John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Exactly. Just go to the Sand Bar, for god's sake. Life's too short for bad beer.
Manchester: Things to Do?
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Exactly. Just go to the Sand Bar, for god's sake. Life's too short for bad beer.
DTD
Veteran
- Location
- Manchester
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Imperial War Museum
Whitworth Art Gallery
Museum of Science and Industry
Drink at the Bar in the Hilton halfway up the Beetham Tower
Urbis
Theatre in the round at The Royal Exchange
Music at the Bridgewater Hall
Music at the Band on the Wall
Theatre at the Lowry
John Rylands Library
Manchester Museum
Lunch at Sams Chop House or Toms
Jazz at Matt and Phreds
Clubbing at the Factory or Sankeys
Food at Dukes 92
I could go on and on,
Manchester is great 
Whitworth Art Gallery
Museum of Science and Industry
Drink at the Bar in the Hilton halfway up the Beetham Tower
Urbis
Theatre in the round at The Royal Exchange
Music at the Bridgewater Hall
Music at the Band on the Wall
Theatre at the Lowry
John Rylands Library
Manchester Museum
Lunch at Sams Chop House or Toms
Jazz at Matt and Phreds
Clubbing at the Factory or Sankeys
Food at Dukes 92
I could go on and on,
Manchester is great 
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
piccadilly gardens for some drunken fountain action…
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Science museum
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
What's that about??
Anyway....
Right, let me state, I AM GAY, but some of my best nights out in Manchester have been down some of the straight places.
Anyway, try some of the places Hacienda suggested (except for the Hacienda which you will be mortified to see is a block of flats), esp. Dukes on a sunny afternoon... If you want to go to Cloud 23 in Beetham Tower apply now (it's free but numbers are limited) go to their website. Worth it for the view (go at sundown).
Also consider Taps, Odder, Ra!n, Knott, Temple of Convenience, Corbiere which are all nice bars.
But these are pubs and I imagine you want clubs
I am too old for clubs, Deansgate Locks is about as lively as I get.
Eat @ the Yang Sing in China Town or EastZEast for curry.
skudupnorth
Cycling Skoda lover
- Location
- Astley,Manchester
+1 for Canal street,no hassle and just a good night out for all ...gay or not !
Stephenite
Membå
- Location
- OslO
Ee by eck. It's been a while since i've been for a night out in Manny. Or, even, a day come to think of it.
Does the Brickhouse still play just Manc music?
I like the science museum (Manny being the birthplace of the ind. rev. n' that), air and space museum, and the manchester museum, esp. for it's egyptology dept. The art gallery has a good Pre-Raphaelite collection.
If you like Indian food you're quids in down Wilmslow road. Chinese food? There's a little china town - great place to go for lunch as you can get a three-course meal in exchange for a bag of peanuts (though I think they prefer cash).
Salford quays and the bars/pubs was a good area to go for a sunday afternoon wind down. Usually quiet, but that was over ten years ago.
Enjoy your visit.
Does the Brickhouse still play just Manc music?
I like the science museum (Manny being the birthplace of the ind. rev. n' that), air and space museum, and the manchester museum, esp. for it's egyptology dept. The art gallery has a good Pre-Raphaelite collection.
If you like Indian food you're quids in down Wilmslow road. Chinese food? There's a little china town - great place to go for lunch as you can get a three-course meal in exchange for a bag of peanuts (though I think they prefer cash).
Salford quays and the bars/pubs was a good area to go for a sunday afternoon wind down. Usually quiet, but that was over ten years ago.
Enjoy your visit.
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Do your cultural thing in the daytime (MS+I, IWM, whatever) then go and get some tea at This and that, then go to either something like the Marble arch or bar Fringe and get bladdered before rolling into Band on the Wall- there's usually something on.
Globalti
Legendary Member
The City Art Gallery has some stunning pictures including a few you'll have seen in magazines - Byrne Jones, Rosetti, etc.
On the same theme the Town Hall has some superb murals by Ford Maddox Brown in the Great Hall: http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/buildings/town-hall/madox-brown-murals.html
The Northern Quarter is THE place nowadays, full of fascinating shops and cafes, definitely not high street retailers: http://www.whathappenedlastnight.net/manchester/areas/Northern Quarter
On the same theme the Town Hall has some superb murals by Ford Maddox Brown in the Great Hall: http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/buildings/town-hall/madox-brown-murals.html
The Northern Quarter is THE place nowadays, full of fascinating shops and cafes, definitely not high street retailers: http://www.whathappenedlastnight.net/manchester/areas/Northern Quarter
longers
Legendary Member
Interesting about This and That, we've been to Al Faisal just round the corner for very good scran before. Might have to deviate.
*kicking myself for not looking up MIF before now - could have got tickets for Paul Heatons thing and got out of going to a wedding at the same time*
Castlefield Gallery can be worth popping into, have seen some interesting stuff in there.
*kicking myself for not looking up MIF before now - could have got tickets for Paul Heatons thing and got out of going to a wedding at the same time*
Castlefield Gallery can be worth popping into, have seen some interesting stuff in there.
Mr Phoebus
New Member
andylaw79
Über Member
- Location
- Sunny Blackpool - well nearly!
The Comedy store - near Deansgate Station is good + what Archie_tect said.
Lien Sdrawde
Über Member
- Location
- Mancunia (Ashton under Lyne)
Good pub wiv low cost beer chitties is 'Moon under the Water' on Deansgate in centre of town (think its in the guiness book of records for something or other) - Lyme Park for chilled out countryside - Knutsford for quiant villiage type shopping / drinking - Hilton Cloud Bar for emptying your wallet in a flash (and celebrity/ top totty spotting) - Bredbury Hall for a nailed on guarenteed sh*g (like shooting fish in a barrel) - my pals <coughs slightly> say there's some top notch 'titty bars' in town, but goodness knows why they go there - 'Chill Factore' is indoor skiing that could be fun - loads of live music everywhere, my fav little venue is the Witchwood in Ashton under Lyne, check web to see whose playing, marvelous beer. 
