History Events in Manchester

Check out happening history events all around Manchester, EN

Antony Beevor: Rasputin. An evening at St Ann's Church, Manchester

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Saint Ann's Church GBP 0 to 32

Stand up Comedy in broken English • Victor Patrascan in Manchester

 Sat, 14 Mar at 08:00 pm Contact Theatre

Library After Hours

 Fri, 27 Feb at 05:30 pm Long Millgate, M3 1SB Manchester, United Kingdom

FLECKY BENNETT’S THE MANCHESTER GHOST WALK

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm Lock 91 GBP 15

FLECKY BENNETT’S THE DIDSBURY GHOST WALK

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:00 pm OUTSIDE THE “GATES OF HELL” Next Door to Ye Olde Cock Inn GBP 15

Women of Manchester 2-hour Free Walking Tour

 Sat, 07 Mar at 03:30 pm Emmeline Pankhurst Statue Free

Reframing Blackness- Talk and Q&A with Alayo Akinkugbe

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

International Women's Day x World Book Day

 Sat, 07 Mar at 11:00 am Pankhurst Centre GBP 0 to 6

Cargo Recording Studios - Author Q&A

 Thu, 12 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

From the Tigris to the Thames with Linda Dangoor

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm 190 Cheetham Hill Road, M88 Manchester, United Kingdom

Women of Manchester 2-hour Walking Tour

 Sat, 21 Mar at 03:30 pm Emmeline Pankhurst Statue GBP 15

DISSENT! Museums & Political Disagreement

 Wed, 25 Mar at 09:00 am The University of Manchester Free

Antwerp Mansion Sleepover £50pp

 Sat, 16 May at 08:30 pm Kent Road West

Antwerp Mansion

Sat, 20 Jun at 08:00 pm Antwerp Mansion Manchester

National Lottery Open Week

 Sat, 14 Mar at 01:00 pm Long Millgate, M3 1SB Manchester, United Kingdom

50th Anniversary of the Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall TOUR

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm HOME Manchester GBP 12

Celebrating the Return of the Monastery Organ

 Sun, 19 Apr at 10:00 am The Monastery Manchester

The History of Wythenshawe Hall and "Who Built Wythenshawe?"

 Sun, 22 Mar at 11:00 am FoWH. Wythenshawe Park, Northenden, Manchester

The Real Story of the Knights Templar

 Sun, 01 Mar at 01:00 pm The Monastery Manchester

Behind the Scenes Tour

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 13

The Formidable Women of Manchester (tour during International Women's Week)

 Tue, 10 Mar at 02:00 pm Manchester Art Gallery Free

Exploring Little Ireland (during the Manchester Irish Festival)

 Tue, 17 Mar at 02:30 pm HOME Manchester Free

John Rylands Library & More...Official Manchester Tours

 Fri, 20 Mar at 11:30 am Saint Ann's Church Free

Tribute to Emmeline Pankhurst (on International Women's Day)

 Sun, 08 Mar at 12:00 pm Emmeline Pankhurst statue Free

Rebel Women Walking Tour

 Sun, 08 Mar at 11:00 am Queen Victoria's Statue GBP 17

Assheton Archery and History Day

 Sat, 07 Mar at 01:00 pm Assheton Bowmen Free

The Fabric of Protest

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:00 pm People's History Museum GBP 0 to 17

Yiddish Revolutionaries – A Forgotten History

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:00 pm 190 Cheetham Hill Road, M88 Manchester, United Kingdom

Hispanic Film Club Screening: Mamá cumple 100 años

 Wed, 25 Mar at 05:45 pm Biblioteca Central de Mánchester Free

Creativity and AI: Cultural Heritage

 Thu, 30 Apr at 02:30 pm tbc Free

Charles Dickens and his Manchester Connections

 Sat, 07 Mar at 05:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 12

1926 General Strike centenary open day

 Sat, 09 May at 10:30 am People's History Museum GBP 0 to 11

Activating Archives and Collections for Local and Societal Impact

 Wed, 11 Mar at 12:30 pm John Rylands Library Free

50 Years of Greg Wilson at Manchester Cathedral

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:30 pm Manchester Cathedral

BLACK HISTORY EVENT. THE HEBREW NEW YEAR’S FELLOWSHIP PARTY 2026.

 Sun, 22 Mar at 06:00 pm West Indian Sports & Social Club GBP 0 to 14

Join CyanLines for a FREE guided walking tour in Manchester City Centre.

 Sun, 29 Mar at 02:30 pm St. Peter's Square Free

International Women's Day Walking Tour

 Wed, 04 Mar at 10:30 am Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, M13 9LW Manchester, United Kingdom

Tour of the Other City, Salford's Chapel Street

 Sun, 03 May at 11:00 am People's History Museum GBP 14

Remembering the past, fighting for the future

 Thu, 07 May at 05:30 pm People's History Museum Free

Spanish Republican Song Session w/ IBMT NW

 Sat, 28 Feb at 02:00 pm The Townhall Tavern

Organisational Absurdity Unveiled

 Tue, 23 Jun at 09:30 am People's History Museum GBP 500 to 2,700

‘Watery Archives’: a zine workshop with Fiona Brehony

 Tue, 03 Mar at 01:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Hidden in Print: Women in the Portico Tour

 Thu, 12 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 9

Lunch & Talk with Elaine Griffiths OBE | 30 Years of Trust

 Tue, 21 Apr at 11:30 am The Monastery Manchester

Thinking Outside the Box

 Tue, 17 Mar at 11:30 am Manchester Central LIbrary GBP 0 to 5

Manchester Women and the General Strike: 100 Years On

 Sat, 14 Mar at 10:00 am Mechanics Institute Free

Queering the Asian Diaspora

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

Secrets of Ancoats. Expert Manchester Guided Tour

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:30 pm Band on the Wall Free

Manchester Netwalk: Women of the last 100 years

 Tue, 03 Mar at 12:30 pm Outside the entrance to hotel INNSiDE Manchester GBP 16

Online Talk: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell- A Friendship

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Stars and Galaxies at Battlesteads 11-13th July 2026

 Sat, 11 Jul at 10:00 am Everywhere and Nowhere

Brian Groom on These Isles - New Book

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

Alignments, Earth Energies & Ley Lines: Coincidence or Design?

 Sun, 31 May at 11:00 am The Monastery Manchester

Second Cold War Cities: Geopolitics and Urbanization in the 21st Century

 Fri, 13 Mar at 06:00 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation Free

100 years of strikes and solidarity

 Sat, 18 Apr at 01:00 pm People's History Museum Free

Curating China: Two Blockbuster British Exhibitions (MM x MCI talk series)

 Tue, 10 Mar at 12:30 pm Manchester Museum Free

Let’s chat about the 1926 Irish Census

 Tue, 17 Mar at 01:00 pm Manchester Central LIbrary GBP 0 to 5

Livi Michael on her new book Elizabeth and Ruth

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

Public Opening: Everything and Nothing - what makes a 220 year old library?

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

What’s in a Name?

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

IEEE Milestone award: Manchester code, 1948-1949

 Mon, 13 Apr at 02:00 pm Kilburn Building Free

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

Illuminating Knowledge: Exploring Arabic Scientific Manuscripts

 Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm John Rylands Library Free

Baronial Baroque

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm Long Millgate, M3 1SB Manchester, United Kingdom

Celebrating St Francis & St Clare: A Divine Partnership

Sun, 22 Mar at 01:00 pm The Monastery Manchester

Longing and Belonging: the Chinese in Jamaica and the Wider Caribbean

 Thu, 05 Mar at 12:30 pm Manchester China Institute Free

Finding William

 Tue, 17 Mar at 01:45 pm Manchester Central LIbrary GBP 0 to 5

Online Talk: North and South across the Atlantic – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Influence in America

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Finding Irish Ancestors

 Tue, 17 Mar at 10:30 am Manchester Central LIbrary GBP 0 to 5

Behind the Scenes & Highlights of the Collection Tour

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 9

Introduction to Heritage Science and the RICHeS programme: Manchester

 Wed, 08 Apr at 01:00 pm Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Whose Heritage? An “animal turn” for conservation and management

 Wed, 29 Apr at 05:00 pm University Place, 4.205, University of Manchester Free

Online Talk: ‘I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free’ – Emily and Anne Brontë

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Phoenix Cities: Rising From the Ashes

 Thu, 26 Mar at 08:30 am 53two GBP 28

Roda Gigante: Carmela Gross, Lina Bo Bardi, and Objective Form in Brazil

 Wed, 29 Apr at 04:30 pm Mansfield Cooper Building, G.22 Free

Building Early Modern Goa

 Wed, 13 May at 04:00 pm University Place, 4.205, University of Manchester Free

Another Stranger: Cressida’s Tale

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 9 to 14

Nineteenth-Century Afterlives: Creative and Critical Approaches

 Wed, 25 Mar at 01:00 pm 2.06 Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Free

walking tour: Manchester's Medieval Quarter

 Wed, 05 Nov at 10:30 am New Cathedral Street GBP 10 to 20

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

Kieran Lawless' Complete History of Ireland

 Sun, 01 Mar at 06:30 pm Creatures Comedy Club

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

ADULT GIFT VOUCHER FOR THE SATURDAY NIGHT MANCHESTER GHOST WALK

 Thu, 24 Apr at 04:30 pm Lock 91 GBP 15

Venezuelan Revolution - Book Launch and Documentary Viewing

 Mon, 09 Mar at 07:00 pm The Salutation

Manchester Angel Meadow guided walking tour with author Dean Kirby

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Sadler's Yard GBP 22

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

Manchester Afternoon Walking Tour By SiManchester

 Wed, 18 Aug at 02:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 15

Free Tour Manchester en Español

 Tue, 11 May at 10:30 am Manchester Central Library Free