12 events in Deansgate this week. Discover gigs, comedy, workshops, markets, and more with TownSpot.

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A free family afternoon for the Mid-Autumn Festival, with mooncake-seal carving, dizi bamboo-flute performances, participatory music and lantern-making led by Manchester Confucius Institute and Chinese Music Classroom.

Fun Palaces: Mid-Autumn Festival

Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD, UK

Manchester’s dance and poetry slam returns for Black History Month, with guest performances from Sophia Thakur and Olivia Beckford, music from DJ Renegade and hosting by Reece Williams.

Breathe: Dance & Poetry Slam 2026

Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ

Manchester Camerata musicians, spoken-word artists and a DJ transform the Common Frequency exhibition in the North Warehouse, exploring music as a force for change.

Common Frequency - Live Performance

Mystery Ensemble performs all four concertos of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in a 75-minute programme, including a 15-minute interval. Suitable for ages 6+.

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Mystery Ensemble

The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1DA

Susan Calman returns to touring with a new stand-up show about cruising, driving tanks, cats, getting older and the improbable situations of the past decade.

Susan Calman: Tall Tales

An informal, consistently lit lunchtime performance by young musicians from Chetham’s School of Music, with flexible entry and re-entry and adapted seating close to the performers.

Chetham’s Relaxed Lunchtime Concert

An evening conference bringing Manchester’s Black business community together for talks, shared experience, practical insight and networking during Black History Month.

Manchester Black Business Conference

Campfield Market, Campfield House, Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP

Grimmfest opens with six horror and genre screenings: 14:00 Dracula; 16:00 Shorts Programme One; 18:00 The Fog with Adrienne Barbeau Q&A; 20:30 Evil Dress; 22:25 Never After Dark; and 22:30 Under Your Feet on the second screen. The festival also brings premieres, Q&As, signings and market stalls to ODEON Great Northern.

Grimmfest 2026 - Thursday programme

ODEON Manchester Great Northern, Unit 2, The Great Northern, 253 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EN, UK

Gemma Cairney’s literary work becomes an ensemble performance blending sound, opera, movement, live cello, violin and poetry to honour remarkable women and explore grief. Performance 8.30-9.45pm, followed by DJ Sippin’ T to 10.45pm.

The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE

Friday's Grimmfest programme runs 10:30 Grind; 12:40 Motherwitch; 15:10 Reversion; 17:50 Oddities; 20:20 Ithaqua; and two 22:45 screenings, Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon and Sicko on the second screen. The official festival programme combines premieres with guest activity and its festival hub.

Grimmfest 2026 - Friday programme

A Black History Month gathering at Central Library sharing how enterprise can honour, strengthen and serve communities, with stories and conversation from Black business voices.

Black Business Stories: Honouring Our Communities Through Enterprise

Ahmed Masoud’s black comedy imagines two young IT workers in Gaza jokingly hacking the bid for the 2048 Olympics - and winning. Rooted in lived testimony, the 70-minute play turns occupation, bureaucracy and reconstruction into a sharply satirical vision of hope.

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Deansgate 中发生了什么

🔥 Breathe: Dance & Poetry Slam 2026

🎻 Common Frequency - Live Performance

🎻 Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Mystery Ensemble

😂 Susan Calman: Tall Tales

🎶 Chetham’s Relaxed Lunchtime Concert

💼 Manchester Black Business Conference

🧛 Grimmfest 2026 - Thursday programme

✨ The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE

🎬 Grimmfest 2026 - Friday programme

💬 Black Business Stories: Honouring Our Communities Through Enterprise

🎭 Application 39

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