The four-day-long bank holiday weekend has come and gone. To perk you back up, we’ve rounded up a handful of the best events to cure those post-day-off blues that won’t cost you a single penny.
Check out our guide to the finest free things to do in Manchester this week…
Returning back to the legendary venue on the Oxford Road corridor is the OpenBeat Summer Sessions, in collaboration with Hatch & BIMM.
For live music, wicked DJs, indie food & drink vendors and pop-up shops galore – this mid-week motive is sure to introduce you to some of Manchester’s best-emerging artists whilst providing you with a mini-festival right in the heart of the city.
Coming to the Northern Quarter hotspot, Ducie Street Warehouse, is a whole evening of cracking tunes. The Manchester-based internet radio station is all about those feel-good vibrations that you do not want to miss out on.
Including Alternative R&B, Neo Soul, Hip-Hop, Classics, Beats & Disco, to name a few, the Sweet Vibrations Radio Takeover is sure to liven up your Thursday.
Coming to Manchester’s go-to audiophile destination is the launch of Lotus, an entire night dedicated to womxn DJs from the city and beyond.
Presented in collaboration with size?, Lotus will see a whole host of superb selectors, a panel discussion and nail art all night long.
With the likes of Pops Roberts, Akemi Fox, DJ Andrea Trout, SCAPA, P-Ro Jones, Egg On Toast and Jess Rose performing through the evening – this is definitely shaping up to be a good one.
Another free DJ event this week, Preface is all about closing your laptop and commencing the weekend – and what better place to switch up the gears than the beautiful Whitworth Locke.
A self-aware pre-game event, start off your Friday with a few hours of DJ Jumbled’s killer mixes. Hailing all the way from the Isle of Man, his experimental twists and alternative turns are sure to get you pumped for the rest of your well-earned Friday night.
Not a fan of poetry or DJ sets? Look no further than Chorlton’s very own beer-filled-walled venue, The Dulcimer.
All about bringing some cracking emerging comedy to the suburbs, Lay Down Comedy is all about hanging out with your pals, sipping on a craft beer and having a good old giggle. Hosted by Alex Camp, prepare yourself for the likes of James Heath, Andrew Grogan, Charlotte Cropped and many more to be announced…
- Words:
- Rhiannon Ingle
- Published on:
- Sun 5 Jun 2022
Head over to the launch of Manchester Poetry Library’s latest exhibition that investigates one of Britain’s foremost but now largely forgotten Yiddish poets; Avram Nachum Stencl.
Taking a deep look into Stencl’s amazing life story and his unique contribution to the cannon of Yiddish literature, we can all better examine and understand his poignant connection to Manchester.