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Manchester, England

Free events in Manchester, England

21 events from Sunday, October 18 to Monday, November 16, 2026. Busiest venues: Manchester Art Gallery, People's History Museum, Manchester Museum.

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Visual arts
until Dec 31

Out of the Crate

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 31

Trading Station: How Hot Drinks Shape Our Lives

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

What is Manchester Art Gallery?

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Room to Breathe

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Rethinking the Grand Tour

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

What’s New? Collecting for Manchester

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 30

Anindilyakwa Arts: Stories from our Country

Manchester Museum · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 30

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

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Splendours of the Sikh Raj: Arms and Armour

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 3

2026 Banner Exhibition

People's History Museum · Spinningfields
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Re/Assemble

People's History Museum · Spinningfields
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 2

On The Line: 100 years of strikes & solidarity

People's History Museum · Spinningfields
- Visual arts
Free
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Visual arts
until Mar 28

Won’t Sit Still

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 13

WORN: the life within clothes

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 1

Human Natures

Manchester Museum · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Collection Spotlight case: Remembering Peterloo

People's History Museum · Spinningfields
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 31

The Warp / The Weft / The Wake: Speaking Back

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Sep 30

Escapes

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Music
1 PM

Mock Up

Dulcimer · Chorlton
- Music
Free Tickets

Friday, October 23, 2026

Visual arts
until Oct 30

Threaded Legacies - Black Heritage in Manchester Museum

Manchester Museum · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Free

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Music
7 PM

Tuesday Sketch Club

Matt & Phred's Jazz Club · Northern Quarter
- Music
Free Tickets

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