First Date Energy

Meander through Manchester’s city centre with a local architect, discovering the places and stories that shaped the city.

Explore Manchester’s bold brutalist buildings on a 5.30–7pm walking tour led by Jonathan Schofield.

Make your own collages at this relaxed creative workshop at Nell’s Pizza in Media City.

Learn to make your own lino prints in a cosy workshop led by artist Kel Pilkington, giving you a creative shared activity to talk over.

Join Leica Store Manchester for an urban bird walk and discover the city’s wild side.

Take a guided walk through Manchester’s history of deaths, corpses, burials and dissections, based on real Mancunian lives.

See eight stand-up comedians share the bill in a compact comedy show at Gullivers.

Discover lesser-known Italian wines beyond familiar Chianti and Prosecco at Whole Bunch Wines.

Take a guided walk through Chorlton woods combining mindfulness and creative writing.