Manchester’s Z-Arts hosts Adriano Adewale’s Catapluf’s Musical Journey, a musical adventure for children all the way from Brazil. Explore rhythms and sounds of the world with Catapluf, whose imagination takes you to places where music can be found in everything: pans, water, drums, even the body. Catapluf’s Musical Journey includes samba, jazz, klezmer and plenty…
Manchester’s Chetham’s and The Stoller Hall are set to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution with a festival of music and arts. The Revolution gave rise to a period of social and cultural transformation, defining a new role for the arts as a mouthpiece for social critique and political engagement. Out of the cultural…
The Halle performs a number of concerts at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in October 2017. We take a look at what the world famous orchestra has in store. The Firebird Thursday 5 October, 7.30pm Debussy Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Stravinsky The Firebird (1910) Conductor Sir Mark Elder…
Manchester Camerata are bringing the popular UpClose series to Home Manchester with special performances by Sven Helbig and Aziz Ibrahim. The series will see events by exceptional performers and ensembles in new intimate spaces. Award-winning producer of the titans of popular music, including Pet Shop Boys and Snoop Dogg, Sven Helbig (pictured above) will present…
Live favourites Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox have announced a return to the UK with a run of dates including a Manchester gig at the Albert Hall. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox began as the bedroom project of jazz pianist Scott Bradlee, growing rapidly into a worldwide sensation. The group’s vintage-pop mash ups have racked up over…
New York singer-songwriter Sunny Ozell comes to Manchester’s Gullivers tonight supporting Aaron Lee Tasjan. Sunny Ozell has announced her new album Overnight Lows will be released in early 2018 and has revealed the first single from the album, the blues infused Take You Down, produced by Ethan Eubank. This is the first hint of new…
Grammy-award winning jazz/soul singer Gregory Porter has announced a 12-date UK tour including a show at Manchester Apollo. The tour opens on 5 April, featuring two Birmingham Symphony Hall shows and concludes two weeks later with two special nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall where he will be accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. Porter…
Manchester’s Halle Orchestra will perform four concerts at the city’s Bridgewater Hall in September, including their Classical Extravaganza on 23 September: Opus One Concerts – Tchaikovsky’s Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony Thursday 14 September, 7.30pm; Sunday 17 September, 7.30pm; and Wednesday 20 September, 2.15pm Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: May Night Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6, ‘Pathétique’ Conductor…
Grammy Award winning Fantastic Negrito returns to Manchester as the blues singer performs a gig at Band on the Wall next week. The show comes as he announces a new partnership between his imprint Blackball Universe and Cooking Vinyl. The UK label will re-issue Fantastic Negrito’s current and critically acclaimed debut album The Last Days…
Manchester Opera Project, who are dedicated to commissioning and developing new opera, present their brand new Festival One over the next few days. Festival One is the first festival of operatic works specifically commissioned for Manchester by a Manchester organization. The three day festival includes three premieres of Manchester Opera Project commissioned monodramas by composers Ailís…
