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Christmas Lights

Z-arts, Hulme

13 December 2024 - 29 December 2024

10:30am - 2:45pm

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Banner Bingo 2025

People’s History Museum, City Centre

18 January 2025 - 29 December 2025

10:00am - 5:00pm

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Hockney iPad Painting Workshop for Adults

Aviva Studios, City Centre Castlefield

2 January 2025 - 21 January 2025

3:30pm - 6:00pm

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New Year’s Eve Family Rave

Aviva Studios, City Centre Castlefield

31 December 2024

3:30pm - 6:00pm

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Make your own Chocolate Gelt: Chanukah inspired workshop

Manchester Jewish Museum, Cheetham Hill

22 December 2024

10:00am - 1:00pm

£0.00 to £5.00

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40 things to see, do and discover

Science and Industry Museum, City Centre Castlefield

9 September 2024 - 9 September 2025

12:00pm - 5:00pm

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esea ArtClub

esea contemporary, City Centre

19 January 2023 - 28 November 2025

11:00am - 1:00pm

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Opera North: Cinderella

The Stoller Hall, City Centre

21 December 2024

11:30am - 12:30pm

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