What to do in City Centre, Manchester, England: which venues?

Busiest venues: Rebellion (18), Albert Hall (14), AO Arena (14).

What to do in City Centre, Manchester, England: is anything free?

Yes. Free: 12, including Out of the Crate, Trading Station: How Hot Drinks Shape Our Lives.

What to do in City Centre, Manchester, England: which day has the most?

Thursday, October 29, 2026, with 16 events.

What to do in City Centre, Manchester, England?

83 events from Thursday, October 29 to Friday, November 27, 2026. Highlights: The Mousetrap (Opera House Manchester, Thursday, October 29), Evil Scarecrow (Rebellion, Friday, October 30), Korn @ AO Arena (AO Arena, Saturday, October 31). Free: 12. Busiest venues: Rebellion, Albert Hall, AO Arena.

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Exhibitions
until Dec 31

Out of the Crate

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Mar 31

Trading Station: How Hot Drinks Shape Our Lives

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Dec 31

What is Manchester Art Gallery?

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Dec 31

Room to Breathe

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
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Exhibitions
until Dec 31

Rethinking the Grand Tour

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Dec 31

What’s New? Collecting for Manchester

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Nov 30

Things of the Least: lively exhibition-making with children under-3

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Feb 28

Splendours of the Sikh Raj: Arms and Armour

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Mar 28

Won’t Sit Still

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Feb 13

WORN: the life within clothes

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Mar 31

The Warp / The Weft / The Wake: Speaking Back

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
Exhibitions
until Sep 30

Escapes

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
until Oct 31

The Mousetrap

Opera House Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets

Going Interested
until Oct 31

The Haunting of Hill House

Palace Theatre Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Oct 29 · 7 PM

STVW

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Oct 29

Masterclass: Special Effects Makeup for 15-30s

Palace Theatre Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets

Going Interested

Friday, October 30, 2026

Music
Oct 30 · 6 PM

Evil Scarecrow

Evil Scarecrow · Mother Vulture

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Oct 30 · 7:30 PM

YAANG

YAANG · Sugarstone

YES Manchester · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Go dancing
Oct 30 · 9 PM

Fri 30 Oct Halloween @ JBs - Jentzen vs Jelsen, Butters + more

Butters (UK) · Jelsen · Jentzen · Louden

Joshua Brooks · City Centre
- Go dancing
- Halloween
£10–£15 Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Oct 30

Slayyyter

Albert Hall · City Centre
- Music
- Dance
- Electropop
- Electronic
Sold out Tickets

Going Interested

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Music
Oct 31 · 1:30 PM

Ball to the Wall

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
£25 Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Oct 31 · 6 PM

Korn @ AO Arena

Korn · Architects · Youth Code

AO Arena · City Centre
- Music
- Electronic
- Hard rock
- Metal
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Oct 31 · 7 PM

Architects

AO Arena · City Centre
- Music
- Hardcore punk
- Metal
- Progressive metal
Tickets

Going Interested
Go dancing
Oct 31 · 10 PM

Halloween: Prunk + Watchers

Prunk

Joshua Brooks · City Centre
- Go dancing
- Halloween
£8–£17 Tickets

Going Interested
Go dancing
Oct 31 · 11 PM

Don't F**k with Disco Halloween in

Albert Hall · City Centre
- Go dancing
- Disco
- Halloween
£32–£36 Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Oct 31 · 11 PM

IllusiOm Halloween with Stryker & More! 31st Oct - Manchester!

Stryker

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
- Halloween
£20 Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Oct 31

Dont F

Albert Hall · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Oct 31

Thallom

Thallom · Artep

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Nov 1

Joe Marler Will See You Live

Opera House Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets

Going Interested

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

until Nov 14

Legally Blonde

Opera House Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets

Going Interested

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Music
Nov 4 · 7 PM

Cat Power

Albert Hall · City Centre
- Music
- Folk
- Indie
- Pop
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Nov 4 · 7 PM

Messa + The Night Eternal

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
- Doom metal
- Metal
Tickets

Going Interested

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Music
Nov 5 · 7 PM

Eat Static

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
£20.50 Tickets

Going Interested

Friday, November 6, 2026

Music
Nov 6 · 7 PM

cootie catcher

Cootie Catcher · 60 juno

YES Manchester · City Centre
- Music
- Post-punk
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Nov 6 · 7 PM

The 900

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Go dancing
Nov 6 · 10 PM

Hannah Wants x counter culture

Hannah Wants

Joshua Brooks · City Centre
- Go dancing
£8–£18 Tickets

Going Interested
Go dancing
Nov 6 · 10 PM

Mechano Presents Nastia + Support

Nastia

Joshua Brooks · City Centre
- Go dancing
£7.50–£16 Tickets

Going Interested

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Music
Nov 7 · 7 PM

Danko Jones

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
- Hard rock
- Rock
Tickets

Going Interested
Go dancing
Nov 7 · 10 PM

101 Jams - Joshua Brooks 7th November

Joshua Brooks · City Centre
- Go dancing
£0–£22 Tickets

Going Interested

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Music
Nov 8 · 7 PM

Lene Lovich

Lene Lovich Band · Lene Lovich

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
- Band
- Indie
- New wave
Tickets

Going Interested

Monday, November 9, 2026

Music
Nov 9 · 6 PM

Bella Kay

AO Arena · City Centre
- Music
- Folk
- Indie
- Indie pop
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Nov 9 · 7 PM

Noah Kahan

AO Arena · City Centre
- Music
- Folk
- Indie
- Pop
Tickets

Going Interested

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Music
Nov 10 · 6 PM

Bella Kay

AO Arena · City Centre
- Music
- Folk
- Indie
- Indie pop
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Nov 10 · 7 PM

Noah Kahan

AO Arena · City Centre
- Music
- Folk
- Indie
- Pop
Tickets

Going Interested
Theatre
until Nov 21

CATS

Palace Theatre Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets

Going Interested

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Music
Nov 11 · 7 PM

Brian Fallon

Albert Hall · City Centre
- Music
- Alternative rock
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Nov 11 · 7:30 PM

Grace Cummings

YES Manchester · City Centre
- Music
- Folk
Tickets

Going Interested

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Music
Nov 12 · 7 PM

Jamie Lenman

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested

Friday, November 13, 2026

Music
Nov 13 · 7 PM

Seb Lowe

Albert Hall · City Centre
- Music
- Folk
- Punk folk
- Indie
Tickets

Going Interested
Go dancing
Nov 13 · 10 PM

Laidback Luke

Joshua Brooks · City Centre
- Go dancing
£8–£15 Tickets

Going Interested

Saturday, November 14, 2026

Music
Nov 14 · 6:30 PM

Onslaught

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
- Metal
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Nov 14 · 11 PM

Adam F [LIVE] - Circles Revisited Tour

Adam F · Harry Shotta · Kirsty Hawkshaw

Albert Hall · City Centre
- Music
- Dance
£10–£25 Tickets

Going Interested

Sunday, November 15, 2026

Music
Nov 15 · 7:30 PM

Naxatras

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
£18.50 Tickets

Going Interested

Monday, November 16, 2026

Music
Nov 16 · 7 PM

Estelle Allen

Estelle Allen · Saoirse Dream · Yuppie Supper

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

Music
Nov 17 · 6:30 PM

Wisp

AO Arena · City Centre
- Music
- Dream pop
- Pop
- Shoegaze
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Nov 17 · 7 PM

Montell Fish

Albert Hall · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
Nov 17

beabadoobee

AO Arena · City Centre
- Music
- Dream pop
- Indie
- Indie pop
Tickets

Going Interested
Theatre
until Nov 21

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Opera House Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
- Christmas
Tickets

Going Interested

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

Music
Nov 18 · 7 PM

Wormrot

Rebellion · City Centre
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested

Thursday, November 19, 2026

Music
Nov 19 · 7 PM

Keir Stewart

Keir Stewart · sam morris · Caoilfhionn Rose · The Durutti Column

Albert Hall · City Centre
- Music
- Art rock
- New wave
- Post-punk
Tickets

Going Interested

Everything on in Manchester, England

Questions and answers

What to do in City Centre, Manchester, England: how many events?: 83 events from Thursday, October 29 to Friday, November 27, 2026.
What to do in City Centre, Manchester, England: what are the highlights?: Highlights: The Mousetrap (Opera House Manchester, Thursday, October 29), Evil Scarecrow (Rebellion, Friday, October 30), Korn @ AO Arena (AO Arena, Saturday, October 31).
What to do in City Centre, Manchester, England: which venues?: Busiest venues: Rebellion (18), Albert Hall (14), AO Arena (14).
What to do in City Centre, Manchester, England: is anything free?: Yes. Free: 12, including Out of the Crate, Trading Station: How Hot Drinks Shape Our Lives.
What to do in City Centre, Manchester, England: which day has the most?: Thursday, October 29, 2026, with 16 events.