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Viva Vintage! featuring Wayne Hemingway MBE

Performance Space

Vintage and retro businesses are more popular than ever before. Ebay trading and other online platforms have made it easy to start a side hustle, but can you turn your […]

Manchester Celebrates International Day of Disabled People

Performance Space

Come and celebrate with Manchester City Council and the Young Creatives from Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People. There will be a panel discussion, "State of the Disabled Nation" with […]

Christmas Retro Silent Disco!

Performance Space

VERY FEW TICKETS LEFT. PRE-BOOKING ADVISED! The ever popular Retro Silent Disco returns for a Christmas Special at Central Library! Join DJ John Ryan for a night of 70's, 80's […]

£10

Sunday Winter Warmer!

Come in from the cold to our Sunday Winter Warmer – a special Sunday afternoon opening for the family to have some fun and keep toasty. We'll have crafts, entertainment […]

Word Central with Special Guest Rev Paul!

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Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word Hosted by Tony Curry. Presented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries With special guest Rev Porl Originally from the swamps of Stockport, Paul ‘Rev […]

CANCELLED: Crime Central Christmas Special!

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SORRY. DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE TRAIN STRIKE, WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL TONIGHTS CRIME CENTRAL EVENT. We've got the ultimate festive selection box of crime writers for […]

£2 – £8

In the City – Exhibition

First Floor Display Cases

In The City is a collection of Manchester images taken by photographer Richard Davis over the last 35 Years. The exhibition centres around Richard's love of art, music, culture and […]

Word Central Open Mic Night

Performance Space

Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word Hosted by Tony Curry Presented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries With special guest John Darwin John writes from the heart about the mystery of relationships, the […]

An Evening with Don Paterson

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Manchester Libraries, Faber Books and Blackwells Bookshop are proud to present An Evening with Don Paterson to celebrate the publication of TOY FIGHTS - an exquisitely sharp, deeply humane and […]

£3 – £16.99

Legacy of ’67-A voice for Queer Stories

Wolfson Reading Room

In 1967 the law in England and Wales changed to partially decriminalise homosexual acts between men in private. This was followed by further legislation relating to the age of consent, […]