Entertainment

31st January 2023 | By Zara Gallimore

The Music Venue Trust (MVT) has called for a review of VAT for venue ticket sales after a report found that grassroot music venue live...

24th January 2023 | By Ola Adeyemi

A passer-by who chose to challenge other contestants in an arcade game and defied the rain won £1,000 at an event in Piccadilly Gardens. Hellen...

24th January 2023 | By Callum Pickup

The Night and Day Cafe, the lauded Oldham Street music venue, was served a Noise Abatement Notice (NAN) by the Manchester City Council in 2021...

18th January 2023 | By Jessica Smith

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham this week kickstarted a new program together with BBC Radio Manchester to help upcoming musicians in the city. The mayor will...

12th December 2022 | By Rachel Cowsill

Die Fledermaus is one of the most famous operas in history. What’s a better way to celebrate 50 years of the RNCM than with a...

24th November 2022 | By Ruby Qaimkhani

Family-friendly sporting event What began as a celebration of culture and ethnicities as well as a passion to show family-friendly music (without the emphasis on...

31st October 2022 | By Jessica Smith

The future of Manchester’s iconic Night and Day café is to be decided at a court hearing later this month. The Oldham Street venue has been...

15th March 2022 | By Eddie Toomer-McAlpine

Manchester is celebrating the beauty of Syrian art and culture  – often neglected amid the backdrop of war – with two weeks of events organised by Rethink Rebuild...

13th March 2022 | By Eddie Toomer-McAlpine

The music video for the song, Learning Curve, by Manchester artist Aitch will feature in Manchester Film Festival’s opening screening of north west short films. The...

10th March 2022 | By Eddie Toomer-McAlpine

AI programme was fed terms and conditions of LinkedIn, ancient epic poem Beowulf, the teachings of Confucius and 400,000 4Chan forum posts

9th February 2022 | By Katie Russell

Amazon are releasing a new film about Wayne Rooney this week in which he tells of his struggles in coming to terms with the pressures...

3rd February 2022 | By Marina Argirova

The Manchester Open Exhibition opened up this week – for the second time ever – in HOME cinema. The exhibition, which is open and free to...

2nd February 2022 | By Megan Barlow

Waterloo Road actors Adam Thomas, Angela Griffin and Katie Griffiths are set to reprise their roles as the drama series returns to BBC One. There...

12th November 2021 | By Rebecca Redican

A Palace Theatre performance of Hairspray was delayed by 45 minutes because of a reported disagreement between cast and production members The packed out show was...

10th November 2021 | By Tyrese King

The author of a novel which challenges perceptions of America’a wild west was invited to speak at a Manchester Literature festival event. C Pam Zhang and...

3rd November 2021 | By Tyrese King

The group performing at MMU  West London R&B group WSTRN headlined at the See My World festival on October 23 celebrating the UK’s African and Caribbean...

28th September 2021 | By Eddie Toomer-McAlpine

The past 18 months of lockdown has influenced many artists' work which are all linked by what exhibition judge and Manchester photographer Simon Buckley describes as "a sense of melancholy, loneliness and fear" 

18th June 2021 | By Claudia Waring

Journey’s Festival International is back with more enlightening stories hidden around the city. Interactive and illustrated posters have been dotted around Manchester bringing stories from people...

18th May 2021 | By Kiah-Azriel Freer

Louder than Words festival has launched a series of live streams hosted by Manchester music journalist and creator of the Louder Than War publication, John...

17th March 2021 | By Constance Enzler

After teasing fans since last April by slowly releasing singles Pretty Lady, Greed, Beyond the Pine, followed by Willow Tree and Sweet & Dandy, alternative artist Tash Sultana has released their highly anticipated...