Sounds From The Other City 2026: Salford Christmas returns
The beloved festival offers an eclectic and diverse range of performances as it returns for another edition
Beauty in the madness: ‘Sandbox’ by The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects bring new sonic textures to their sound on their first album in fourteen years.
Album review: 1-800 GIRLS debuts with ‘LOVE’
The forward-thinking DJ and producer 1-800 GIRLS unveils his first album via Epic Records
Live review: James prove Love is the Answer at Co-Op Live
The beloved Britpop band, James, bring a career-spanning show to Europe’s largest indoor arena
Preview: End of the Road 2026 brings Manchester acts to North Dorset
End of the Road is due to bring yet another stellar line-up to Larmer Tree Gardens for its 2026 edition
What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror
Family, love, and cultlike faith unspool together in this new undersea drama, ‘Divine Wave’
UMDS’s Juturna review: A cosmic journey to the final frontier
Benedict Zephyr and Neeyati Singh offer an isolated tale of colonial cabin fever in ‘Juturna’
UMDS’s A Vacuum at the Centre review: The cryon, the rich, and the aerophobe
In ‘A Vacuum at the Centre’, Elisabeth Hughes and Ruby Coyte produce an eclectically eccentric comedy that comes directly from heart to stage
UMMTS’s Making a Killing review: A masterful musical murder mystery
UMMTS’s latest original endeavour is a charming sendup of the detective novels of old in ‘Making a Killing’
UMDS’ Eurydice: A playfully haunting take on a Greek classic
Hattie Wood and Martha Pardue’s ethereal production of Sarah Ruhl’s Greek tragedy never looks back
UMDS’s The Beauty of It review: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore receive a touching tribute
UMDS shine a light on a pair of forgotten queer artists and activists in ‘The Beauty of It’
UMDS’s The Importance of Being Earnest review: An outstanding adaptation of Wilde’s satirical comedy
UMDS put an elegant spin on the classic comedy of errors
UMDS’s We Know the Rats review: Restaurant comedy-drama is both brash and sensitive
UMDS kick off the MIFTAs with a searing exploration of masculinity, loss, and pest control in ‘We Know the Rats’
Live review: What isn’t in the teaches of Peaches?
Toronto-born Peaches brings infectious energy to O2 Ritz
Faster Horses at Albert Hall: Dance as worship
The scouse-turned-Mancunian DJ and producer brings his euphoric set to Albert Hall’s enchanting interior
Live review: Holly Humberstone welcomes Manchester into her ‘Cruel World’
Budding popstar brings a spellbinding show to New Century Hall to celebrate the release of her sophomore record
Live review: VÆB row to Academy 3 on their ‘Boat Tour’
Icelandic electronic-duo VÆB performed to a fanatic crowd at Academy 3 on their tour of Europe
Live review: Alice Merton has ‘Visions’ at Amber’s
Alice Merton pitstops at Amber’s on her ‘Visions’ tour of Europe, celebrating her new album of the same name
The Prodigy at Co-Op Live: Music for all generations
Electro-punk legends bring an exhilarating live performance to Co-Op Live with support from Carl Cox
Live review: magda(1999) bring a stellar line-up of upcoming bands to The Castle Hotel
The Brighton band pack out The Castle Hotel’s eighty-capacity performance space for a night of new music