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What to do in Manchester, England in October 2026

116 events from Sunday, October 18 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 21. Busiest venues: Manchester Art Gallery, Gorilla, The Deaf Institute.

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 Apr 4

Performing Trees

The Whitworth · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
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
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Visual arts
until Jan 3

Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos

Science and Industry Museum · Castlefield
- Visual arts
£10 Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 15

Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige

The Whitworth · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 2

On The Line: 100 years of strikes & solidarity

People's History Museum · Spinningfields
- Visual arts
Free
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 Oct 18

Michaela Yearwood-Dan: The Practice of Liberation

The Whitworth · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 1

Human Natures

Manchester Museum · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven

The Whitworth · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Comedy
until Nov 27

Comedy at Contact

Contact Theatre · Oxford Road
- Comedy
Tickets
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Collection Spotlight case: Remembering Peterloo

People's History Museum · Spinningfields
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Aug 29

Reflections: Sangat and the Self

The Whitworth · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Aug 29

The Labour of Care

The Whitworth · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
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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
Visual arts
until May 7

Our Collections, Reimagined

The Whitworth · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Music
10 AM

CollectorCon

Manchester Academy · Oxford Road
- Music
£0–£15 Tickets
Music
1 PM

Mock Up

Dulcimer · Chorlton
- Music
Free Tickets
Music
4 PM

Violent Reaction

Gorilla · City Centre
- Music
£15–£20 Tickets
Comedy
6 PM

COBO : Comedy Shutdown Black History Month Special

Frog and Bucket Comedy Club · Northern Quarter
- Comedy
£15 Tickets
Theatre
Time not announced

Phil Wang: UH OH

Opera House Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets

Monday, October 19, 2026

Music
7:30 PM

LSD and the Search For God

Gorilla · City Centre
- Music
£24.75 Tickets
Theatre
Time not announced

Kyle MacLachlan – Fictional Selves

Opera House Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Music
7:30 PM

Mobius Loop | Right To Roam Tour

Mobius Loop

The Carlton Club · Whalley Range
- Music
Tickets
Music
10 PM

OOPS Manchester: Tuesdays @ Joshua Brooks

Joshua Brooks · City Centre
- Music
- Nights out
£8–£10 Tickets
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Literature
Time not announced

Victorious: An Evening with V.E. Schwab

Contact Theatre · Oxford Road
- Literature
Tickets

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Music
7 PM

CD Promotions Presents: The Blue Rogues

bad penny · damsens · The Blue Rogues

Gorilla · City Centre
- Music
£3–£6 Tickets
Music
11 PM

NOW PLAYING: SZA, Brent Faiyaz & Summer Walker

Gorilla · City Centre
- Music
£1–£6 Tickets
Dance
until Oct 25

English National Ballet - Romeo & Juliet

Palace Theatre Manchester · City Centre
- Dance
Tickets
Literature
Time not announced

The Observer Book Club with Min Jin Lee

Contact Theatre · Oxford Road
- Literature
Tickets

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Music
9:15 AM

Un-Convention Manchester 2026

Band on the Wall · Northern Quarter
- Music
£11.25–£50 Tickets
Music
7 PM

Chetham’s Philharmonic Orchestra and Ensembles

Stoller Hall · Cathedral Quarter
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Airbag

Manchester Academy · Oxford Road
- Music
- Pop punk
- Punk
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Cooper T, Congratulations, and Voka Gentle at the Night & Day

Congratulations · Cooper T · Voka Gentle

Night & Day Cafe · Northern Quarter
- Music
£14 Tickets
Music
11 PM

Interim_002: Born On Road + Support

Aries · Born on Road · Kelvin 373 · Selecta J-Man

Gorilla · City Centre
- Music
£8–£17 Tickets
Music
11 PM

Whip-Round | THURSDAYS AT DEAF INSTITUTE

The Deaf Institute · Oxford Road
- Music
£1–£5 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 24

Backstage with English National Ballet

Palace Theatre Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets
Comedy
Time not announced

Kim Blythe: Puzzle

Contact Theatre · Oxford Road
- Comedy
Tickets

Friday, October 23, 2026

Music
7 PM

Antony Szmierek

Manchester Academy · Oxford Road
- Music
£23.25 Tickets
Music
7 PM

GRANDMASTER FLASH

The Bread Shed · Oxford Road
- Music
£27.50 Tickets
Music
7 PM

Montello

Band on the Wall · Northern Quarter
- Music
£13.50 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra

Stoller Hall · Cathedral Quarter
- Music
Tickets
Music
8:30 PM

Do One Hosts Mighty Zaf

The Carlton Club · Whalley Range
- Music
£8 Tickets
Music
10 PM

Full Circle: Shadow Child + Huxley

Huxley · JIMMY SWITCH · Shadow Child

Joshua Brooks · City Centre
- Music
- Nights out
£8–£15 Tickets
Music
11 PM

Bass Face 2.0 // 360° // 140, Bass, Grime - LAST FREE TICKETS

Gorilla · City Centre
- Music
£0–£16 Tickets
Music
11 PM

Bass Face // MCR // DNB . 360° Boiler Room! LAST FREE TICKETS

Gorilla · City Centre
- Music
- Drum and bass
£0–£12 Tickets
Music
11 PM

Hidden x Great Danes Presents DJ Swisha Curates

Kush Jones

Hidden
- Music
- Nights out
£10–£12.50 Tickets
Music
11 PM

NuTopia: The Ultimate Nu Metal Club Night

Gorilla · City Centre
- Music
- Nights out
- Metal
£6–£15 Tickets
Theatre
Time not announced

The Brown Suite

Opera House Manchester · City Centre
- Theatre
Tickets

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