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September 2026
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130 free events listed — things to do without buying a ticket.
Outrageous Women: Marriage, Religion and Culture
IWM North — The Waterway Space
Volunteer Talks & Activities at IWM North
IWM North — Foyer/Main Exhibition Space
Family Activities: IWM North
IWM North
Sport and Support Lunch
University of Salford
Lunchtime Innovation Seminar and Q&A with Tony Young, National Clinical Lead for Innovation
University of Manchester
The Roads We Walked: The Fifth Pan-African Congress
IWM North
FBMH Academic Development Programme - RE1.4: Team Research Ways of Working - collaboration and team building for successful research
University of Manchester
Rare Reads
University of Manchester
Printing Press Demonstration
University of Manchester
How Does Machine Learning Learn?
University of Manchester
Expert Insights - Safeguarding fusion: the non-proliferation question
University of Manchester
Rare Reads
University of Manchester
Rylands Discovery Tour
University of Manchester
Wear It Again
University of Salford
Houseplant Sale
University of Salford
Rare Reads
University of Manchester
Printing Press Demonstration
University of Manchester
SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar with Rebecca Friel MBA
University of Manchester
Departmental Seminar: “Proof of Human: Provenance, Identity, and Trust in the Age of Generative Systems” – Professor Andrew Melchior
University of Manchester
Fire and Ice: The Conception, Birth and Infancy of Cybernetics.
University of Manchester
Managing competing pressures in planning for disruptions
University of Manchester
Rare Reads
University of Manchester
Rylands Discovery Tour
University of Manchester
Reading Round at The John Rylands Library
University of Manchester
Rare Reads
University of Manchester
Maths education seminar: Lara Alcock on Reasoning about Mathematical ‘If-Then’ Statements
University of Manchester
Printing Press Demonstration
University of Manchester
The Forgotten Library: Collection Encounter
University of Manchester
Rylands Discovery Tour
University of Manchester
NION present Jaguar at Side Street
SIDE STREET STUDIO
NION presents Jaguar at Side Street
SIDE STREET STUDIO
Rylands Discovery Tour
University of Manchester
Manchester's Medieval Faire at the Rylands
University of Manchester
La Fiesta x Finite Experience
The Copper Bar
Autumn Open Day at the Confucius Institute
University of Manchester
NoHo NQ House Party!
Noho
A Jubilee Overture - 75 years of Philip Sparke
University of Manchester
Dusk Til Pawn
Dusk Til Pawn
Seminars in 'Health and Health Systems in the Global Context (HHSGC)'
University of Manchester
Soumhya Venkatesan (University of Manchester) "Democratic Epistemology, Anyone? Approaches to and Images of Knowledge as Radically Open to All Comers"
University of Manchester
Spotlight: Talking in Circles
Royal Northern College of Music
SEERIH Primary Science ECT Mentor Programme 2026-27
University of Manchester
The Moving Century: A History of Migration Seen from the Future
University of Manchester
Rare Reads
University of Manchester
Printing Press Demonstration
University of Manchester
Part-time Jobs and Volunteering Fair
University of Salford
FBMH Academic Development Programme - Foundations of teaching and learning
University of Manchester
Introduction to synthetic data
University of Manchester
Rare Reads
University of Manchester
Rylands Discovery Tour
University of Manchester
Exhibition launch event: 'grasp, grasp' by Sian Fan
University of Manchester
Women’s Health Technology Summit 2026
University of Manchester
WCLC: Quatuor Danel lunchtime concert with Adam McKenzie (bassoon)
University of Manchester
FBMH GenAI in Teaching Seminar series
University of Manchester
Reading Round at The John Rylands Library
University of Manchester
What's next for China's economy?
University of Manchester
R&M DJ: DJ SweetC
Band on the Wall
La Fiesta x The Henry Revue Ft. Chilli Cha Cha
The Copper Bar
Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Ashwin Bhat
University of Manchester
Fiona Murphy (Dublin City University) "LATE WORK: Imagination, Form and the Creative Life of Anthropology"
University of Manchester
MIOIR Seminar Series - Illuminating the Dark Sides of Innovation: Controversial Innovation and Peripheral Opportunity
University of Manchester
FBMH Academic Development Programme - How do we support international students to tell their story: building a sense of belonging for online and on campus learners
University of Manchester
Exploring census microdata
University of Manchester
SEERIH FA1 Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27
University of Manchester
RNCM Jam Night
Royal Northern College of Music
Communicate with Confidence, delivered by VOX Coaching
University of Manchester
Thomas Ashton Institute Lunch and Learn: Rethinking Safety Leadership: From “Safety First” to “Safe Performance"
University of Manchester
Re-imagining Innovation: The Value of Creative Practices
University of Manchester
Curator Tour: The Forgotten Library
University of Manchester
Untapped potential: Linking survey with satellite image data
University of Manchester
From Clinic to Curriculum: Preparing Healthcare Students for AI-Enabled Practice
University of Manchester
FBMH Academic Development Programme - IT17: Supporting and enhancing student ‘Professionalism’
University of Manchester
WCLC: Duo Folclore (violins)
University of Manchester
A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2020: Celebrating presence
University of Manchester
Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Deborah Frances-White
University of Manchester
FBMH Academic Development Programme - PD15: Academic promotion, recognition and reward
University of Manchester
Andrew Irving (University of Manchester) Title TBC
University of Manchester
Humanitarianism Under Pressure
University of Manchester
Spotlight: Brahms’ String Sextet No 2 in G…
Royal Northern College of Music
AI Fun with ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Jin Zhu
University of Manchester
British Academy Lecture 2026: Professor Stefano Bartolini
University of Manchester
RNCM Research Forum: Expanding the Art Song Canon…
Royal Northern College of Music
Solving industrial challenges through bioprocess optimisation
University of Manchester
FBMH Academic Development Programme - Making a Difference through Social Responsibility and EDI
University of Manchester
CoDE seminar: Transnational Black culture in Liverpool in the final decades of the 20th century: legacies of West Africa in the so-called ‘second city of empire’ Stephen Small
University of Manchester
WCLC: Tom Hicks
University of Manchester
FBMH Academic Development Programme - IT3.2: Enhancing the Student Experience
University of Manchester
Spotlight: Arcadian Idylls
Royal Northern College of Music
La Fiesta x Nguvu
The Copper Bar
SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Sufiyaan Salam and Monika Radojevic
University of Manchester
Training course on in situ experiments and digital volume correlation
University of Manchester
Gabriel Marques Camargo (University of Manchester) Title TBC
University of Manchester
MIOIR Seminar Series - Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Africa
University of Manchester
Using QGIS to map 2021/22 census data from the UK Data Service
University of Manchester
Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Min Jin Lee
University of Manchester
WCLC: Bringing Silent Cinema to Life
University of Manchester
Spotlight: Tarweedah
Royal Northern College of Music
Spotlight: By Candlelight – Ariettes and Romances
Royal Northern College of Music
WCLC: BAILE/home
University of Manchester
La Fiesta x Good Grief
The Copper Bar
Spotlight: Silver and Gold – Music for Flute…
Royal Northern College of Music
Spotlight: Hannah Kendall’s Rosalind
Royal Northern College of Music
WCLC: A recital for Philip Grange’s seventieth birthday
University of Manchester
RNCM Research Forum: Reviving Past Sounds
Royal Northern College of Music
WCLC: Leon Bosch & Rebeca Omordia - The South African Double Bass
University of Manchester
WCLC: Quatuor Danel with Sir John Tomlinson (bass voice), Pete Furniss (clarinet) and Richard Whalley (piano)
University of Manchester
The Chinese story of bamboo: Sustainability in material and culture
University of Manchester
Spotlight: Dreamscapes – Fantasies and Reveries
Royal Northern College of Music
La Fiesta x Tollbar
The Copper Bar
FBMH Academic Development Programme - Quality assurance, policy and practice enhancement
University of Manchester
RNCM Research Forum
Royal Northern College of Music
Spotlight: French Palette
Royal Northern College of Music
La Fiesta x Smooth Edge
The Copper Bar
Spotlight: Tchaikovsky – Story of The Nutcracker
Royal Northern College of Music
RNCM Research Forum: Opera in Extended Reality
Royal Northern College of Music
WCLC: Clare Wilkinson and Jacob Heringman
University of Manchester
La Fiesta x Elephunk in the room - Idiot Silver + Minerva Daisy
The Copper Bar
La Fiesta x The Plimp Souls + Supergiant + Cafe Haus
The Copper Bar
Oldham Introducing @ BOTW
The Copper Bar
Beat the Jams - Svarc/Devine/Walsh with Richard Iles
The Copper Bar
WCLC: PG Prize Winners’ concert with Twee Dang and Xian Wu
University of Manchester
Spotlight: Feeling Bright Blue
Royal Northern College of Music
FBMH Academic Development Programme - ID1: Induction for New Academics and Fellows
University of Manchester
“It’s alive!”: Prometheus, Frankenstein, and the Cyborgs
University of Manchester
Relaxed Hours at IWM North
IWM North
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Intergalactic Network: The real origins of the Internet
University of Manchester
A Tale of Beer, Chile, and Syn: Cybernetics in the service of socialism
University of Manchester
Algorithms against Neurons: The great schism between AI and cybernetics
University of Manchester
Transcendence or Termination?: Cybernetics, transhumanism, and the future
University of Manchester
Remembrance at IWM North
IWM North — Main Exhibition Space
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