Past events

Manchester University Music Society: Sing the Musicals Sing-a-long Relaxed Performance

12:10 - 13:00 6 June 2025

Calling all West End and Broadway wannabes to our FREE sing-a-long event. Sing your favourite song...

Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction

17:00 - 19:30 6 June 2025

Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90% of species that ever existe...

Estival Concert with MUMS Symphony Orchestra & Choir

18:00 - 20:00 6 June 2025

Join us for the much anticipated 'ESTIVAL 2025’ concert, showcasing the many talents of the Manche...

Playing with Cruelty: Pop Culture, Performativity, and the Stanford Prison Experiment

15:00 - 17:00 4 June 2025

Professor Stephen Reicher (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Professor Stephen Scott-B...

Migrant Colonialism: South American States and European Empires, c.1830-c.1950

15:00 - 16:30 4 June 2025

Please do join us for this special lecture from our Simon Visiting Professor, Lucy Riall, FBA.

Reggae and Dub Poetry in the UK: A Northern perspective

17:00 - 19:30 4 June 2025

Karen Gabay x Creative Manchester x British Pop Archive This event is a rare opportunity to hear fr...

Lunchtime calligraphy for wellbeing (EVERY TUESDAY)

3 - 24 June 2025

Are you looking for a lunchtime activity to improve your wellbeing? Join the Confucius Institute’s...

Desi Queers: Exploring Intergenerationality in LGBTQ South Asian Cultures in Britain

28 May - 7 June 2025

How do ideas, cultures and ways of living ‘move’ across generations in queer contexts? How do qu...

CreaTech Innovation Showcase 2025

12:00 - 16:30 22 May 2025

Join us for an afternoon discovering business and research applications of CreaTech with panel talks...

Saudi Women’s Activism Through Writing

15:00 - 16:00 21 May 2025

Speaker: Hind Aldossary (PhD Researcher, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Arts, Language...