ensemble in the Hentry Watson Music Library on the First Floor of Central Library. The Manchester International […]
North West Mixtape
Performance SpaceJoin us for this closing event 'North West Mixtape' in which selections of archive audio from the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project are celebrated. We've spent the last three years […]
‘Musick’ in Manchester 1744/45
Henry Watson Music LibraryMusick in Manchester 1744/45 recreates the first ever public concert series known to have been given in Manchester, prefiguring the remarkable musical tradition that accompanied Manchester’s development into one of […]
An Evening with Claire Mooney and Special Guests
Performance SpaceJoin Claire Mooney and special guests at Central Library for a night of music and poetry like no other. Claire Mooney is a singer songwriter with numerous albums and international […]
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RETRO SILENT DISCO IS BACK!!!
Performance SpaceYou may have been living on a prayer that our super popular Silent Disco was ever going to return, but we were never gonna give you up! If you're desperate […]
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Tiki Black – EVENT CANCELLED
Performance SpaceTHIS EVENT IS CANCELLED Award-winning musician and author Tiki Black released her sophomore album this year, which is entitled “The Sound Of The Broken Wand.” The Manchester-based artist, via Paris […]
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