Fine-arts Events in Manchester

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

Sold out: Jesse Malin + Bason / Hallé St Peter's, Ancoats, Manchester / Fri 12 Jun

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:30 pm Hallé St Peter's

Art Garfunkel at Manchester Opera House

 Thu, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm Manchester Opera House

F*CK ME It's Freshers - Manchester Freshers 2026

 Tue, 22 Sep at 09:30 pm Manchester

Universally Manchester Festival

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am University Place Free

K-POP SUPERSTARS AND JURASSIC EARTH

 Sat, 20 Jun at 10:00 am Regent Cres., Stretford, M17 8AA Manchester, United Kingdom

Raver Tots Mini Fest Manchester

 Mon, 31 Aug at 12:00 pm Freight Island GBP 16 to 20

Universally Manchester Festival

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK

AFI in Manchester (Venue upgraded)

 Sat, 22 Aug at 07:00 pm Manchester Academy

Ultimate Bounce - Crowcroft Park - 13th - 14th June

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am Crowcroft Park

Back To The 90s - Summer Outdoor Festival - Manchester [TICKETS SELLING FAST!]

 Sat, 29 Aug at 02:00 pm Freight Island

RNB Festival Manchester 2026: (Sept 26)

 Sat, 26 Sep at 03:00 pm Impossible - Manchester GBP 17 to 23

Amelia Coburn / YES Pink Room, Manchester / Fri 4 Dec

 Fri, 04 Dec at 07:00 pm YES

The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm Band on the Wall GBP 18 to 39

URMSTON, Manchester Paint Night - Sunflowers Like Van Gogh

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm Lord Nelson - Urmston

Paint and Sip - Man O Man | Leven

 Sat, 18 Jul at 04:00 pm Leven Manchester GBP 35

Life Drawing with HOP at Terrace, Northern Quarter, Manchester

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm Terrace NQ GBP 20

OEG Live | Beyond the drawing board: from concept to offshore reality

 Tue, 16 Jun at 12:00 pm Manchester Central Convention Complex Free

SIP AND PAINT X HOUSE OF SOCIAL

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm House of Social Manchester

Summer Social Sip & Paint NQ

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm Turtle Bay Manchester Northern Quarter GBP 14 to 28

MINOR BLACK FIGURES: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Simon Savidge

 Wed, 24 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 19

Building Resilience in Today's Geopolitical Storm

 Thu, 02 Jul at 09:00 am Penthouse, Alliance Manchester Business School Free

Crowcroft Park Family Fun Day

 Sat, 20 Jun at 10:00 am CROWCROFT PARK, 51 East Road, M12 4GA

Broadhurst Park Family Fun Day

 Sat, 20 Jun at 10:00 am BROADHURST PARK, Corner of Nuthurst Road and Lightbowne Road, M40 0FJ

Clayton Park Family Fun Day

 Sat, 20 Jun at 10:00 am CLAYTON PARK Ashton New Road, Clayton, Manchester, M11 4PX

Paint and Sip - Bob Ross Sunset | Leven

 Sat, 11 Jul at 04:00 pm Leven Manchester GBP 35

Paint and Sip - Martinis and Perello's | Leven

 Sat, 27 Jun at 04:00 pm Leven Manchester GBP 35

Japanese Painting onto Silk Fans

 Sun, 19 Jul at 01:00 pm Bold Street Coffee University Green GBP 12 to 30

Celebrate Paint Me Like Your Dead Girls with Cynthia Murphy - Deansgate

 Sat, 25 Jul at 03:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

A World Not Ours - Refugee Week Film Screening

 Sat, 20 Jun at 01:00 pm The Manchester Museum Free

Sculpt and Sip | Northern Monk Refectory MCR

 Sat, 28 Mar Northern Monk Refectory MCR GBP 35

Poppy Ackroyd / Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester / Thu 11 Jun

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:30 pm St Michael's Ancoats

Tease + Trace: Burlesque and Performance Immersive Life Drawing✍ MCR

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm The Fitzgerald GBP 14 to 20

Studio Ghibli Painting Workshop

 Sun, 16 Aug at 01:00 pm Northern Monk Refectory MCR GBP 12 to 58

the Whitworth Community Family Day

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am The Whitworth Free

MD Tech Leader Talks 26: Build, Buy or Rebuild at Scale

 Thu, 11 Jun at 12:00 pm No.1 Circle Square GBP 33

Paint and Sip - van Gogh's Starry Night | Lock 84

 Wed, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm 7 Ducie St GBP 35

Exhibition Preview 'Chris Zhongtian Yuan: Two Improvisations'

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:00 pm esea contemporary GBP 0 to 3

STRIPPED SKETCH- 10TH JUNE

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:00 pm Queer Lit

FREE Summer Family Fun Day 2026 | Donkey Rides, Wildlife, Garden Games, Stalls, Food Trucks & More!

 Sun, 12 Jul at 11:00 am The Monastery Manchester

Belle Vue & Gorton FREE Family Fun Day 2026

 Sun, 28 Jun at 11:00 am The Monastery Manchester

4FT FINGERS

 Sat, 13 Jun at 07:30 pm The Star and Garter

MANCHESTER POPFEST - Gina Birch / Good Flying Birds / Kamikaze / Josie and more

 Sat, 27 Jun at 02:00 pm Levenshulme Old Library

Rogue Alternative Market and Cabaret

 Sun, 05 Jul at 11:30 am The Church - formerly Churchills

Harpurhey Parade & Family Funday

Sun, 28 Jun at 12:00 pm Queen's Park

Undead, Unmanned: A Screening of Y7’s 'Undead Internet Theory'

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm esea contemporary GBP 3

Paint and Sip - Matisse Cat | Lock 84

 Wed, 05 Aug at 07:00 pm 7 Ducie St GBP 35

Proudly Inclusive: Beyond ‘Best Practice’ in a Dividing World

 Thu, 11 Jun at 10:00 am St James - Bruntwood SciTech GBP 161 to 193

Sketch And Cafe - House Of Social

 Thu, 25 Jun at 10:30 am House of Social Manchester Free

4ft Fingers

 Sat, 13 Jun at 06:00 pm Star & Garter

Tibetan Cooking & Mindful Art special summer evening workshop

 Fri, 10 Jul at 06:00 pm Chorlton Water Park GBP 45 to 80

Japanese Painting Workshop & Matcha Latte's

 Sat, 15 Aug at 02:00 pm 92 Degrees GBP 33 to 65

Embroidery Workshop with Jounghye Yoo

 Sat, 11 Jul at 10:00 am The Whitworth GBP 0 to 10

KIDS &FUN FESTIVAL

 Fri, 19 Jun at 10:00 am Manchester, United Kingdom

Digital Economy Ethics of AI Workshop

 Wed, 24 Jun at 02:30 pm Nancy Rothwell Building Free

Paint and Sip - Enchanting Forest | Lock 84

 Wed, 20 May 7 Ducie St GBP 35

Paint and Sip - Northern Lights | Lock 84

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm 7 Ducie St GBP 35

Paint & Vibe Culture (Jamaican Independence Edition)

 Thu, 06 Aug at 06:00 pm Culture Box GBP 20 to 25

Family Paint & Craft - Manchester

 Sun, 14 Jun at 03:00 pm Navarro Lounge GBP 15 to 30

Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven Preview

 Thu, 09 Jul at 06:00 pm The Whitworth GBP 0 to 10

Sketch And Cafe - Elysium Whiskey Bar

 Sun, 14 Jun at 10:30 am Elysium Whisky Bar Manchester Free

Conference 2026: The Long March: Strikes, Protests & Riots Through History

 Fri, 10 Jul at 09:30 am People's History Museum GBP 90 to 120

Zine and Collage Workshop

 Tue, 23 Jun at 06:30 pm Track Brewing Co - Brewery & Taproom GBP 17

Samuel Moore and Duo Cantelina

 Sat, 07 Nov at 07:20 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 17

Pippi Ciez at Cupra

 Sat, 26 Sep at 05:00 pm Cupra City Garage MCR

The Minds Eye in Reading: A World Without Mental Pictures

 Sat, 13 Jun at 02:30 pm The Portico Library Free

Absolute beginners guide to urban sketching with Len Grant

 Sat, 27 Jun at 10:00 am The Didsbury Pub GBP 2 to 48

Charlotte Carpenter - Manchester

Mon, 14 Sep at 06:30 pm Eagle Inn

Southern Cemetery Guided Tour

 Sun, 05 Jul at 03:00 pm The Lodge, Southern Cemetery GBP 17

Torso by Maddie Maycock

 Sat, 27 Jun at 12:00 pm SEESAW GBP 6

STEPHEN & MORE

 Thu, 02 Jul at 06:30 pm The Whitworth GBP 0 to 3

Grimlaw: Warhammer 40k and Constitutional Systems

 Thu, 09 Jul at 04:00 pm Geoffrey Manton Building Free

The Early Years Leadership Conference, Manchester 2026

 Fri, 10 Jul at 09:30 am DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester - Piccadilly GBP 71

Leenalchi

 Sun, 29 Nov at 07:00 pm Band On The Wall

Atmospheric Landscapes in Oil & Cold Wax

 Sat, 26 Sep at 10:30 am Manchester Craft and Design Centre GBP 75

BIG BURNAGE PARADE - Sunday 5 July

 Sun, 05 Jul at 11:30 am Burnage Lane Free

Japanese Painting Workshop with Matcha Latte's

 Sat, 18 Apr 92 Degrees Coffee GBP 34

Beneath the Great Wave Curator Tour with Imogen Holmes-Roe

 Thu, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm The Whitworth GBP 0 to 10

Opening Night: Cover The Walls 2nd edition

 Thu, 11 Jun at 05:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Recoverist Culture Fix: Re/Assemble at the People's History Museum

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:00 pm The Whitworth Free

Connoisseur or Conman? Manchester’s forgotten Japanese art collector

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:30 pm The Whitworth GBP 0 to 10

Snow Coats

 Thu, 27 Aug at 06:00 pm Eagle Inn

Manchester Regional Conference

 Sat, 20 Jun at 08:40 am INNSiDE by Meliá Manchester GBP 27 to 58

Michaela Yearwood-Dan: The Practice of Liberation Curator Tour

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm The Whitworth GBP 0 to 10

Four Seasons—Chinese Landscape, Poetry and Sound at Manchester Museum

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Museum Free

Textures

 Fri, 23 Oct at 07:30 pm Manchester Academy 3

The Creative Woods in Summer: evening workshop at TK & Chorlton waterpark

 Sun, 14 Jun at 06:00 pm Chorlton Water Park GBP 15 to 25

Move & Draw

 Tue, 23 Jun at 01:30 pm Manchester Art Gallery Free

'In Her Colours': Women Into Visual Arts(WIVA) Summer Exhibition Open Day

 Mon, 13 Jul at 11:00 am Manchester Central Library Free

EVERYWHERE AT ONCE: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE SHOWCASE

 Fri, 26 Jun at 06:00 pm Rebellion Manchester

Unserious Life Drawing 21th June

 Sun, 21 Jun at 11:00 am Hope Mill Theatre GBP 12 to 14

Japanese Painting Workshop - Summer Edition

 Sun, 02 Aug at 01:00 pm House of Social Manchester GBP 9 to 30

Where The Image Begins

 Tue, 23 Jun at 10:30 am Manchester Art Gallery Free

Songs from the Harp - Isla Hallewell

 Sat, 04 Jul at 07:30 pm Christ Church, West Didsbury GBP 2 to 7

Chai & Paint

 Wed, 29 Jul at 05:00 pm Manchester Museum Free

Bunker Talk #168: Tanztheater Adrian Look

 Tue, 14 Jul at 05:30 pm The Salutation Pub (Upstairs) Free

Life Drawing with Now, Draw!

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm Westcroft Community Centre GBP 6 to 24

Paint & Chill - Pot Painting Experience Manchester

 Wed, 06 May at 12:00 pm Studio Dawn GBP 25

Creative Health Research Symposium: Social Care and Creative Practice

 Tue, 16 Jun at 12:30 pm Core Technology Facility Free

Heaton Park Food & Drink Festival 2026: The Fifth Anniversary Feast

 Sat, 01 Aug at 10:00 am Heaton Park, Sheepfoot Lane, M25 0DL

The Foundations of Watercolour Painting Workshop

 Sat, 15 Aug at 10:30 am Gorilla GBP 130