FOOD & DRINK: Whisper it, but the sun might be making a return. Which means you'll need this: our extensive guide to the best beer gardens in Manchester and Salford.

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THIS WEEKEND: Get inspired and amazed with Windermere Science Festival at @WindermereJetty.

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#science #cumbria #performance #ecology

OUT TODAY: Josh O'Connor leads a gang of grave robbers in Alice Rohrwacher’s stunning La Chimera. Showing from today at HOME. creativetourist.com/event/la-chime…

EXHIBITIONS: 'Bees: A Story of Survival' is now open at World Museum 🌎 - an immersive look at the life and habits of bees that harmoniously combines art and science. You can book your tickets now!

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FAMILIES: Prepare to be blown away at 42 Balloons at The Lowry, a sensational new musical about chasing your dreams and aiming high… ❤️✨

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TOURS AND ACTIVITIES: Check out this month's guide with features from Band on the Wall, The University of Manchester, Windermere Jetty Museum, esea contemporary and Royal Northern College of Music

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#Manchester #thingstodo #spring #activities

EXHIBITIONS: If you're visiting Llandudno, don't miss 'Paul Maheke: : To Be Blindly Hopeful' at Mostyn, Cymru/Wales - the show delves into both darkness and hope, through a moving body of work in drawing, dance and film

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LITERATURE: WEEK TONIGHT! The spring/summer poetry reading series Manchester Poetry Library continues with the second of three events featuring the amazing award-winning poet and author Liz Berry. Read more here… creativetourist.com/event/liz-berr…

MUSIC: From Mongolian jazz to the folk music of Transylvania, we have an eclectic bunch of new music picks for you this month, alongside free summer festivals and brand new concert seasons:

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FAMILIES: Celebrate the immense power of play with Ten in The Bed at Z-arts this June, with daring encounters with pirates, to delightful fishing trips and all sorts of unexpected surprises!

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LITERATURE: THIS FRIDAY! We're loving that this year we don't have to wait until October to welcome great writers to Manchester Literature Festival, and one we're really looking forward to in the new spring programme is Olivia Laing. Read more here… creativetourist.com/event/olivia-l…

EXHIBITIONS: Guide update!🎨
This month we bring you some amazing top art picks, from innovative filmmaking and painting, to immersive displays that combine art and science at Bluecoat, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Hepworth Wakefield, World Museum 🌎, Mostyn, Cymru/Wales

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LITERATURE: NEW PROGRAMME! Head to Manchester Poetry Library tonight for the first event in its brand-new spring/summer poetry reading series with TS Eliot Prize-winning Carcanet Press poet Jason Allen-Paisant. Read more here… creativetourist.com/event/jason-al…

NEXT MONTH: Artist and composer Huang Ruo, the BBC Philharmonic and creative technologist Josh Kopeček join forces to bring a unique and interactive symphony to Manchester.

Part of Factory International's unmissable Spring/Summer Season at Aviva Studios.

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LITERATURE: TOMORROW NIGHT! New Calder Valley reading series Poetry at the Dusty Miller continues apace. The three guests for May are the poets Lucy Burnett, Martin Kratz and Forward Prize winner Kim Moore. Read more here… creativetourist.com/event/poetry-a…

MUSIC: Part of this month's manchester jazz festival, the Royal Northern College of Music is hosting performances by two extraordinary voices in British jazz: pianist Nikki Iles and saxophonist John Surman, both bringing stunning original works to the Oxford Road venue.

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THIS MONTH: We’re thrilled that Maxine Peake, Sarah Frankcom and Imogen Knight join forces once again to present Robin/Red/Breast, a chilling theatre adaptation of a folk horror classic, at Factory International’s Aviva Studios this May.

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ON NOW: With world-class dance and state-of-the-art visuals, the cultural superpowers of China and India go head-to-head in this Factory International world premiere.

Don't miss The Accountants at Aviva Studios - runs until 11 May.

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MUSIC: Today's the day! Sounds from the Other City, one of our favourite underground festivals, is hosting an amazing line-up across venues and community spaces in Salford. Still some tickets available!

Explore the line-up:
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LITERATURE: WEEK TONIGHT! Liverpool's Writing on the Wall 2024 rounds off with TS Eliot Prize winner Joelle Taylor on 30 May – in between join Salena Godden at Bluecoat on 11 May as she presents her latest collection, With Love, Grief and Fury. Read more here… creativetourist.com/event/wowfest-…