• Inspired by Libraries with Shaun Keaveny and Guy Garvey

    Performance Space

    Manchester City of Literature and Manchester Libraries present this special Festival of Libraries event. Join us at Manchester Central Library for a special one-off event featuring two of the city’s most distinctive and much-loved voices — Guy Garvey, Mercury Prize–winning frontman of Elbow and presenter of BBC 6 Music’s Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour, and Shaun […]

  • Hannah Brine – Album Launch

    Henry Watson Music Library

    Singer songwriter Hannah Brine launches her debut album Blue Sky Now with a live gig at the Manchester Central Library. Inspired by the Great American Songbook, with a voice & song writing style likened to Carole King, Norah Jones and Rumer, Hannah writes & performs lush ballads & lively jazz anthems, telling tales of growth […]

  • Oasis Week: The Big Oasis Quiz

    Manchester Central Library presents... The Big Oasis Quiz. This July, the big Central Library Quiz returns for a one-off “Oasis Week” special. Do you know... Your Alan McGee, from your Alan White? Your “Hindu Times”, from your ‘Heathen Chemistry’? Your Beady Eye, from your High Flying Birds? Definitely? Or, just Maybeeee? Then it's time to […]

  • New Horizons Choir Sing… OASIS!

    Part of "Oasis Week" at Central Library, join us for a sensational singalong with the NEW HORIZONS CHOIR. Led by Tom Guest, the choir will be offering their own innovative take on Oasis hits with their stunning vocal talents. A fun, welcoming, inclusive choir who meet for a sing every week in the Manchester Central Library, […]

  • ‘Live Forever’ – A Day of Oasis Music – Live!

    "Oasis Week" at Central Library will conclude with ‘Live Forever’ – a day of special Oasis-themed live sessions on Saturday 19th July.  The day will begin with a little Morning Glory from the MANCHESTER STRING QUARTET performing classical renditions of Oasis hits in the Central Library Entrance (11am-12pm). Then an early afternoon performance in the Henry Watson […]

  • Leo HC Single Launch

    Henry Watson Music Library

    Leo HC is a 20 year old solo musician, creating alternative folk tracks to soothe the soul. Equipped, usually, with an acoustic guitar, his voice and lots of reverb, his music creates an introspective and melancholic atmosphere for all to listen and enjoy. His debut album was released on 8 November 2024. Leo is currently […]

  • Ear Soup – Acoustic Food for the Soul

    Henry Watson Music Library

    Join us in the Henry Watson Music Library for one hour of musical magic. Free - drop in. Please make a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes or online