Manchester’s The Halle is performing five shows at The Bridgewater Hall in October featuring the music of Strauss, Purcell, Janacek and more. So, what’s The Halle performing at the Bridgewater Hall in November? Thursday 11 October, 7.30pm R. Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Janáček Glagolitic Mass Edward Gardner conductor Sara Jakubiak soprano | Dame Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano |…
Four piece indie-Americana music collective Carousel appear at The Castle next week in the midst of their eight date headline UK tour. The run of dates follows summer appearances at Cambridge Folk Festival, Beautiful Days Festival and Black Deer Festival. With influences from the worlds of Americana, country, folk, rock’n’roll and roots, Carousel draw upon…
They Might Be Giants make their return to the UK for a series of shows including a headline gig at Manchester Academy 2. Their new show An Evening with They Might Be Giants is set to feature two sets with all-times favourites, with a rotation of rarities and spur-of-the-moment improvisations. They will be joined on…
Afrobeats musical Oliva Tweest: The AfroMusical comes to Manchester Opera House for one-night only as part of the UK tour marking its highly anticipated and long-awaited return. The show become the UK’s first ever Afrobeats musical in 2013 with a sold-out West End debut at the Lyrice Theatre. The was followed by a short run…
The award-winning John Butler Trio release their new studio album Home on 28 September ahead of a run of UK tour dates including Manchester’s Albert Hall. The live shows comes as the John Butler Trio expands to a five piece. After the band trialled the new live format in Australia, UK audiences can now expect…
Manchester’s entertainment complex The Printworks is offering the city’s very first Hangover Haven for students. Freshers are invited to Vue Cinema on 24 September (11am – 6pm) for a day of feel-good films for FREE, with Mean Girls, The Hangover and The Greatest Showman – which were all hand-picked by students on social media. It’s…
Home Manchester is running a series of film and screen events until the end of November featuring hit movies, festivals and films from across the globe. So what’s on? Sun 23 September, 13:10 – Billy Liar Few films tell a heart-breaking story as hilariously as Billy Liar, the tale of a young clerk whose daydreams…
Home Manchester and Film4 have announced the programme for the third annual FilmFear season. Six days of horror, extreme cinema, cult favourites and special guests will take hold at Home Manchester, culminating in a Halloween screening of The Evil Dead. The event will open on Friday 26 October with acclaimed Scandi fantasy Border, co-written by…
Manchester quartet have marked the release of their debut album My Mind Makes Noises with an exclusive performance and signing at HMV Manchester. The winners of the 2018 NME Under the Radar Award hosted the event to showcase some of the new material which has made them so popular. Following the in-store performance the band…
After a small run of intimate charity shows last week, Hozier has announced a European tour with four UK dates including Manchester’s O2 Apollo. The tour will see Hozier and his band performing their biggest shows in more than four years. The shows mark his first tour since releasing new EP Nina Cried Power. The…
