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Live review: KI/KI opens The Warehouse Project’s twentieth season

Live review: KI/KI opens The Warehouse Project’s twentieth season

The Dutch techno giant headlines the opening night of The Warehouse Project’s annual season with a stellar supporting line-up

Tip Toe and It’s a Sin at SCENE Film Fest

Tip Toe and It’s a Sin at SCENE Film Fest

Russell T. Davies shares insight at Manchester’s SCENE Festival about his hit Channel 4 shows exploring queerness, community and adversity

A bookish guide to Manchester

A bookish guide to Manchester

Our Deputy Books Editors select essential reads, cozy reading spots and the bookish societies available to at University of Manchester

Freshers’ guide to Manchester’s art scene

Freshers’ guide to Manchester’s art scene

Moving to Manchester this September? Here’s a list of galleries, activities, and venues that students deem as best for experiencing art in the city.

Freshers’ guide: eating and drinking in Manchester

Freshers’ guide: eating and drinking in Manchester

From good ramen to twee study spots, here’s our guide to sampling Manchester’s rich and fulfilling food scene

The New Mayor: is Bev Craig already sinking in Burnham’s footsteps?

The New Mayor: is Bev Craig already sinking in Burnham’s footsteps?

Only time will tell if Bev Craig will erase the legacy left behind by her predecessor, current PM Andy Burnham, and create a new pathway to expose Manchester’s greatness.

Preview: The Warehouse Project turns twenty

Preview: The Warehouse Project turns twenty

The club night series celebrates its twentieth anniversary in Manchester. Here’s how it ace its jam-packed autumn/winter programme

“We are the fucking rain!”: The Prodigy Live From Wythenshawe Park

“We are the fucking rain!”: The Prodigy Live From Wythenshawe Park

The legendary electro-punk group return to a rainy Manchester for their third performance in under two years

Pushback online as White Hotel site to reopen under new ownership

Pushback online as White Hotel site to reopen under new ownership

The legacy Salford venue is set to be taken over by the owners of a nightclub next door as BASTION. Users online voiced issue about a supposedly AI launch poster, and a smoothing over of The White Hotel’s diverse gig programming

Album Review: Westside Cowboy’s ‘It Goes On’ spearheads a new era of UK indie

Album Review: Westside Cowboy’s ‘It Goes On’ spearheads a new era of UK indie

The Manchester quartet’s debut album is heartwarming and deftly imperfect, pioneering a new era of British indie music outside the capital

Lola Young at O2 Apollo: A triumphant return for a true warrior

Lola Young at O2 Apollo: A triumphant return for a true warrior

The BRIT School alumna re-takes the reins of her narrative across two stunning nights in Manchester

Pressure from development felt by independent venues in Manchester and Salford

Pressure from development felt by independent venues in Manchester and Salford

Pressure on Manchester’s nightlife scene builds as two venues, The White Hotel and Stage & Radio, announce closures

Live review: Audrey Hobert performs to her biggest ever crowd at O2 Victoria Warehouse

Live review: Audrey Hobert performs to her biggest ever crowd at O2 Victoria Warehouse

The beloved DIY alternative pop star performs to a crowd of 3500 in Manchester

Parklife 2026: Manchester festival’s best year yet?

Parklife 2026: Manchester festival’s best year yet?

The festival makes a triumphant return to its home at Heaton Park

Finding Emily (2026): Alicia MacDonald’s homage to Manchester and British rom-coms

Finding Emily (2026): Alicia MacDonald’s homage to Manchester and British rom-coms

Alica MacDonald’s ‘Finding Emily’ provides an inventive spin on the rom-com for a modern audience thanks to a strong sense of place – and UoM’s campus

Live review: Frame Works festival returns to the Northern Quarter

Live review: Frame Works festival returns to the Northern Quarter

The festival returns with its third annual presentation of some of the best upcoming acts from across the country

Live review: MLEKO host their glorious homecoming at YES Basement

Live review: MLEKO host their glorious homecoming at YES Basement

The Manchester band thrill a sold-out crowd with tracks from their debut EP

Live review: The Streets’ ‘A Grand Don’t Come for Free’ at Castlefield Bowl

Live review: The Streets’ ‘A Grand Don’t Come for Free’ at Castlefield Bowl

Mike Skinner and co perform the seminal sophomore album live in its entirety

Interview: In conversation with Leif, Manchester’s new kids on the block

Interview: In conversation with Leif, Manchester’s new kids on the block

The University of Manchester band performed two recent sets and discussed their formation afterwards

A Chat with STAT

A Chat with STAT

Will Fisher sits down with STAT magazine’s George Francis Lee to talk about northern identity, and only brings up Thatcher once or twice.