Literary-art Events in Manchester

Check out happening literary-art events all around Manchester, EN

TEDxManchester 2026

 Sat, 07 Mar at 10:30 am The Bridgewater Hall GBP 32 to 131

Fiction Fest UK 26

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am The Bridgewater Hall GBP 14 to 66

An Evening with Beth O'Leary at Waterstones Deansgate

 Sat, 11 Apr at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

The Laughienda Comedy Club | 23rd Apr '26 | Peter Brush Headlines

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Lions Den Manchester

AI SOCIAL CLUB: The Symposium

 Thu, 05 Mar at 10:00 am Sister - Renold Building GBP 33 to 131

Tim Harford: How to Make the World Add Up

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:00 pm Stoller Hall

The Laughienda Comedy Club | 26th Mar '26 | Alex Kitson Headlines

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:30 pm Lions Den Manchester

Chorlton Comedy Club, Manchester

 Fri, 01 May at 08:30 pm Hough End Centre Chorlton

Meet Joe Abercrombie at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 07 May at 12:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 11

Balu Brigada - UPGRADED

Sun, 03 May at 06:00 pm Gorilla

Just a Girl From North Manchester Book Launch & Live Performance Evening

 Sun, 08 Mar at 06:30 pm The Yard Mcr

Meet Derek Landy at Waterstones Manchester Deansgate

 Fri, 17 Apr at 02:30 pm Waterstones GBP 17

The Zimmermen - The Music Of Bob Dylan Live At Lions Den, Manchester - 16th May 2026.

 Sat, 16 May at 08:00 pm Lions Den Manchester

The Wave Pictures + Turner Cody / YES Pink Room, Manchester / Thu 5 Mar

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:30 pm YES

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Repeat)

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Jana Horn + Adjustments / Low Four Studio, Manchester / Wed 4 Mar

 Wed, 04 Mar at 07:00 pm Low Four Studio

Passion For Gorton | A Community Passion Play

 Fri, 03 Apr at 05:00 pm The Monastery Manchester

Trailblazers Open Mic Night: Celebrating Women

 Fri, 06 Mar at 06:00 pm Renold Building GBP 5 to 10

Voices in Print: Women Making a Zine

 Tue, 03 Mar at 05:00 pm Manchester Central Library (Performance Space, Ground Floor) Free

The Disfluencies CoLab: Embodying Mother Languages through Poetry & Drawing

 Sat, 07 Mar at 02:30 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

International Women's Day Poetry Showcase

 Sun, 08 Mar at 02:00 pm National Trust - Castlefield Viaduct GBP 6 to 8

Sine Screen Presents: ‘Whose Homeland’

 Sat, 07 Mar at 01:00 pm esea contemporary GBP 3 to 7

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

Knowing Yesterday, Shaping Tomorrow: The Lou Kushnick Memorial Lecture

 Thu, 12 Mar at 04:00 pm Manchester Central Library (Performance Space, Ground Floor) Free

FLESH: Charli Howard in conversation with Helen Mort

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

An evening with Kiran Millwood Hargrave at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

CroppaChoppa's Slumber Party

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:30 pm Fairfield Social Club GBP 6 to 12

Cuentacuentos: Pequeña Frida

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

An evening with Melissa Auf der Maur at Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 08 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 25

Cole Stacey - Live at The Portico Library

 Sat, 21 Mar at 06:30 pm The Portico Library

An Evening with Adrian Tchaikovsky at Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

CPD Training: Somatic Toolkit for Trauma Therapy

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

Indie Lit Con - Manchester 2026

 Sat, 15 Aug at 10:00 am Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel GBP 0 to 33

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

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

Michael Stewart & Yvonne Battle-Felton in conversation

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 10

Heritage, Health & Harmony Open Days @ The Monastery

Sun, 15 Mar at 10:00 am The Monastery Manchester

Black Creatives Development Day 2026

 Fri, 10 Apr at 12:00 pm Renold Building GBP 6

An Evening with Benjamin Wood at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Behind the Scenes Tour

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

Didsbury Comedy Club, Manchester

 Sun, 01 Mar at 07:45 pm St Catherine's Community Centre GBP 14

The Deadlians - Manchester

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:30 pm YES

John Butcher (Solo) + Burn Into Sleep

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:30 pm St Margarets Church, Whalley Range

Tall Tales - An Improv Comedy Show @ The English Lounge

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:30 pm English Lounge NQ GBP 6

WHITE RIVER CROSSING: Ian McGuire in conversation

 Tue, 03 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 20

Portico Kitchen Afternoon Tea Number One: A Clockwork Orange

 Thu, 05 Mar at 03:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 43

Pem

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

Anxiety in the Modern World with Joshua Fletcher - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 13 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 22

Neurodivergent Friendly Exhibition Tour of Delaine le Bas

 Thu, 19 Mar at 11:00 am The Whitworth Free

You Are African First Before Anything (YAAFBA)

Sun, 15 Mar at 08:30 pm The Kings Arms

Bunker Talk #161: Selina Thompson

 Tue, 03 Mar at 05:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library Free

An Evening with David Szalay at Waterstones ManchesterDeansgate

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Voices of the City: A Collective Performance

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:00 pm The Whitworth Free

Manchester Book Bonanza

 Sat, 18 Apr at 11:00 am The Alan Manchester GBP 3 to 55

Poets Who Edit: Featuring Rachael Allen

 Thu, 12 Mar at 04:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

An Evening with Venetia Constantine - Manchester, Deansgate

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

Owt On Stage

 Thu, 05 Mar at 01:30 pm Band on the Wall Free

Graduate & Final Year Students - How get a job and become irreplaceable

 Wed, 04 Mar at 10:00 am Hotel Motel One Manchester-St. Peter's Square GBP 28

Charles Dickens and his Manchester Connections

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

Tommy WÁ

 Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm The Deaf Institute

Reflective Conversation

 Sun, 08 Mar at 12:00 pm Tariff & Dale Free

Gans

Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm The Deaf Institute

Haunted Book Club Live: The Old Nurse's Tale

 Thu, 14 May at 06:30 pm The Portico Library GBP 12 to 17

HOME IS WHERE THE HAUNT IS: Tobi Coventry and Róisín Lanigan

 Mon, 16 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Writing in the Wild

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:30 am Chorlton Ees Nature Reserve GBP 7 to 14

RABBITBOX - Wayne Holloway-Smith in conversation with Andrew McMillan

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

FINDING ALBION: Zakia Sewell in conversation

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 25

IES-Bibiliographical Society Digital Skills Training

 Fri, 13 Mar at 11:00 am The John Rylands Research Institute and Library Free

Roots

 Sat, 04 Apr at 06:30 pm The Kings Arms

Scribbles Social! at HOMEmcr

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm HOME Manchester GBP 5 to 24

An Evening for Stand Up to Racism

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe Free

Agriculture

 Mon, 22 Jun at 06:00 pm Rebellion Manchester

Manchester Seminar, Metabolic Syndrome

 Thu, 07 May at 03:15 pm Malmaison Manchester GBP 35

Dan Hicks: Monuments Will Fall

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm The Manchester Museum GBP 0 to 5

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

SUPER NINTENDO: Keza MacDonald in conversation

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

Online Talk: I Blame the Mother

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Reflective Conversation

 Sun, 12 Apr at 12:00 pm Tariff & Dale Free

Bunker Talk #162: Tanztheater Adrian Look

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

Poets Who Edit: Featuring Sarah Howe

 Thu, 23 Apr at 04:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

One City, Many Stories

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

AFFAIR WITH HAIR

 Tue, 26 May at 06:30 pm The Kings Arms

Step Up Manchester Lead Meet

 Sat, 28 Feb at 09:30 am the Deaf Centre Manchester GBP 0 to 131

Remembering the past, fighting for the future

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

Crumpsall Folk Club feat. Tom Blackwell

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:45 pm The Cleveland, 77 Crumpsall Lane, Manchester

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

 Wed, 11 Mar at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Organisational Absurdity Unveiled

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

The Creatives Book Club - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (time option b)

 Sat, 28 Feb at 02:00 pm Ditto Coffee GBP 6

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – The Nurses’ Story and The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Gaskell

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

LEAN CAT, SAVAGE CAT: Lauren J. Joseph in conversation

 Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

The High-Performance Parent: Balancing Professional Life & Family

 Wed, 04 Mar at 05:30 pm House of Books & Friends Free

Wildlife Gardening Club “Wildflower ID Walk with Leif Bersweden”

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

‘Watery Archives’: a zine workshop with Fiona Brehony

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

PHOENIX RISING BOOK LAUNCH

 Sat, 07 Mar at 12:00 pm Maldron Hotel GBP 3 to 17

IWD 2026 with Creative Manchester

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

Bunker Talk #163: The Guardians of Living Matter

 Tue, 24 Mar at 05:30 pm SODA Cinema Free

Sold out: Lisa O'Neill + Kú Kilian / Hallé St Peter's, Manchester / Tue 3 Mar

 Tue, 03 Mar at 07:30 pm Hallé St Peter's