Flare15 takes place from 13-18 July at a number of the city’s arts and theatre – Z-arts, Contact, Royal Exchange Theatre, Martin Harris Centre. We take a look at what’s on: Sleepwalk Collective (UK / ES) As The Flame Rose We Danced To The Sirens, The Sirens Venue: Contact Dates: Monday 13 July 19:30 Ticket: FLARE15…
A new escape room experience is set to open in Manchester on Saturday 1 August, running until 23 December. The Trapped Up North experience, an interactive and immersive horror escape room, will be housed in the Grade II listed Great Northern Warehouse. The set up will resemble something from the most terrifying of horror movies…
Jimmy Eat World singer to perform solo tour Jim Adkins, lead-singer of multi-platinum selling Jimmy eat World, has announce a series of solo dates and digital singles for the Summer. Included within the run of dates is a show at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music on 4 September. The digital singles release is due…
Maximo Park vocalist Paul Smith and his ‘Intimations’ Andrew Hodson (drums) and Claire Adams (bass) have announced a run of UK tour dates, which will find them performing at Manchester’s Deaf Institute on 3 September. The tour is set to follow the release of new album Contraditions (expected at the end of August), an album…
Marina and the Diamonds has announced a headline UK tour in support of her third album Froot. The Neon Nature Tour is set to kick off in November and pitch up at Manchester’s Ritz on 23 November. The 10-date tour comes after Froot has sold more than 150,000 copies worldwide, residing in the UK Top…
It seems like it’s the season to dance, so with that in mind, we’ve decided to take a look at some of the dance shows taking place in Manchester over the next few weeks. A Showcase of Dance 9 – 11 July – The Dancehouse Theatre The Northern Ballet School presents its annual event, combining…
Seattle surf-noir band La Luz have unveiled their new track Don’t Wanna Be Anywhere. Their Ty Segall-produced sophomore LP Weirdo Shrine drops 7 August. Brimming with throbbing bass, tricky stickwork, haunted organs, slinky surf guitar, and angelic four-part harmonies, the track showcases La Luz at their very best. For most, a brush with death would be cause…
Returning for their fifth European tour in just three years, The Smith Street Band have announced headline dates in London and Manchester, the two intimate shows serving as a warm up to the band’s appearance at Reading and Leeds festivals in late August. Previous tours have seen the Australian indie folk punk hybrid sell out London shows at…
Grimm Up North have revealed the first details of the 2015 Grimmfest, which is set to be the seventh edition of the UK festival dedicated to screening the best in Cult, Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy cinema. The team behind Grimmfest have announced that the UK’s leading festival of cult and horror cinema will take place…
Manchester’s John Rylands Library is set to house a new exhibition, Darkness and Light: Exploring Gothic, revealing how Gothic architecture and anatomy inspired and influences by a literary genre and how its lasting legacy can still be found in art, film and subculture. Appropriately homed within one of Manchester’s most iconic, grand and interesting buildings,…
