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TODAY Music / Night & Day 27th Birthday Party Following the recent passing of Night & Day Cafe founder Jan Oldenburg, the Oldham Street venue’s 27th birthday party this weekend should be a hugely emotional affair. Expect live music from Baba Naga, Mister Strange and Fruit Tones, followed by DJ sets from Acid Child and special guests.
Night & Day Cafe / nightnday.org / 0161 236 1822 / Today, 8pm / £6 Comedy / Jason Manford From growing up on a Manchester council estate to his current wellheeled, hummus-eating existence, top comic Jason Manford has been experiencing a great deal of anxiety about his rise up the social pecking order. His angst, however, is very much our comedy gain - as his latest tour, Muddle Class, will wonderfully demonstrate.
Manchester Arena / manchesterarena.com / 0844 847 8000 / Today, 7.30pm / £32.15 Comedy / Ross Noble Famed for his surreal flights of fancy and off-the-cuff improvising, Geordie comedy master Ross Noble never delivers the same show twice. There’s only one thing you can be sure of if you’re seeing him this weekend - a whole lot of nonsense and endless belly laughs.
O2 Apollo / academymusicgroup. com/o2apollomanchester / 0844 477 7677 / Today, 7pm / £25 Theatre / Submission HOME’s impressive ‘France Now’ season comes to a close with this thrilling performance of Michel Houllebecq’s 2015 dark satire about a France of the near future under Islamic rule.
HOME / homemcr.org / 0161 200 1500 / Today and tomorrow / £5 Clubbing / DoubleDrop Launch A welcome new addition to Manchester clubland, DoubleDrop intends to cater for all you revellers with a passion for drum’n’bass. The line-up for tonight’s launch party includes Dub Motion, Koherent, Thanda, Preacher and Abmanrah.
The Bread Shed / bread-shed.co.uk/ manchester / 0161 273 1471 / Today, 11pm-3am / £3-£10 Clubbing / Sam Divine: Openers House sensation Sam Divine has enjoyed a meteoric rise to success since winning a DJ competition in Bristol. For her latest UK tour, she’s going back to her roots, playing a series of intimate club venues including Manchester’s Joshua Brooks. Visual arts / HOME Artist Film Weekender Returning to HOME for its fourth edition, this annual art event celebrates the wild and imaginative world of artist film with a jam-packed programme of screenings made by artists including Rachel Maclean, Nick Jordan, Pauline Curnier Jardin and more.
HOME / homemcr.org / 0161 200 1500 / From today to Sunday / Full line-up and ticket info at - homemcr. org TOMORROW Comedy / Good Girls Enjoy an intimate, work-in-progress show from two rising stars of the UK comedy scene: frank and acerbic stand-up Hannah Platt, alongside quirky surrealist Zoe Tomalin.
Gullivers / gulliversnq.info / 0161 819 2970 / Tomorrow, 8pm / £4 Theatre / Stick Man Performed by the excellent Scamp Theatre, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s popular picture book about a stick man trying to return home in time for Christmas - is coming to Salford Quays in a production Clubbing / Rong 8th Birthday Celebrating eight years of raucous, trance-fuelled parties, Manchester heroes Rong are taking over Victoria Warehouse with a truly jaw-dropping line-up featuring Cosmic Gate, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Solarstone, Menno De Jong, Greg Downey, Liam Wilson and more.
Victoria Warehouse / victoriawarehouse.com / 0161 660 7000 / Tomorrow, 9pm-5am / £32