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#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 […]

An Evening with Colm Tóibín

Performance Space

MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL ‘I can make no sense of the present. It is all confusion. I know nothing about the future.’ In his extraordinary new novel, The Magician, Colm Tóibín conjures […]

£12

Little Reads Family Day with Chris Haughton & Daishu Ma

Performance Space

MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL Chris Haughton & Daishu Ma 10.00 – 10.45 Music & Drama Family Workshop 11.15 – 12.15 We are delighted to present a very special in person event […]

£5

Superheroes: Inspiring Stories of Secret Strength

Performance Space

MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL What do you want to be when you grow up? Curated by Stormzy and the #Merky Books team, Superheroes is a new children’s book celebrating modern day heroes from […]

£5

CANCELLED: Malika Booker, Vahni Capildeo & Jason Allen-Paisant

Performance Space

 Due to unforeseen circumstances this Manchester Literature Festival event is cancelled Join us for an afternoon with three fabulous, inventive poets who raise questions about our relationships with language, landscape […]

£8

Venture Arts Presents – Completely A Hustling Place

First Floor Exhibition Hall

Venture Arts Presents Full Studio Show - Completely A Hustling Place – With Work From 70 Artists This autumn, one of Manchester’s leading visual art studios, Venture Arts, which supports […]

creative:connection

Performance Space

MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL We are delighted to welcome national charity, Create, back to MLF. Create believe in the power of creativity to change lives. Their creative:connection project brings together disabled and non-disabled children […]

ScienceX: A free family fun day 1

A free, interactive festival of exploration and experiments and a great chance for kids to discover the fun behind science and engineering. ScienceX is a festival like no other: bursting […]

ScienceX: A free family fun day 2

A free, interactive festival of exploration and experiments and a great chance for kids to discover the fun behind science and engineering. ScienceX is a festival like no other: bursting […]

And We Rise; Together. Performance and Protest Poetry

Performance Space

And We Rise; Together. Performance and Protest Poetry A Young Identity curated event of poetry and readings from material gathered from workshops with community groups based in Moss Side. 1.30 […]