📅 October 2026 Events in Manchester

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer

Manchester Cathedral

From £20 · 19:00

Manchester City Stadium Tour

Etihad Stadium

£32 · 09:45

PubDub x Tangerine: Reggae Bingo

Tangerine

Check website · 18:00

Black History Month at Aviva Studios

Aviva Studios

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The Sick Fix

The Deaf Institute

Check website · 19:00

SAP ALL WHITE — 11 YEARS OF GOOD VIBES

Bee Noir Manchester

£10 · 12:55

Lowry Boys - Explore Movement

General Admission

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Stranger Folk

Quarry Bank

Check website · 10:30

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The Deaf Institute

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Archspire

Manchester Academy

£27.50 · 17:30

Archspire @ Academy 2

Manchester Academy 2

Check website · 17:30

MARGARITA MAYHEM @ BE AT ONE MANCHESTER

Be At One - Manchester

From £3 · 18:00

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular Trafford

Intu Trafford Centre

£9.99 · 12:00

Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

Arley Hall & Gardens

From £25.60 · 20:00

Shutdown VS Mania U18s Halloween Special BURNLEY

Fusion Event Space

From £5 · 18:00

FeteDeLaWeen X Blanc Events

The MCR Lounge

£9.97 · 17:00

AN EVENING OF SPIRITUALISM HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

The Railway Royton

£11.55 · 19:30

Hallo-weekly Ticket (does not include entry to halloween all nighter)

42's

Sold out at source

Monsta Manchester Presents: Halloween Mayhem @ Gorilla

Gorilla

From £15 · 23:00

PSYCHO B!TCH - Hosted by Stacey Fox & Ayra

Cruz 101

£2 · 23:55

🎃 HXUSE PARTY: Halloween Special 👻

Secret Venue

£10 · 10:00

Pumpkin Carving at Kampasi

Kampasi Restaurant

From £10 · 16:00

Zine Club Manchester: HALLOWZEEN

SEESAW

£0.00 · 18:00

An Evening of Painting - Halloween edition !!

The Proud Trust

Check website · 18:00

The UK's Wildest Boat and Bar Crawl - Manchester

Seven Brothers Media City

From £29.95 · 12:00

AFTER DARK @ AMBERS - Manchester's Biggest Tuesday

Amber's

From £1 · 23:00

The UK's Wildest Boat and Bar Crawl - Manchester

Seven Brothers Media City

From £29.95 · 12:00

renae: Maracuya

renae

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Dahlia Stereo: Rich Reason & Pooch

Dahlia Stereo

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PRAXIS

The DBA

£6 · 19:00

renae: Juno

renae

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Room 909 Open Deck Night

Stage and Radio

Free · 22:00

We Love Wednesdays

O2 Ritz Manchester

Check website · 23:00

The UK's Wildest Boat and Bar Crawl - Manchester

Seven Brothers Media City

From £29.95 · 12:00

Studio IV: Jimmy Allen

Mollies

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renae: Atlanta

renae

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Manchester Audio Tour: Time Echoes from Halls to Towers

Manchester Town Hall

£3.99 · 12:00

Manchester Audio Tour: Time Echoes from Halls to Towers

Manchester Town Hall

£3.99 · 12:00

Wood & Company

Wood And Co

£3 · 17:00

Lowry Youth Dance Project - Project 1

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Get online with our digital volunteers

Stretford Public Hall

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Haunting Trafford

The Trafford Centre

From £2.75 · 14:00

Councillors’ Advice Sessions – Chorlton Park Ward

Barlow Moor Community Association

Free · 17:30

Bible Study- Open place to ask questions about Christian faith

Pendleton Gateway Centre, 1 Broadwalk Postcode

Check website · 18:00

Tuesday Bible Study

Pendleton Gateway Centre, 1 Broadwalk Postcode

Check website · 18:00

Bible Study and Mid-Week Fellowship (Diverse Church)

Pendleton Gateway Centre, 1 Broadwalk Postcode

Check website · 18:00

Chat and Choose

Greenfield Library

Free · 03:00

Digital Drop-In

Oldham Library

Check website · 11:00

Paint And Sip

£20 · 18:00

Online Course in Social Network Analysis

The Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis

Free

Online Course in Social Network Analysis (Mitchell Centre)

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Clay Workshop - Make a Candle!

Merseyway Workshop

£32.50 · 10:30

Introduction to Analogue Photography + the Darkroom - October/November

Merseyway Workshop

£135 · 18:00

RLSS NPLQ Lifeguard Course

Life Leisure Grand Central

Sold out at source

Woodland Green Skills: Woodland Management at Hatchett's Wood, Manchester

Hatchetts Wood

Free · 10:00

Knit and Natter

Oldham Library & Lifelong Learning Centre

Free · 13:00

Life drawing with 1838 Collective

Islington Mill

From £12 · 18:00

Make A Silver Ring Workshop

Thorniley studios

£66.80 · 18:00

You don’t need Kubernetes: Scaling API Layers without the theatrics

Betfred

Check website · 18:00

Crochet, knitting & MORE | Needlework and Fiber Crafts Social

Navarro Lounge

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Citizens Advice

Stretford Public Hall

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Housing Options (HOST), Trafford Council

Stretford Public Hall

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Budgeting Support Officer, Trafford Council

Stretford Public Hall

Check website · 13:00

Volunteer advice drop-in

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Allied Health Work Abroad | FREE Event | Manchester

Whitworth Locke, Civic Quarter

Free · 19:00

The Guest List: Female Founders Dinner at Habbibi Manchester

Habbibi - Manchester

Sold out at source

Emergency First Aid at Work

Flourish Hub - Altrincham

Sold out at source

Face To Face Event, Steps for Success - New Exams Officer Training (MAN)

Check website · 09:30

Citizens Advice at Crompton Library

Crompton Library

Check website · 09:30

Manchester Careers Fair

Britannia Hotel Manchester

Sold out at source

Training - Therapeutic Parenting and PACE

bMindful Psychology

£55 · 10:00

BforB Brunch Networking in Didsbury

Didsbury Sports Ground

£11.35 · 10:00

Man United Match Ticket Old Trafford with Kit Room Lounge Access

£219

Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Etihad Stadium

From £34.90 · 19:30

Manchester City Match at Etihad Stadium

Etihad Stadium

£169

Aces Season Ticket

Planet Ice Altrincham

From £50 · 18:30

Total Body Barre

Space at the Mill

£13.70 · 18:00

Chappaqua Wrestling @ YES Manchester

YES Manchester

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Savage Martial Arts – Littles Class (4-7)

Check website · 17:00

Savage Martial Arts – Juniors Class (8-12)

Check website · 17:45

⚽️Football tennis - Manchester

Birchfields

Check website · 18:00

CQ Wrestling | Manchester, YES (Pink Room)

YES

£16 · 18:30

GoodGym Stockport // Group Session // Do Good & Get Fit

Life Leisure Cheadle

Check website · 18:30

🔥Free Bachata Experience Dance Class💃💃

On Bar Manchester

Check website · 18:30

Sea Life Manchester Anytime Entry

Legoland Discovery Centre

£21

Sea Life Manchester Anytime Entry

Legoland Discovery Centre

£3

Sea Life Manchester Anytime Entry

Legoland Discovery Centre

£4

Lowry Youth Dance Project - Project 1

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Babies Playtime

The Lowry Lookout

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Under 5s Little Creatives

The Lowry Lookout

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Under 5s Little Creatives

The Lowry Lookout

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Dance Foundations Project - Cumbria

Off Site Events

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Babies Playtime

The Lowry Lookout

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Under 5s Little Creatives

The Lowry Lookout

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Indoor play space

Quarry Bank

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Kid's Autumn Creative Craft Club

Peony & Parchment

Sold out at source

Holy Diver's Halloween Cabaret

Holy Diver

£10 · 19:00

Dirty Dancing

Palace Theatre Manchester

£24.13 · 19:30

Dirty Dancing

Palace Theatre Manchester

£24.13 · 17:00

Dirty Dancing

Palace Theatre Manchester

£24.13 · 14:30

Babies Playtime

Quays Theatre

Check website · 10:30

Lowry Youth Dance Project - Project 1

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Quays Theatre

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The Mousetrap

Opera House Manchester

£15 · 19:30

Waitress

Lyric Theatre

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REWRITES: Jeezus!

Aldridge Studio

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Quays Theatre

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Writing Hours @ Manchester Cathedral

Manchester Cathedral

Free · 18:00

Holly Hudson: Fine, Actually | Creatures Tour Show

Creatures Comedy Club

£15 · 19:00

Nine Lives Comedy Open Mic

Lost Cat

Check website · 20:00

Easy Comedy || Creatures Comedy Club

Creatures Comedy Club

£3 · 20:30

XS Malarkey DOUBLE HEADLINE SHOW with AMY MILLER & JOHN ROBERTSON

53Two

From £3.30 · 19:30

Rachel Fairburn - Vexy Beasts

The Frog and Bucket

Check website · 20:00

Rachel Fairburn @ Frog & Bucket Comedy Club

Frog & Bucket Comedy Club

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Daniel Foxx: How Lovely

Quays Theatre

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Stand Up Bingo || Creatures Comedy Club

Creatures Comedy Club

£1 · 19:00

CAR PARK COMEDY @ RED ARCH - Halloween Special!

Red Arch

From £5 · 19:00

Comedy Circus Open Mic!

Stage & Radio

Free · 19:00

Manchester Improv Wednesdays

The English Lounge

£6 · 19:30

Manchester Improv Wednesdays - Improv Island Discs + Popcorn Pig

English Lounge NQ

£6 · 19:30

Work-life balance: A Buddhist approach

The Vegetarian Society

£10 · 19:00

GOTG Pilates Classes - October

City Tower

£9 · 18:00

Weekly Warmer

Stretford Public Hall

Check website · 09:30

NHS Baby Clinic @ Chadderton Library and Wellbeing Centre

Chadderton Library and Wellbeing Centre

Free · 13:30

Bounce & rhyme at Chadderton Library and Wellbeing centre

Chadderton Library and Wellbeing Centre

Free · 13:30

Yoga: Standing and Chair-based Yoga

Barlow Moor Community Association

Free · 15:30

ND Gals Spooky Spell Jar Making Evening

SEESAW

From £9.38 · 18:00

Hard Yards Running Club

Stretford Public Hall

Check website · 19:00

The Village - A Sister Circle for Community & Connection

210 Church Rd

£16.96 · 19:00

Yoga for all

Stretford Public Hall

Check website · 19:30

LEARN TO RIDE A BICYCLE ~ SESSIONS FOR BEGINNERS ~ 93 WELLBEING CENTRE

93 Church Ln

Check website · 09:45

Parent & Baby Yoga with Shantimama

Stretford Public Hall

Check website · 10:30

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Salford

Salford Secret Venue

£17.99 · 13:00

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Manchester

Manchester Secret Venue (TBA)

£17.99 · 13:00

Elite Speed Dating - Manchester - Lesbian Event - Ages 33-48

Via

From £15 · 19:30

GOTG Spooky Speed Friending (over 25's)

The House of Social

£9 · 18:00

Elite Speed Dating - Manchester - Gay Men - Ages 33-48

Via

From £15 · 19:30

Elite Speed Dating - Manchester - Lesbian Event - Ages 23-38

Via

From £15 · 19:30

Elite Speed Dating - Manchester - Gay Men - Ages 23-38

Via

From £15 · 19:30

Talking Tables

The Garden Bar

Check website · 13:30

Salford Long-Term Love Speed Dating

5 Moran Walk

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Manchester Gay Speed Dating for Professionals

FRX5+J8 Manchester

Check website · 18:15

Oldham Character Chemistry Speed Dating Night

Sudden Tesco (Stop C)

Check website · 18:30

Salford Faceless Gay Speed Dating for Connection

16 Montague Rd

Check website · 18:30

Manchester Highlights Audio Tour: Iconic Landmarks and Industrial Heritage

Manchester Cathedral

£5.99 · 09:00

Project Halloween - Manchester's Biggest Halloween Event!

Mayfield Depot

From £12.99 · 22:30

The Oasis Wonderwalk Tour

Chinatown, Faulkner Street, Manchester

£12.50 · 12:30

Explore Quarry Bank with HistoryScapes

Quarry Bank

Check website · 10:30

Scarecrow Festival October half term

Quarry Bank

Check website · 10:30

Apprentice House Spooky Tours

Quarry Bank

Check website · 10:45

Beano Presents Dennis the Menace's Year of Mischief!

Check website · 14:00

Community Half Term Bat Walk

Brunswick Parish Church

Check website · 18:00

THE ORIGINAL MANCHESTER GHOST WALK “WICKED WEDNESDAY ” SPECIAL

REAR ENTRANCE OF MANCHESTER TOWN HALL (OPPOSITE THE WATERHOUSE PUB)

Sold out at source

ASTAR – FREAK STREET – MANCHESTER’S BIGGEST HALLOWEEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT

CLUB94 MANCHESTER

£3.50 · 22:00

Station Growers Community Gardening

Station Green

Check website · 10:00

Walk From Home

Car Park, Brookburn Road

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Ramona Live

Ramona Manchester

Check website · 16:00

Halloween Bottomless Brunch @ The Grosvenor

The Grosvenor Manchester

From £28 · 15:00

French Wine Scholar Course

The Castlefield Hotel

Check website · 11:00

Cork and Cheese - Wine and Cheese Tasting in Manchester

Reserve Wines Didsbury

£74 · 18:00

Halloween at Didsbury, 29th October 2026

Reserve Wines

£45 · 17:30

Thursday | HALLOWEEN SPECIAL | Manchester

Lock 91

Sold out at source

Discover the Jura and Savoie: Burgundy adjacent and totally stunning

The Angel Pub Mcr

Check website · 18:30

Soirée « dégustation fromages » à Hale, près de Altrincham

The Railway pub

Check website · 18:30

Big, Bold & Buttery: Winter's Richest Whites

Whole Bunch Wines

£20 · 19:00

Seasons Dining Vol. 4

The Wild Alderman

£38 · 19:00

MONSTER MASH UP @ BE AT ONE MANCHESTER

Be At One - Manchester

From £3 · 21:00

Friday Lunch at Bill’s Spinningfields

Bill’s

Check website · 13:00

Children's pumpkin painting

The Garden Bar Monton

£20 · 12:00

Children's pumpkin painting

The Garden Bar Monton

£20 · 12:00

Halloween Cinema Night- The Craft

Cuckoo (Prestwich)

£25 · 18:30

The witches (1990) / King Street Townhouse Screening Room

King Street Townhouse Hotel

Sold out at source

Hocus Pocus (1993) / King Street Townhouse Screening Room

King Street Townhouse Hotel

From £21.97 · 19:30

Coco / King Street Townhouse Screening Room

King Street Townhouse Hotel

£16.62 · 14:00

National Emergency Briefing

Carlton Club

Free · 19:00

Practical Magic / King Street Townhouse Screening Room

King Street Townhouse Hotel

Sold out at source

CORNETTO TRILOGY HALLOWEEN QUIZ AT THE ABEL HEYWOOD

The Abel Heywood Pub & Boutique Hotel

£5 · 20:00

Corpse Bride / King Street Townhouse Screening Room

King Street Townhouse Hotel

£16.62 · 14:00

NEB X Manchester - People, Planet, Pint™: Film Screening

Patagonia Manchester

Free – £5 · 18:00

Solis Vintage presents: The Witches of Eastwick

The New Cross

Sold out at source

UNSAFE: S. Lamble in conversation with Jackie Stacey

Blackwell's Bookshop

From £5 · 18:30

Data Horror Stories - Cripes!

Altogether Otherwise

Check website · 18:30

The Art of Assertiveness : Free In-Person Seminar

Inner Space

Check website · 19:00

The News

Royal Oak Pub, Chorlton

Check website · 19:30

FUEL Manchester 2026

No.1 Circle Square

Free · 09:00

Meet Taylor J. LaRue at Waterstones Trafford Centre

Waterstones

£22 · 12:00

Brownbag Seminar: Maria Plakhtieva

Free · 13:00

Laura Koehly - National Human Genome Research Institute

Free · 16:00

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series - Laura Koehly

Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis

Free · 16:00

Context, Retrieval & Compromised Agents

Accenture

Check website · 17:45

"O Lord, Open the Eyes of the King of England”

Cross Street Chapel

Sold out at source

Bible Study (English & Arabic)

Alexandria Library

Check website · 18:30

Garswood Book Club Kids Halloween FREE poetry session

Downall Green And Garswood Independent Methodist Churc

Check website · 00:30

Everything Falls Into Place: An evening with Amber Prothero

The Yard Manchester

From £12 · 19:00

Room on the Broom - Interactive Halloween Storytelling

The Garden Bar Monton

£15

Silent Book Club at Oldham Library

Oldham Library & Lifelong Learning Centre

Free · 17:30

All About Books

Red Bull, Stockport

Sold out at source

An Evening with Luke Kennard - Altrincham

Waterstones

From £5 · 18:00

The Book Club Evening – October

House of Books & Friends

Check website · 18:00

Chorlton Readers - October meet-up!

The Beagle

£6.13 · 18:00

Casual Food & Drinks - Wednesday Night Social - New Venue Every Week!

Public Manchester

Check website · 18:00

THE DISAPPEARING ACT: Maria Stepanova in conversation

Blackwell's Bookshop

From £5 · 18:30

An Evening With Garth Nix - Waterstones Deansgate

Waterstones

From £6 · 18:30

The Book Club Baby Friendly – October

House of Books & Friends

Check website · 10:30

Deadwood - Old World Noobs

Free · 01:00

Manchester Tuesday Night Gaming - Warhammer 40,000

Humphrey Park Community Centre

From £3 · 18:00

Blood on the Clocktower Manchester (Event #24) Halloween Edition

The Old Monkey

Free · 18:45

PAGN: Post Apocalyptic Game Night - back in the real world

Lass O'Gowrie Manchester

Check website · 19:00

Game on! at Fitton Hill Library

Fitton Hill Library

Free · 17:30

Wharf: Blood on the Clocktower #86

The Wharf

Check website · 18:00

Game on! at Fitton Hill Library

Fitton Hill Library

Free · 17:30

Board Games at A&O Hostels Manchester City Centre

A&O Manchester City Centre

Check website · 18:00

Taskmaster at The Met

The Metropolitan

Check website · 19:30

Builds and board games at Failsworth library.

Failsworth Library

Free · 14:30

Game on at Fitton Hill Library

Fitton Hill Library

Free · 10:00

MnM TOW Escalation League

Free · 01:00

Manchester Audio Tour: Art, Culture, and Legend Audio Adventure

AO Arena

£4.99 · 09:00

Manchester Audio Tour: Art, Culture, Legend

Manchester Art Gallery

£3.99 · 12:00

Manchester Audio Tour: Art, Culture, Legend

Manchester Art Gallery

£3.99 · 12:00

Manchester Audio Tour: Art, Culture, Legend

Manchester Art Gallery

£3.99 · 12:00

Beneath the Great Wave Curator Tour with Imogen Holmes-Roe

The Whitworth

Sold out at source

Manchester Audio Tour: Art, Culture, Legend

Manchester Art Gallery

£3.99 · 12:00

Manchester Audio Tour: Art, Culture, Legend

Manchester Art Gallery

£3.99 · 12:00

Sight and sound ,transmission 7

GRIT STUDIOS

Check website · 14:00

New Exhibition: The North Revisited

Free

Luke Jerram's Gaia at Trafford Palazzo

Trafford Palazzo

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Yorkshire Adventure - Sightseeing Day Trip Tour

Manchester Airport

From £68.95

Manchester Highlights Audio Tour: City Gems

Manchester Central Library

£4.99 · 12:00

Bury's Legacy: An Echo Through Industrial and Cultural Time

Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial

£2.99 · 12:00

Bury's Legacy: An Echo Through Industrial and Cultural Time

Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial

£2.99 · 12:00

Manchester Highlights Audio Tour: City Gems

Manchester Central Library

£4.99 · 12:00

Manchester Highlights Audio Tour: City Gems

Manchester Central Library

£4.99 · 12:00

Bury's Legacy: An Echo Through Industrial and Cultural Time

Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial

£2.99 · 12:00

Manchester Highlights Audio Tour: City Gems

Manchester Central Library

£4.99 · 12:00

Bury's Legacy: An Echo Through Industrial and Cultural Time

Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial

£2.99 · 12:00

Manchester Highlights Audio Tour: City Gems

Manchester Central Library

£4.99 · 12:00

Bury's Legacy: An Echo Through Industrial and Cultural Time

Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial

£2.99 · 12:00

Quarry Bank Scarecrow Festival

Quarry Bank

Check website · 10:30

Money Matters: The Family Co-op Fun Day

Withington Library

Free · 13:00

Grey Lantern presents: Garefowl [AD93]

The Globe, Glossop

£12 · 19:30

Alt Music Bingo

Dogtown

Free · 20:00

Persona - Paquita Gordon & Manfredas

1520

£15 · 22:00

Silly Little Disco 002

TBA - Soon

£5 · 22:00

HOBAF @ InkBlot Festival

Check website · 11:00

Tree Creatures: clay creations

3rd Glossop Air Scout Group

Check website · 12:30

Banff Mountain Film Festival - Stockport - 31 October 2026

Stockport Plaza

From £16.76 · 19:30

Halloween Special: BENIDORM BINGO | FunnyBoyz Manchester

New York New York Manchester

From £5 · 18:15

DesiBeatz Manchester : HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY! | BEE NOIR MANCHESTER

Bee Noir Manchester

From £9 · 23:00

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Climb 🧗

Rock Over Climbing

Check website · 19:00

CRASH OUT - HALLOWEEN

Cruz 101

£2 · 23:55

*Quiki* - a new kiki for Queer Women 🌈👯‍♀️🎶

Carlton Club

Check website · 19:00

G.IRL Halloween | WLW+ Costume Party Club Night LGBTQ+

Lost Weekend, (Shack Basement)

£20.21 · 21:00

Deadbolt Devil's Night - Halloween Special

Rebellion Manchester

£8.50 · 23:00

Hallowe'en Bottomless Drag Brunch with Misty Chance

The Goose

Sold out at source

28 GAYS LATER (KILL ROOM) - HALLOWEEN 2026

Cruz 101

£12 · 22:00

Digital Confidence at Fitton Hill Library

Fitton Hill Library

Free · 14:30

Wednesday English Class

Alexandria Library

Check website · 17:00

Thursday English Class

Alexandria Library

Check website · 09:30

Edexcel A Level Geography: NEA Mastery with Geography Geyser

Geography Geyser HQ (Online)

Free · 18:00

FREE Saturday morning English lessons at 10am in Manchester

Inetrnational House Manchester

Check website · 10:00