We’ll provide the spark - You create the movement. Chameleon Youth is looking for raw dance talent. Chameleon Youth, Manchester’s youth dance company based at Central Library, is calling out for young people with raw dance talent and a big desire to dance and be creative. If you’re age 11 to 18, this is an […]
Visit the library to celebrate Manchester Day. Explore and discover the magic of science, crafts, face-painting, performance and drama. Fun for all the family! Kindly supported by The Oglesby Charitable Trust and Manchester Central Library Development Trust
To celebrate International Music Day we will have a series of informal pop-up musical performances throughout the day with opportunities to share your love of music as a listener or performer.
Manchester Voices is an ongoing project investigating and celebrating the accents, dialects, and people of Greater Manchester. It looks at the ways in which our use of language makes us who we are and explores perceptions of the way we speak across the region. Following a successful tour of the ten boroughs in our Accent […]
We’ll provide the spark - You create the movement. Chameleon Youth is looking for raw dance talent. Chameleon Youth, Manchester’s youth dance company based at Central Library, is calling out for young people with raw dance talent and a big desire to dance and be creative. If you’re age 11 to 18, this is an […]
Calling all Witches, Wizards and Muggles! It’s time to sign up to our spellbinding school of sorcery as you take a wacky and wonderful whistle stop tour of the Wizard Academy and learn to become an expert in mystery and magic. During this interactive experience you’ll take lessons in the basics of broomsticks, practice your […]
This special exhibition features work from artists taking part in creative workshops at the Booth Centre, which aims to bring about positive change in the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and help them plan for and realise a better future. The Booth Centre runs creative workshops every day for […]
WORD CENTRAL a semaphore-exploding mind-flow open mic poetry & spoken word hosted by Tony Curry Wednesday 5th July Manchester Central Library 6pm - 8pm Free entry All of July's open mic slots are now filled To get your name on the reserve list please email mail@flapjackpress.co.uk
The Architecture School for Children have worked with 4 local schools from the Moss Side and Hulme area of Manchester, St Marys C of E Primary, Claremont Road Primary, Webster Primary and Martenscroft Nursery School, to help them learn about Piccadilly Gardens in the past and re-imagine a Piccadilly Gardens of the future. This exhibition […]
Come into Central Library to pick up your Trail map and plan your summer activities around our BookBenches! Venues across the city are hosting 58 BookBench sculptures - all decorated by local schools and community groups. Pick up a map and start ticking them off as you see them and get involved in the summer […]
In 2014 Daniel Hutchings made Django Away! (the j is silent). Now he’s back and he’s on the brink of success beyond his wildest dreams. Daniel Hutchings is the self-proclaimed Freelance Giggle-oh and he’s got his big break on Gemma Wilde’s show. Hutchings is introduced to the world with such fascinating facts as his favourite […]
In this fascinating exhibition, artist Richard Bartle explores in minute detail the customs and icons of major world religions and belief systems. Manifested in a series of 12 scale modelled garden sheds, the work reduces the usually grand architecture of churches and temples into more private spaces of worship. Viewers are invited to make their own […]
From dedicated performance spaces to stairwells, screens, nooks and domes, Central Library might directly inspire your next event or intervention. Contact us to arrange a tour.
