The soulful and energetic New Kingston brought the ever classic calypso sounds of Jamaica as they performed at Club Academy in Manchester.

What is the first name that usually springs up when someone is asked to name a popular musical?

Superstar DJ Annie Mac is effortlessly cool as she turns up to the decks in the Oxfam Emporium in the Northern Quarter, coffee in hand

Most of us will be familiar with the Disney cartoon, but the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production of Aladdin is an even greater technicolour experience.

There are eight tables in the middle of the stage. Each table has six people on. Some are brave members of the audience. Actors were interspersed throughout.

Dirty Dancing firmly set the stage on fire as it returned to the Palace Theatre in Manchester.

After such a turbulent time in Manchester, EDM fans flocked to the city’s eclectic and gothic-styled Albert Hall to be taken on an audio odyssey courtesy of Tycho.

Oscar-nominated actress, Dame Janet Suzman, delivers a poignantly hypnotic performance as Rose, the eponymous character in HOME’s timely revival of Martin Sherman’s 1999 play of the same name.

The much-anticipated Jack Rooke: Good Grief is playing at HOME in Manchester.

The Cribs blessed Manchester Academy with tracks from their seminal album Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever on its tenth anniversary.

Award-winning singer Kate Rusby put on a folk masterclass as she continues her 25-year anniversary tour at the Stockport Plaza.