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Visible Dance - Oct 24 (Jason Lock)
Creative Activities

Visible Dance

Mon 10:30

A weekly workshop for adults with mild to moderate disabilities

Sing & Sign - Oct 24 (Jason Lock)
Creative Activities

Sing & Sign

Mon 13:30

A sign-along choir session for adults of mixed abilities

Creatives Brunch Club
Free
Creative Activities

Creatives Brunch Club

Tue 17 Mar - Tue 15 Sep

Our popular Creatives Brunch Club returns as a calendar staple.

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Community Events

Dance Discovery

Wed 10:30

Imaginative, creative dance and movement for the over 50s that will stimulate the mind, body and soul

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Creative Activities

Tae Kwon Do

Wed 18:00

Children's Tae Kwon Do session

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Creative Activities

Write Out Loud

Monthly

Poetry open floor nights, come along and read your work or just listen

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Creative Activities

Artful Playground Musical Theatre Class

Wed 16:00 or 16:45

Musical theatre classes for those who love musicals

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Creative Activities

Artful Voices

Wed 19:30

Join Artful Voices and sing great songs arranged specifically for you!

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Low Availability
Theatre & Performance

Havisham

Fri 01 May

A fresh perspective of Charles Dickens’ Miss Havisham from Great Expectations.

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Theatre & Performance

Emergence Dance 2026

Fri 01 May

Emergence is the touring postgraduate dance company of Joss Arnott Dance and the University of Salford.

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Theatre & Performance

Room: Inside The Creative Mind of Virginia Woolf

Sat 02 May

Heather Alexander brings Virginia Woolf’s iconic text to the stage.

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An Evening with Toyah: Songs and Stories

Sat 02 May

Toyah will sing favourite hits and tell stories from her remarkable career.

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Theatre & Performance

Third Class: A Titanic Story

Thu 07 May

A one-man theatre show based on the life of Titanic survivor Edward Dorking.

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Creative Activities

Northern Lights Writers’ Conference

Sat 09 May

CIT’s popular writers’ event returns.

Pride Flag
Free
Community Events

Pride in Trafford Official Launch

Tue 12 May

Speeches, song, poetry and the raising of the Pride Flag

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Theatre & Performance

HomoGrown

Tue 12 May

A bold celebration of homegrown queer talent

Pride in Trafford 2025
Free
Creative Activities

Youth Pride

Wed 13 May

A creative celebration led by young people across Trafford.

Night People (Rob Watson)
Low Availability
Creative Activities

Adult Dance Class with Night People

Wed 13 May

A feel-good, Open-Level Dance Class as part of Pride.

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Theatre & Performance

Hasbian

Wed 13 May

A queer coming-of-age comedy

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Low Availability
Community Events

Queer Diary: Open Mic

Wed 13 May

Open mic night, sharing something from your youth.

Anna Zoe Quirke
Low Availability
Comedy & Spoken Word

Something to be Proud Of: Anna Zoe Quirke

Thu 14 May

Anna Zoe Quirke discusses their book Something to be Proud Of

A Northern Tr*anny Hootenanny
Theatre & Performance

A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny

Thu 14 May

Award winning, queer parody epic.

Suburbia - Jonny Woo
Theatre & Performance

Jonny Woo: Suburbia

Thu 14 May

Spoken word, story-telling, performance art and rave

Queer Creatives
Free
Community Events

Queer Arts North: Open Forum

Fri 15 May

A chance to connect with leading LGBTQIA+ cultural organisations.

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Community Events

FILM: Departures (2025)

Fri 15 May - Sun 17 May

A raw and unflinching exploration of queer love, heartbreak, and self-destruction.

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Theatre & Performance

Love Me Like a Chai Tea Latte

Fri 15 May

A powerful one man show exploring racism, love and family

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Theatre & Performance

Copla: A Spanish Cabaret

Fri 15 May

Cracks open Spain’s most dramatic song tradition

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Community Events

FILM: The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994)

Fri 15 May - Sun 17 May

1994 Australian cult road comedy film

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Free
Family

Mini Pride

Sat 16 May

A place for LGBTQ+ families - a joyous celebration of individuality and creativity!

Pride on the Plaza
Free
Community Events

Block Party '26

Sat 16 May

A full day of celebration, creativity and community.

MQAM Det. Square
Free
Community Events

Manchester Queer Art Market

Sat 16 May

The Manchester Queer Art Market will take over the Ballroom with lots of amazing queer artist stalls

Pride Village Green
Free
Community Events

Village Green

Sat 16 May

A fabulous programme of performance, LGBTQ+ music and spoken word artists performing on the Village Green.

The Village Pride in Trafford
Free
Community Events

The Village

Sat 16 May

A chance to connect with and find out more from community groups, charities and organisations who are working with and supporting the LGBTQ+ communities in and around Trafford.

Lip Sync Brawl
Free
Community Events

Lip Sync Brawl

Sat 16 May

Lip Sync Brawl merges the energy of a rock concert with the theatrics of a variety show in a competitive lip sync battle

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Low Availability
Creative Activities

Drag King Workshop

Sat 16 May

Ready to unleash your inner king?

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Low Availability
Creative Activities

Queer Diary: Zine Making

Sat 16 May

Make your own Queer zine

Stretford Wives
Live Music

The Stretford Wives Club

Sat 16 May

For one night only, a full-throttle Pride takeover.

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Theatre & Performance

Macbeth Alone!

Tue 19 May

A scintillating new version of one of Shakespeare’s bloodiest plays.

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Community Events

FILM: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)

Wed 20 May

Accessible films for all

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Comedy & Spoken Word

Gary Delaney: Gary On Laughing

Fri 22 May

Gary Delaney’s last UK tour ran for two and a half years across 378 dates

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Theatre & Performance

The Haunting of Blaine Manor

Sat 23 May

Parapsychologist Doctor Roy Earle is invited to attend a séance in the most haunted building in England.

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Family

The Utterly Revolting Science Show

Sun 24 May

The spectacular, hilarious, highly explosive science stunt show.

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Audience With

Craig Revel Horwood: Revelations - Songs Boys Don't Sing

Tue 26 May

Craig Revel Horwood: Revelations - Songs Boys Don't Sing

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Audience With

John Robb

Sat 30 May

John Robb with special guests Steve & Paul Hanley.

Before We Were Proud Website
Free
Exhibitions

Before We Were Proud

Sat 09 May - Sat 01 Aug

Highlighting the personal histories of older members of the LGBTQ+ community with lived experience before decriminalisation.

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Free
Exhibitions

The Pansy Project

Sat 09 May - Sat 01 Aug '26

Documenting the quiet, yet powerful act of planting pansies at sites of homophobic and transphobic abuse.

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Free
Exhibitions

Transitions in Thread

Sat 09 May - Sat 01 Aug '26

Reflecting Jenny Waterson's experience as the mother of a young adult changing their gender identity.