Martin Harris Centre

UNMASKED - Mental Health Photography Exhibition

18:00 - 21:00 10 September 2026
UNMASKED is a powerful photography exhibition exploring mental health through lived experience, personal stories, and creative expression. Coinciding with World Suicide Prevention…

Welcome Week Show: Chameleon by Jess Telling

19:00 - 20:00 25 September 2026
Welcome Week Show: Chameleon by Jess Telling Following consecutive 4* runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and London, Chameleon celebrates its finale in Manchester. With dry wit and existential…

A Jubilee Overture - 75 years of Philip Sparke

15:00 - 17:00 27 September 2026
The Martin Harris Centre welcomes The KNDS Fairey Band. Featuring the music of acclaimed composer Philip Sparke and the composers who inspired him, to celebrate his 75th year. Including…

The Moving Century: A History of Migration Seen from the Future

10:00 - 14:00 30 September 2026
A hundred years ago, there were no visas or passports. Today on the seabed of the Mediterranean lie the bodies of fifty thousand migrants drowned along the smuggling routes. How did…

Quatuor Danel Evening concert – Shostakovich 120 years

19:30 2 October 2026
Quatuor Danel mark the 120th anniversary of Shostakovich’s birth. Beethoven String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Opus 18 No. 4 Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in Bb major, Opus 18 No. 6…

Manchester Literature Festival presents Paul Mason: Reds

14:00 - 15:15 11 October 2026
A decade after PostCapitalism, Paul Mason returns to Manchester Literature Festival to discuss REDS: A Global History of Communism, his provocative new book exploring one of history's…

Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Deborah Frances-White

16:30 - 17:45 11 October 2026
Author, comedian and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, Deborah Frances-White joins us for a lively and illuminating conversation about her latest book, Six Conversations We’re Scared…

Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Yann Martel

19:30 - 20:45 14 October 2026
Booker Prize-winning author Yann Martel, internationally acclaimed for the modern classic Life of Pi, visits Manchester Literature Festival for this exclusive North West event to discuss…

University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert

19:30 - 21:30 27 November 2026
Join the University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant concert of contemporary and twentieth-century masterpieces, including Britten's Four Sea Interludes,…

University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert

15:00 - 17:00 28 November 2026
Join the University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant concert of contemporary and twentieth-century masterpieces, including Britten's Four Sea Interludes,…

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