A student shopping night returns to the Arndale next week with discounts from over 200 stores.

The album, the Trio’s sixth release, is a playground haven for daydreamers – a menagerie of slow-paced ethereal numbers punctuated by somewhat jazzier, more shrapnel-spiced songs that ruffle up the album’s pleasantly plodding status quo.

The series kicks off on Friday 23 September with the WHP’s launch party, headlined by rapper M.I.A and featuring sets from producer Mura Masa and legendary reggae and dancehall DJ David Rodigan.

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If supporting grassroots music while listening to uplifting melodies is what you’re after, look no further than next year’s Manchester Punk Festival.

Next week will be a homecoming for one half of electro-pop duo Avec Sans when they play at Night & Day next week.

A student record label will launch in Manchester as they looks to make their first signings.

A one-off event will combine a club night with live performance art to celebrate the start of summer.

Bob Dylan played one of the most infamous concerts in music history on May 17, 1966.

A co-operative coffee shop in Salford is aiming to become the ‘counterculture’ to modern society by creating a community arts and social space.

Even if you don’t immediately recognise his name, you’re more than likely to have heard his music.