The Bike Hive – Repairs and Park Ride
The Bike Hive – Repairs and Park Ride
Get on your bike for a fun and friendly exercise class with exercises adapted for all abilities. Stay afterwards for a drink and a chat.
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Creative Writing Session
Creative Writing Session
Award-winning Playwright and Poet, Cathy Crabb is running a special creative writing workshop for anyone who would like to spend a couple of hours strolling through storytelling. The exercises could be anything from a screenplay to flash fiction to songwriting – just to give your mind a welcome circuit break and a bit of escapism. This is […]
Manchester Poets, with Amanda Dalton
Manchester Poets, with Amanda Dalton
copeland smith presents a special Chorlton Book Festival evening with the Manchester Poets! Amanda Dalton is a poet and playwright and is currently visiting teaching fellow at MMU’s Writing School. Her poetry collections How To Disappear and Stray are published by Bloodaxe and her recent pamphlets include an experimental poetry ‘sketchbook,’ 30 Poems In Thirty […]
3 events,
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Chorlton Pride 2023
Chorlton Pride 2023
Chorlton holds its first ever Pride celebration!! The culmination of Greater Manchester's series of LGBTQ+ festivals, this family-friendly celebration of LGBTQ+ life in the area will take place at St. Clements Church. It is open to the entire community and everyone is welcome. Your host for the day will be Queen Bayard and there will […]
Free
Chorlton Pride Family Fun Day
Chorlton Pride Family Fun Day
Chorlton Book Festival and Manchester Libraries invite you to a jam packed fun day at The Edge Theatre to celebrate Chorlton Pride. There'll be DrumRoots African drumming workshops, family craft sessions with Mandy Cleveland and lots more! Come along and join us. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” […]
An Evening with Flapjack Press
An Evening with Flapjack Press
The festival favourites are back! Featuring the cream of Manchester's poets and spoken word performers, including Gerry Potter, Laura Taylor, Tony Curry, Rose Condo and John Darwin. Hosted by the wonderful Melanie Neads PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” basis.They range from £2 – £8 plus the Eventbrite […]
2 events,
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Longford Park Community Allotment Open Day
Longford Park Community Allotment Open Day
Plant sale, tombola, face painting. Home-made cakes and drinks Demos - how to propagate indoor plants (2pm), how to propagate herbaceous plants (3.30pm Music: Stretford Uke, Acoustic Cafe Manchester Try your hand at Crown Green Bowling too.
Free
Walking the Past with Andrew Simpson
Walking the Past with Andrew Simpson
….. down Beech Road in 1845 Come and join Andrew Simpson walk down Beech Road as it would have been in 1845. Meet the people, explore the houses and discover a mix of sad, gruesome and a few happy stories about this part of Chorlton. Meet at the bus station on the corner of Beech Road […]
£8.50
3 events,
Friends of Chorlton Meadows
Friends of Chorlton Meadows
Weekly volunteering sessions (weather permitting, please check) to help manage our local nature reserve, Chorlton Ees and Ivy Green. The emphasis is on tasks which help preserve the biodiversity of the site.Our aims are nature conservation and the protection and improvement of Chorlton Meadows for people and wildlife. We meet in Chorlton Ees car park […]
Snooker Afternoons
Snooker Afternoons
Chorlton Good Neighbours present a friendly social for older people in our community. Come along for a game, enjoy some good company and have a drink among friends.
An Evening with Best-selling Author, Thomas D Lee
An Evening with Best-selling Author, Thomas D Lee
Chorlton Book Festival welcomes the brilliant debut author Thomas Lee to celebrate the publication of PERILOUS TIMES. Mixing Arthurian legend with contemporary fantasy, this sharply witty and relevant debut will delight fans of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. This special celebration will be taking place in Benito Lounge in Chorlton, where Thomas spent some time […]
5 events,
Art Box 8-11
Art Box 8-11
Time to get creative as Unity Arts open up their amazing, after-school Art Box! Places are limited, so be quick! Open to kids aged 8-11, every week in term time. Termly membership is £6 / £1 - let us know if you need support with costs.
£1 – £6
Chorlton Writers Cafe
Chorlton Writers Cafe
The regular writers cafe will be hosting a Chorlton Book Festival special session! Join Jo Somerset and special guest author for a friendly afternoon sharing ideas and inspiration. Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” basis. They range from £0 – £8 plus the Eventbrite booking fee.
2 events,
Storytime with Lady Ilaria
Storytime with Lady Ilaria
Tiara-wearing wordsmith Lady Ilaria is a storyteller. Her family performances are funny, informal and suitable for all ages and settings. She has performed for Z-Arts, Salford Arts Theatre, Belladrum Festival, Libraries, schools, nurseries and has had commissions with spot on stories. ‘Ilaria is a fantastic storyteller, creating stories for the whole family – just on the […]
Unlocking our Sound Heritage
Unlocking our Sound Heritage
Join David Govier, Service Delivery Specialist for Archives & Heritage for an introduction to to the ambitious Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project. The project intends to save thousands of at-risk audio recordings across the North West of England. Including the Chorlton Oral History Sound Walks! Unlocking Our Sound Heritage is a project led by the […]
2 events,
Festival Family Fun Day
Festival Family Fun Day
The magical Mandy Cleveland returns for another Family Fun Day. This time at Chorlton Library. Join Mandy and all the library staff for a Saturday stuffed with surprises, silliness and scrumptious fun for all! Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” basis. They range from £0 – £8 plus the Eventbrite […]
Inshallah United – an Evening with Nooruddean Choudry
Inshallah United – an Evening with Nooruddean Choudry
‘For every Manc a religion’. Manchester. Birthplace of industry, the Stone Roses, the Class of 92 and, in 1979, a small brown man called Noz. This is the story of how, and why, he came to be a strictly halal Stretford Ender. Nooruddean Choudry was born in 1979 ― the year, a local football club […]
4 events,
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Chorlton’s Great Get Together III
Chorlton’s Great Get Together III
Wilbraham Road will close to traffic and open to friends and neighbours, children and play. Join us for Chorlton's best free party, with information, entertainment and family-friendly fun. Read more.
Free
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Autumn Plant Swap
Autumn Plant Swap
Chorlton Plant Swap and Gardening Advice are having their autumn plant swap at the Chorlton Get Together on Wilbraham Road near the Four Banks. Bring your healthy spare plants to swap for something new. We welcome edibles and ornamentals, indoor and outdoor plants. Or just drop by for a chat about all things green-fingered. Join […]
Free
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Youth Voice at the Get Together
Youth Voice at the Get Together
Youth Voice will be out on the street, having fun at the Get Together on Wilbraham Road. There'll be spray painting, spoken word, circus skills, arts and crafts, music jam, Rag Gallery, W.E.L.Safe and information. And it's all FREE! No need to book or anything like that - just come and see us on Wilbraham […]
Free
3 events,
Art Box 8-11
Art Box 8-11
Time to get creative as Unity Arts open up their amazing, after-school Art Box! Places are limited, so be quick! Open to kids aged 8-11, every week in term time. Termly membership is £6 / £1 - let us know if you need support with costs.
£1 – £6
Art Box 11-18
Art Box 11-18
The Unity Arts team open up the Art Box for young people, making Wednesdays just a little bit more colourful. Places are limited, so be quick! Open to young people aged 11-18, every week in term time. Termly membership is £6 / £1 - let us know if you need support with costs.
£1 – £6
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