History Events in Manchester
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The Fall: Futures and Pasts - A Weekend celebration of 50 years of The Fall
Fri, 05 Jun at 05:30 pm
Band on the Wall
GBP 147
ERB @ BAND ON THE WALL - MANCHESTER, UK
Tue, 30 Jun at 07:30 pm
Band on the Wall
SATURDAY PASS: The Fall Futures and Pasts - Saturday 6th June 2026
Sat, 06 Jun at 10:15 am
Band on the Wall
GBP 55
An Evening with Terry Deary - Manchester Deansgate
Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm
Waterstones
GBP 0 to 24
SUNDAY PASS: The Fall Futures and Pasts - Sunday 7th June 2026
Sun, 07 Jun at 10:15 am
Band on the Wall
GBP 55
Raves & Revolutions
Sat, 16 May
M3 4NQ
GBP 16
Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige Visitor Experience Tour
Wed, 20 May at 02:00 pm
The Whitworth
Free
Never Mind The Books. Here's... PUNK DAY
Sat, 11 Jul at 11:30 am
Manchester Central Library
Free
MHF 2026 | Threads of a City: The Manchester Tapestry Project
Thu, 04 Jun at 02:00 pm
Manchester Central Library
Free
MHF 2026 | Histories Slam
Thu, 04 Jun at 05:30 pm
Manchester Central Library
Free
MHF 2026 | Talks & Tours
Sat, 06 Jun at 01:30 pm
Manchester Central Library
Free
FLECKY BENNETT’S THE MANCHESTER GHOST WALK
Sat, 25 Apr
Lock 91
GBP 15
Machu Picchu: Journey to the Lost City
Wed, 20 May at 11:20 am
Transmission House
GBP 10 to 26
On the Trail of The Smiths in Manchester (The Queen is Dead at 40)
Tue, 16 Jun at 06:00 pm
Outside the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel
Free
THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation
Fri, 03 Jul at 06:30 pm
Blackwell's Bookshop
GBP 5 to 22
A Beginner's Guide to Ancient Egypt
Thu, 16 Jul at 06:30 pm
International Anthony Burgess Foundation
GBP 16
The Manchester Pusher: Outdoor Exploration Game
Mon, 01 Jun at 12:00 am
Quay St & Young St
GBP 8
Women of Manchester 2-hour Walking Tour
Sat, 21 Mar at 03:30 pm
Emmeline Pankhurst Statue
GBP 15
FLECKY BENNETT’S THE DIDSBURY GHOST WALK
Fri, 29 May at 07:00 pm
OUTSIDE THE “GATES OF HELL” Next Door to Ye Olde Cock Inn
GBP 15
Antwerp Mansion
Sat, 20 Jun at 08:00 pm
Antwerp Mansion Manchester
Our Town Hall, Manchester - Refurbishment Talk (with limited site visit )
Thu, 04 Jun at 12:30 pm
Arup
Free
MHF 2026 | Champs Camp Open Day
Sat, 06 Jun at 12:00 pm
Moss Side Boxing & Athletics Association
Free
MUSIC Q&A: ‘IT’S TIME THE TALE WERE TOLD: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE SMITHS’
Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm
Manchester Central Library
Free
The Grand Canals of Manchester: The Official Tour
Sat, 23 May at 11:00 am
Malmaison Manchester
Free
Belle Vue & Gorton FREE Family Fun Day 2026
Sun, 28 Jun at 11:00 am
The Monastery Manchester
MANCHESTER MUST DANCE. An in conversation with MIKE PICKERING
Sun, 15 Nov at 02:00 pm
INNSIDE Manchester
GBP 20 to 22
Black History Month - GM Civiv Launch 2026
Thu, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm
Manchester Cathedral
Free
Manchester Music Outdoor Exploration Game
Mon, 01 Jun at 12:00 am
Johnny Roadhouse Music
GBP 8
Centenary Celebration
Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am
Wythenshaw Park
Worn and the afterlife of clothing
Wed, 27 May at 06:30 pm
Manchester Art Gallery
Free
The Spanish Civil War at 90 – collections & conversations
Sat, 11 Jul at 11:00 am
People's History Museum
GBP 0 to 11
Dark Matter presents Heathen Apostles + Bones Shake - Manchester show
Thu, 02 Jul at 07:30 pm
The Yard Mcr
Yuen Fong Ling: A Changing Appetite
Sat, 06 Jun at 06:30 pm
esea contemporary
GBP 0 to 3
What is History For?
Sat, 06 Jun at 10:00 am
John Rylands Library
Free
The Fabric of Protest
Sat, 21 Mar
People's History Museum
GBP 0 to 17
Manchester City Centre Walking Tour
Wed, 25 Feb at 10:30 am
outside the main entrance of Manchester Central Library
GBP 14
Poland's musical hero Mieczysław Fogg - 1930s cabaret to wartime resistance
Tue, 26 May at 06:00 pm
Performance Space, Manchester Central Library
Free
Southern Cemetery, Manchester. Official tour.
Fri, 29 May at 11:00 am
Southern Cemetery
Free
Emmeline Pankhurst’s Manchester: Expert Guide Tour
Tue, 26 May at 02:00 pm
Emmeline Pankhurst statue
Free
Manchester Angel Meadow guided walking tour with author Dean Kirby
Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm
Sadler's Yard
GBP 15 to 22
Kieran Lawless' Complete History of Ireland || Creatures Comedy
Sun, 07 Jun at 04:30 pm
Creatures Comedy Club
John Rylands Library & More...Official Manchester Tours
Thu, 28 May at 11:30 am
Meet outside St Ann's Church
Free
TEMPLES
Fri, 13 Nov at 07:30 pm
The White Hotel
Street Art of Manchester Outdoor Exploration Game
Mon, 01 Jun at 10:00 am
Travelodge Manchester Piccadilly
GBP 8
The Library of the Past and the Future
Tue, 16 Jun at 06:00 pm
The Portico Library
Free
Family Album: Special Screening with Samara Pearce
Tue, 30 Jun at 05:30 pm
Manchester Central Library
Free
Southern Cemetery Guided Tour
Sun, 05 Jul at 03:00 pm
The Lodge, Southern Cemetery
GBP 17
The Sun Inn Poets – Community Consultation
Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm
Manchester Cathedral
Free
The Long, Riotous and Completely Disreputable Life of Mary M'Ginty, Rogue
Thu, 17 Sep at 06:30 pm
Pankhurst Centre
GBP 0 to 6
Organisational Absurdity Unveiled
Tue, 23 Jun at 09:30 am
People's History Museum
GBP 500 to 3,150
(Re)imaging faces: restoring humanity through art, archaeology and science
Wed, 27 May at 10:00 am
The Manchester Museum
Free
Behind the Scenes Tour
Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm
Manchester Central Library
GBP 13
M (Fritz Lang 1931, PG): Crime and Justice Film Festival
Wed, 20 May at 05:30 pm
Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Free
Hispanic Film Club Screening: Goya en Burdeos
Wed, 20 May at 05:45 pm
Biblioteca Central de Mánchester
Free
Connoisseur or Conman? Manchester’s forgotten Japanese art collector
Thu, 18 Jun at 06:30 pm
The Whitworth
GBP 0 to 10
Heritage Open Days 2026
Sat, 12 Sep at 10:00 am
Boyle Street, Cheetham, M8 8UW Manchester, United Kingdom
A Virtual Journey in Edo Japan (1603-1868): mapping famous places
Thu, 17 Sep at 06:30 pm
The Whitworth
GBP 0 to 10
The Gaskells and the Cultural Life of Victorian Manchester
Wed, 27 May at 06:30 pm
Cross Street Chapel
GBP 7 to 17
Berlinguer – The Great Ambition (Italian film with English subtitles)
Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm
Cross Street Chapel, Unitarian
GBP 10
Timeless Bodies: Death, Grief, and Healing Across Cultures
Mon, 29 Jun at 10:00 am
The Manchester Museum
Free
The Material City: A Collection in Progress
Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm
The Portico Library
GBP 4
The Real Story of the Knights Templar
Sun, 24 May at 01:00 pm
The Monastery Manchester
Ancient Traditions Made New: Storytelling for Adults
Thu, 02 Jul at 05:00 pm
Westcroft Community Centre
GBP 4
Book Launch: Anglo German Manchester
Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm
The Portico Library
GBP 0 to 9
The Pump House Luneside, Lancaster and preserving its history
Tue, 16 Jun at 06:00 pm
GHD’s Manchester offices
Free
June Guided Tour- additional spaces available
Thu, 04 Jun at 11:00 am
FoWH. Wythenshawe Park, Northenden, Manchester
Behind the Scenes & Highlights of the Collection Tour
Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm
The Portico Library
GBP 9
Alignments, Earth Energies & Ley Lines: Coincidence or Design?
Sun, 31 May at 11:00 am
The Monastery Manchester
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
Los Colonos (Felipe Gálvez Haberle 2023, 15): Crime & Justice Film Festival
Wed, 10 Jun at 05:30 pm
Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Free
THE ISLAND BOOK OF RECORDS with Neil Storey
Fri, 13 Nov at 08:30 pm
INNSIDE Manchester
GBP 11 to 13
The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits & Women
Wed, 20 May at 05:30 pm
Friends' Meeting House
Victorian Séance Experience Antwerp Mansion, Manchester
Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm
Antwerp Mansion
The Manchester Naturalists: mapping the people who collected the world
Wed, 02 Sep at 10:00 am
The University of Manchester
GBP 30
Stars and Galaxies at Battlesteads 11-13th July 2026
Sat, 11 Jul at 10:00 am
Everywhere and Nowhere
Manchester Churches & Cathedral Walking Tour
Tue, 03 Nov at 11:30 am
Manchester Cathedral
GBP 5 to 49
1647: The Poorest Hee - Sarah Rundle
Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm
Lock 91
GBP 7 to 9
Remembering Lancashire United
Sat, 25 Jul at 10:00 am
Boyle Street, Cheetham, M8 8UW Manchester, United Kingdom
Slow Reading: Charles Dickens' Pictures from Italy
Wed, 20 May at 04:00 pm
The Portico Library
GBP 6
Speed And Strike Presents: SECRET HONOR
Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm
Free
Mix-d: Project Archive May Workshop
Wed, 20 May at 05:00 pm
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Manchester Central Library
Free
Encountering Biblical Bodies - CIDRAL & CBS Research Showcase
Tue, 26 May at 10:00 am
Ellen Wilkinson Building
Free
Buses by Twilight
Sat, 14 Nov at 10:00 am
Boyle Street, Cheetham, M8 8UW Manchester, United Kingdom
Heritage Tour: The Timeless Spirit of Central Arabia
Sat, 03 Oct at 10:00 am
Manchester Airport Multi Storey T2 West
Free
Illuminating Knowledge: Exploring Arabic Scientific Manuscripts
Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm
John Rylands Library
Free
WTUC visit to Peoples History Museum
Sat, 13 Jun at 09:00 am
People's History Museum
GBP 22
walking tour: Manchester's Medieval Quarter
Wed, 05 Nov at 10:30 am
New Cathedral Street
GBP 10 to 20
Annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture 2026 at the John Rylands Library
Sat, 13 Jun at 02:00 pm
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Free
Another Stranger: Cressida’s Tale
Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm
The Portico Library
GBP 9 to 14
Fashion as Narrative? - From Pre-history to the Present Day (On Campus)
Thu, 04 Jun at 04:00 pm
Geoffrey Manton Building, Lecture Theatre 5 (GM.LT5)
Free
Retired Community Event, Manchester
Mon, 05 Oct at 01:00 pm
Square One - Travis St - Manchester
Retired Community Event, Manchester
Mon, 06 Jul at 01:00 pm
Square One - Travis St - Manchester
walking tour: Manchester's Castlefield
Sat, 14 Feb at 01:00 pm
Campfield
GBP 15 to 20
LGBT+ Manchester Walking Tour
Sat, 13 Nov at 03:00 pm
Vimto Bottle
GBP 0 to 15
Oasis Wonderwalk Tour
Fri, 01 May
Arch of Chinatown
GBP 15
Oasis Wonderwalk Tour
Sat, 04 Jul
Arch of Chinatown
GBP 15
ADULT GIFT VOUCHER FOR THE ORIGINAL MANCHESTER GHOST WALK
Sun, 24 Aug at 03:00 pm
M2 4EG
GBP 16
Manchester's Northern Quarter Walking Tour
Fri, 27 Feb at 02:00 pm
outside the Fred Aldous shop
GBP 14
Free Walking Tour Manchester - NUMBER ONE TOUR IN MANCHESTER
Tue, 20 Apr at 10:30 am
Manchester Central Library
Free
Film & TV tour Peaky Blinders, House Of Guinness, Captain America
Sun, 29 May at 02:00 pm
77 Dale St
GBP 18
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