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HOME is still closed with Manchester being subject to Tier 3 restrictions. If you have tickets booked for an event that was due to take place in December, we’ll be in touch about your options and in the meantime, keep an eye on HOME’s social media pages and Digital Channel for updates on when we’ll be reopening. Thanks for your patience.

Next 7 Days: Events

HOME Presents

Homemakers

Online now

Homemakers is series of new commissions inviting theatre and live art makers to create new works at home,...

COVID-19 – Artist & Freelancer Support

We have pulled together some information and advice for artists and freelancers impacted by COVID-19. We have collated...

Nick Burton: Our Plague Year Webcomic

Online now

Let us take you back to 1665. A plague creeps ever towards a rural English village, Eyam, in...

Updated: You can still enjoy the Manchester Open Exhibition… online

While the exhibition had to close early due to the coronavirus outbreak, there are still many ways you...

Young Identity at HOME

Online

Calling all aspiring writers, poets and spoken word artists aged 15-25. Whether you’re already penning your own poetry...

Closed Hands

Playable now

An experimental and political video game that explores the complex effects of extremism

Panel discussion / Complex storytelling in games

Watch online now

A panel discussion exploring the world of thematically challenging games.

Panel Discussion / Muslim representation in games

Watch Online Now

A discussion focusing on cultural representation within videogames beyond western-centric approaches.

Dibby’s Pick and Mix

Dibby's Pick and Mix is a series of online workshops delivered by a diverse group of LGBTQ+ playmakers...

Interactive fiction for writers (intermediate)

Sat 10.00

A workshop for existing writers, exploring how to effectively build a fragmented interactive narrative.

Coming Soon: Events

AMP April 2021 Session

Tue 20 Apr 2021

AMP (Accessible Music Productions) is HOME’s project for music lovers, makers and shakers aged 18-25 with different abilities...

HOME make arts and culture available to enjoy online during lockdown

HOME are continuing to bring culture to Manchester and beyond during the coronavirus lockdown by making a huge...

An Introduction to Sustainable Producing

Thu 22 Apr 13.00

We are delighted to welcome Josie Dale-Jones from Staging Change to host this workshop. Introduction to Sustainable Producing...

Global Pandemic, Global Artists

Thu 29 Apr 2021

Join Chanje Kunda and Lloyd Nyikadzino for a live discussion online with aspiring artists from Manchester, London, Zimbabwe,...

Adam Buxton Rambles

Mon 14 Jun 2021 – Tue 15 Jun 2021

Join comedian and podcast host Adam Buxton as he talks about and reads from his upcoming new book.

Filmed Up, the last online edition?

Until our next screening in person

HOME's regular North West short film night. Until we can watch films together on a big screen, you...

Real-to-Real: Personal tales from the LGBT Community (18)

Watch Online Now

A showcase of brand new short films examining issues such as HIV/Aids, aging in the LGBT ‘community’ and...

METIS presents:
Love Letters to a Liveable Future

Available via the Post

Interactive, stimulating, game

Hannah Jane Walker presents:
You Know It Knows

Available Online

Podcast, thoughtful, wellbeing

Ugly Bucket presents:
ABC (Anything But Covid)

Available Online

Twisted, frantic, playful

Karen Cogan presents:
Turkey Sausage Roll

Available Online

Frank, punchy, moving

Music Theatre Wales and London Sinfonietta presents:
AMAZON

Available Online

Reflective, poetic, soundscape

storytime-sessions...

Watch Online Now

This series of three family friendly storytime sessions will creatively explore mortality through handmade puppetry and mythical gods.

Manchester Folk Festival 2021

Thu 21 Oct 2021 – Sat 23 Oct 2021

Manchester Folk Festival is an annual urban folk festival, a gathering of all kinds of folk.

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ John Bramwell And The Full Harmonic Convergence plus support

Thu 21 Oct 19.00

John Bramwell, is one of the UK's most unique, and talented singer-song writers who has been performing as...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Spiers & Boden plus support

Thu 21 Oct 19.00

Described by The Guardian as ‘the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene’, the multi award-winning duo of...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Lady Nade

Thu 21 Oct 19.30

Hot on the heels of her UK Americana Award nomination Lady Nade is soaring into summer 2021 with...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Kabantu

Thu 21 Oct 21.00

The award winning Kabantu are a collective from Manchester who unravel new marriages of music from around the...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening plus support

Fri 22 Oct 19.00

Musicians from Northumberland, Scotland and England invoke the dark, powerful, shamanic sounds of Ancient Northumbria and broadcast them...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Jesca Hoop plus support

Fri 22 Oct 19.00

California-born, based in Manchester, Jesca Hoop a musician’s musician - her beautiful songs, rooted in the folk tradition...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ The Breath plus special guests Hannah James & Toby Kuhn

Fri 22 Oct 19.30

The Breath: guitarist Stuart McCallum & singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly. An unlikely pairing - she a folk singer, loud,...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Sheelanagig

Fri 22 Oct 22.00

Sheelanagig perform their array of foot-stomping folk tunes at HOME as part of Manchester Folk Festival 2021

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ The Gigspannner Big Band plus support

Sat 23 Oct 13.30

See the new six-piece line-up of the Gigspanner Big Band perform live at HOME. Characterised by riotous inventiveness,...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Banter

Sat 23 Oct 19.00

Banter are rooted in English traditional music but incorporate influences of pop, jazz, soul and big band sounds.

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ O’Hooley & Tidow

Sat 23 Oct 19.00

Performing together for over 10 years, much loved Yorkshire folk duo Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow come to...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ The Futureheads plus support

Sat 23 Oct 19.30

This is a rare opportunity to experience a different side to the band, with the show featuring a...

Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ The English Fiddle Ensemble

Sat 23 Oct 21.00

The English Fiddle Ensemble have the aim of allowing their audience to feel the bite and lift of...

Young Identity: HOME Unlocked

Watch Online

In this special film to mark the end of the year, join Young Identity as they discuss the...

Digital Channel

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Annual Review 2020/21: Looking back at an extraordinary year

A HOME-curated Valentine’s Day from home

Setting up as a Freelancer

Manchester City Council and HOME announce new major fund for freelancers working in the Arts and Culture sector

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