Manchester, Liverpool, and the Peak District
We’ve compiled the best of the best in Manchester, Liverpool, and the Peak District - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
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We’ve compiled the best of the best in Manchester, Liverpool, and the Peak District - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
One of the city's most exciting venues, this former Wesleyan chapel was abandoned and forgotten about for over four decades; it's now a superb indie music hall and clubbing venue retaining many of the site's original features, including an organ and stained-glass windows.
This vast cultural venue in the historic former Mayfield railway station showcases the city's industrial past alongside a lively roster of arts, music, industry, culture, and community events. Its atmospheric spaces include the old concourse and the roof-top, open-air platform, and the place is dotted with street food vendors.
This club and occasional live music venue brings the old offices of the legendary Factory Records to life with sounds ranging from drum 'n' bass to indie.
Good acoustics characterize the intimate domed music hall of this landmark building (a onetime institute for those with hearing and speech impairments) that regularly hosts cutting-edge indie acts. There are also club nights, open mics, and quiz nights.
Off Deansgate, this venue plays retro, indie, singalong anthems, and classic rock, with Manchester's proud musical heritage at the fore.
This multipurpose, fairly intimate and stripped-back space hosts club nights from northern soul to electro, live music, poetry, and more. There's also a pizza menu.
This famous venue has a reputation for hosting both established and pioneering acts.
This dressy Champagne and cocktail bar in the city's second-tallest building has stunning 360-degree views. Some of its inventive concoctions make a playful nod to local culture. You can also get afternoon tea or snacks such as tacos and antipasti.
Once a stable block for horses working the canals, this is a great spot for a pub lunch or drink, especially in the summer, thanks to its waterside terrace, balcony, and outdoor kitchen.
Bars and restaurants come and go on trendy, ever-evolving Burton Road, but this bar and café has stood the test of time thanks to its heated terrace (complete with palm trees), chic interiors, and good food.
Nestled under old railway arches, Gorilla is a live-music venue and gin parlor with an intimate vibe.
This former mill building near the infamous Strangeways prison hosts house, disco, and techno nights.
Europe's largest indoor arena by capacity hosts shows by major rock and pop stars, as well as large-scale sporting events.
Once host to the likes of Tina Turner, Jimi Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones, this iconic 1960s venue has reopened but retains many of its original features, including vintage wooden paneling and a sprung dance floor, which contrast with newer additions such as a disco ceiling lighting installation. In addition to live music and a full bar, it hosts a street food hall and a creative college in music, games, and computing.
This was a major player in Manchester's musical history: many bands who played here eventually went on to huge success, including Elbow. Now this venue and café-bar covers all genres, from indie and folk to jazz and electronica.
Housed in an art deco venue, the 3,500-seat venue (known by locals as just "the Apollo") showcases live rock and comedy acts before a mixed-age crowd.
This photogenic throwback Victorian pub with a green-tile exterior draws a crush of locals to its tiny rooms.
Providing a Manchester spin on the cabaret clubs of New York and Berlin, this welcoming venue offers up nightly live entertainment from singers, pianists, and cabaret artists from across the U.K. and beyond, showcasing everything from pop standards and Broadway ballads to jazz classics and quirky cabaret.
You won't find any televisions in this atmospheric real ale pub that serves beers from small independent breweries. British comfort food (sometimes with a modern twist like Lancashire cheese croquettes) is also offered in both the bar and its cozy restaurant, which comes with a log fire and grand piano.
You can sample more than 230 whiskies and bourbons at this gorgeous pub with stained-glass windows, cozy back rooms, a spacious beer garden, and a mural of the Peterloo Massacre.
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