Fine-arts Events in Manchester

Check out happening fine-arts events all around Manchester, EN

Manchester Marathon 19th April 2026

 Sun, 19 Apr at 08:00 am Manchester Street, Manchester, M16 9, United Kingdom

Manchester Marathon 2026

 Sun, 19 Apr at 09:00 am Old Trafford, Manchester

Baby Rock Sampler: Ibibio Sound Machine

 Sat, 17 Jan at 02:00 pm Band on the Wall

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:30 pm The Bridgewater Hall

Erasured // Manchester Academy 2

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:30 pm Manchester Academy

An Evening of Radiohead at Manchester Cathedral

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:30 pm Manchester Cathedral GBP 0 to 33

The Rosadocs

 Sat, 18 Apr at 06:00 pm Gorilla

Midlake

 Tue, 03 Feb at 07:00 pm Gorilla

Paint N Date Valentines Dating Painting Experience in Manchester

 Sat, 14 Feb at 08:00 pm Kable

Chorlton Makers Market is BACK!

 Sat, 17 Jan at 10:00 am Oswald Road Primary School- Chorlton

Ballin Outta Control Masquerade Ball

Sat, 31 Jan at 10:00 pm Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar

Life Sculpting Ancoats

 Sun, 25 Jan at 02:00 pm Hope Mill Theatre GBP 40

Sip and Paint:

 Sat, 17 Jan at 07:00 pm The Grosvenor GBP 44

SUPPA - 6th February

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:30 pm Freight Island GBP 66

UrbanArtistry Presents... Beautiful Losers

Fri, 30 Jan at 07:00 pm Cultplex

Splendour

 Sat, 17 Jan at 07:00 pm Stage & Radio

International women’s day life sculpting special

 Sun, 08 Mar at 02:00 pm Hope Mill Theatre GBP 40

Paint a Vase | Leven

 Sat, 24 Jan at 04:00 pm Leven Manchester GBP 42

Creative Reflection Workshop by Haleema Aziz

 Thu, 22 Jan at 06:00 pm Saan1 GBP 6

Beauty School

Fri, 20 Feb at 07:00 pm The Deaf Institute

The Portico Kitchen Secret Supper Club

 Thu, 12 Feb at 06:30 pm The Portico Library GBP 46

Cuentacuentos: Pequeña Frida

 Sat, 14 Mar at 12:00 pm Biblioteca Central de Mánchester Free

Valentines/Galentines Macaron Decorating Workshop

Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm The English Rose Bakery

2:30pm Calligraphy Workshop with Farzana Patel

 Sat, 14 Feb at 02:30 pm Whitworth Art Gallery GBP 8

11:15am Calligraphy Workshop with Farzana Patel

 Sat, 14 Feb at 11:15 am Whitworth Art Gallery GBP 8

Unserious Life Drawing 18th Jan

 Sun, 18 Jan at 11:00 am Hope Mill Theatre GBP 10

Carys Design Studios PYOP & sip

 Thu, 29 Jan at 06:00 pm The Castlefield Rooms GBP 33

Life Drawing at Gorilla Bar (7-9PM)

 Wed, 28 Jan at 07:00 pm Gorilla GBP 15 to 24

Tote Bags Art Workshop with Zareena Bano

 Sat, 14 Feb at 10:15 am Whitworth Art Gallery GBP 8

CPD Training: Somatic Toolkit for Trauma Therapy

Thu, 19 Mar at 10:00 am Bridge 5 Mill

Life Drawing at the Whitworth Gallery (+18) FEB 5TH

 Thu, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm The Whitworth GBP 10 to 29

Life sculpting VALENTINES DAY SPECIAL

 Fri, 13 Feb at 06:30 pm SEESAW GBP 44

Unserious Life Drawing 1st Feb

 Sun, 01 Feb at 11:00 am Hope Mill Theatre GBP 12

Easter Macaron Decorating Workshop

Fri, 03 Apr at 06:00 pm The English Rose Bakery

Sculpt and Sip | Leven

 Thu, 22 Jan at 07:00 pm Leven Manchester GBP 35

Recovery Street Film Festival Screening & Panel

 Fri, 16 Jan at 04:30 pm SODA (School of Digital Arts) GBP 3

Yuki Kihara: Darwin in Paradise Camp Curator Tour

 Thu, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm The Whitworth Free

Session Day's Fine Art Portraits SOLD OUT

 Sat, 28 Feb at 09:00 am AWOL Studios

Dominie Hooper

 Wed, 04 Feb at 07:30 pm Gullivers NQ

Airheart

 Sat, 24 Jan at 07:00 pm Stage & Radio

Watercolour for Beginners Compact Course

 Sun, 15 Feb at 10:30 am Gorilla GBP 130

Exhibition Preview 'Thresholds of Becoming'

 Fri, 20 Feb at 06:00 pm esea contemporary GBP 0 to 3

Chinese Painting onto Paper Lanterns - A Lunar New Year workshop

 Sun, 15 Feb at 02:00 pm House of Social Manchester GBP 39

Calligraphy Workshop

 Sun, 18 Jan at 02:00 pm North Star Piccadilly GBP 39

Recoverist Culture Fix: Roots in the Sky at HOME Mcr

 Tue, 20 Jan at 06:00 pm HOME Manchester Free

Sip and Create: Mosaic Plant Pot Workshop

 Sat, 17 Jan at 02:00 pm The Grosvenor GBP 44

Memory, Meaning and Belonging - Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

 Tue, 20 Jan at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Studio Ghibli Painting Workshop

 Sun, 08 Mar at 01:00 pm Northern Monk Refectory MCR GBP 30

Paint and Sip - Let them Paint Cake | Lock 84

 Wed, 28 Jan at 07:00 pm Lock 84 Restaurant & Bar GBP 35

Sierra Veins live in Manchester!

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:30 pm 11 Stevenson Square, Manchester M1 1DB

Paint and Sip - Female Body | Leven

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:00 pm Leven Manchester GBP 35

Mosaic Art Workshops in Manchester

 Sat, 17 Jan at 10:30 am Central Hall

Mother's Day Macaron Decorating Workshop

Sun, 15 Mar at 11:00 am The English Rose Bakery

Muslim Women's Arts Festival

 Sat, 14 Feb at 10:00 am Whitworth Art Gallery GBP 0 to 8

Truth in the Age of Algorithms

 Wed, 28 Jan at 06:30 pm Cross Street Chapel GBP 7 to 17

YOGA + LIFE DRAWING 1/2 DAY RETREAT - FALLOWFIELD - SAT 31ST JAN

 Sat, 31 Jan at 12:00 pm Birch Community Centre GBP 35

PAINT AND PRAISE (GOSPEL JANUARY 2026)

 Tue, 20 Jan at 06:00 pm Saint James Church GBP 6 to 12

10th Anniversary Taster Menu Launch

 Thu, 29 Jan at 07:00 pm La Bandera GBP 22 to 49

Life Drawing with HOP at Levenshulme Old Library, Manchester

 Tue, 20 Jan at 07:00 pm Levenshulme Old Library GBP 18

Sketch And Cafe - Bird & Blend Tea Co

 Thu, 29 Jan at 10:30 am Bird & Blend Tea Co. Free

Paint and Sip - Powder Day | Lock 84

 Wed, 11 Feb at 07:00 pm Lock 84 Restaurant & Bar GBP 35

THE PAINTING ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:00 pm 33 Oldham Street

above/ground book launch featuring David Gaffney, Lydia Unsworth, Tom Jenks

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:30 pm Saul Hay Gallery Free

Foundations of Life Drawing : A Structured Approach to Drawing the Figure

 Sat, 31 Jan at 10:30 am Friends' Meeting House GBP 130

Chinese Painting onto Paper Lanterns - A Lunar New Year workshop

 Sat, 21 Feb at 02:00 pm 92 Degrees Coffee GBP 33

Paint and Sip - Mt Fuji | Lock 84

 Wed, 25 Feb at 07:00 pm Lock 84 Restaurant & Bar GBP 35

The Morphology of Modern Manchester

 Mon, 19 Jan at 07:00 pm Main Hall, Friends' Meeting House GBP 7 to 17

The Seven Wonders of Manchester – Expert Guided Tour

 Wed, 11 Feb at 11:00 am Victoria Station wallmap Free

Chinese Painting - A Lunar New Year workshop

 Sun, 22 Feb at 02:00 pm House of Social Manchester GBP 38

Life Drawing

Wed, 18 Mar at 06:45 pm Stretford Public Hall, Chester Road, Stretford, M32 0LG Manchester, United Kingdom

The Creative Woods in Winter @ Chorlton Waterpark & Tibetan Kitchen's bus

 Sun, 01 Feb at 01:30 pm Chorlton Water Park GBP 28

New Year Reset at Nibble NQ: Paint & Pause

 Tue, 20 Jan at 11:30 am Nibble GBP 33

IWD 2026 with Creative Manchester

 Wed, 04 Mar at 12:15 pm The Whitworth Free

SUPER NINTENDO: Keza MacDonald in conversation

 Mon, 02 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 18

Japanese Painting Workshop

 Sun, 01 Mar at 01:00 pm BrewDog Manchester Outpost GBP 9 to 30

Bunker Talk #162: Tanztheater Adrian Look

 Tue, 24 Mar at 05:30 pm The Salutation Pub (Upstairs) Free

The Foundations of Watercolour Painting Workshop

 Sun, 15 Feb at 10:30 am Gorilla GBP 142

Art and Music Party

 Fri, 23 Jan at 09:00 am St George island

Drawing Faces : The Ultimate Portrait Course

 Sun, 08 Feb at 10:30 am Gorilla GBP 150

THE STORY OF THE DEER WOMAN: Heidi Hinda Chadwick in conversation

 Fri, 20 Feb at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 10

CHS South School is celebrating MACFEST

 Fri, 19 Jun at 12:00 pm 451 Mauldeth Rd W Free

Queering the Asian Diaspora

 Wed, 04 Mar at 05:00 pm University Place, 4.205, University of Manchester Free

Drawing Faces: The Ultimate Portrait Course

 Sat, 07 Feb at 10:30 am Gorilla GBP 150

Linocut Printing Hosted by Creative Coati

 Sun, 15 Mar at 01:30 pm The Yard 1A Chadwick Road, Manchester, M30 0NZ, United Kingdom

STRIPPED- LIFE DRAWING

 Wed, 11 Feb at 07:00 pm Queer Lit

256 SIP AND PAINT

 Mon, 02 Feb at 07:00 pm 256 Wilmslow Road

MANCHESTER FOLK HORROR VIII

 Sat, 07 Feb at 12:00 pm 14-16 Faraday Street, M1 1BE Manchester, United Kingdom

Enhancing Expertise with McDermott KC Law

 Thu, 26 Feb at 09:00 am The Midland GBP 300

Understanding Proportions & Movement in Life Drawing Workshop

 Sun, 22 Feb at 10:30 am Gorilla GBP 130

Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful

 Wed, 04 Feb at 04:00 pm University Place, 4.205, University of Manchester Free

Calaveras

 Sat, 04 Apr at 06:00 pm The Deaf Institute

Cultural Agents and Creative Economies: Arts, Policy and Civic Imagination

 Wed, 22 Apr at 04:00 pm University Place, 4.205 Free

Future Flares Festival: Quarantine

 Wed, 21 Jan at 03:00 pm Grosvenor East Studio 1 (1.09)

Future Flares Festival: The Visibility of Possibility

 Thu, 22 Jan at 06:00 pm Grosvenor East Studio (1.09)

The role of emotions and networks in global fashion production (On Campus)

 Mon, 20 Apr at 04:00 pm SODA (School of Digital Arts), Room GF.12 Free

Charlotte Carpenter - Manchester

Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Eagle Inn

0161 MUMC Promototions Presents: JOANovARC/Vmbra/Bad Heritage/Skin Flowers

 Sat, 28 Mar at 06:30 pm Aatma

Pem

 Mon, 02 Mar at 07:00 pm The Deaf Institute

Overdrawn Family Art Nights | Kampus General Store

 Thu, 11 Jul at 06:00 pm Kampus General Store Free

Esme Emerson

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm The Deaf Institute