RNCM Wind Orchestra with Peter Moore (trombone)

RNCM

Fri 4 Dec 2026, 7.30pm

The renowned soloist performs with the RNCM Wind Orchestra

West End by Candlelight

Together In Harmony Productions

Sun 6 – Sun 6 Dec 2026

Sing Space Musical Theatre Choir performs in support of Music in Mind

Monday Lunchtimes

RNCM

Mon 7 Dec 2026, 1.15pm

Original music by RNCM musician Théo DG plus solo piano repertoire

Xaverian College Christmas Concert

Xaverian College Manchester

Fri 11 Dec 2026, 7.30pm

The students of Xaverian College perform their annual Christmas concert

Salford Choral Society Presents Handel’s Messiah

Salford Choral Society

Sat 12 Dec 2026, 7.30pm

The 90-strong choir joins Baroque in the North for Handel’s Messiah

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

RNCM

Sun 13 – Sat 19 Dec 2026

RNCM Opera presents the cautionary tale of love, loss, and regret based on Alexander Pushkin’s 19th century literary classic

Monday Lunchtimes

RNCM

Mon 14 Dec 2026, 1.15pm

Music for voice and piano, and clarinet and piano

Thursday Lunchtimes: Music for Winds by Strauss and Raff

RNCM

Thu 17 Dec 2026, 1.15pm

RNCM musicians from the School of Wind perform by Richard Strauss and Joachim Raff with Kevin Gowland (flute)

Spotlight: Feeling Bright Blue

RNCM

Fri 18 Dec 2026, 6.30pm

Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D major is paired with Errollyn Wallen’s All the Blues I See

RNCM Big Band with Alexandra Ridout (trumpet)

RNCM

Fri 18 Dec 2026, 7.30pm

The standout jazz trumpeter performs selections from her album with RNCM musicians

RNCM Christmas Family Day: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

RNCM

Sun 20 – Sun 20 Dec 2026

Paul Lewis (piano)

RNCM

Mon 11 Jan 2027, 7.30pm

The renowned pianist brings his Mozart + series to Manchester, illuminating the composer’s rich repertoire amidst Schubert and Chopin

Legacy of Qawwali feat. Chand Ali Khan

Qawwali World

Sun 24 Jan 2027, 7pm

Chand Ali Khan and his ensemble give a live tribute dedicated to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s most popular Qawwalis

Manchester Collective: Glass Reframed I

RNCM

Fri 5 Feb 2027, 7.30pm

The ensemble gives its unconventional take on the musical icon Philip Glass and is joined by vocalist Rylan Gleave

RNCM Young Explorers: Wallace and Gromit A Close Shave

RNCM

Sun 7 Feb 2027, 2pm

Everyone’s favourite inventor and his trusted canine friend are brought to life on the big screen with live music accompaniment from KNDS Fairey Band

Go Your Own Way: Classic Rock from 1977

RNCM

Sat 13 Feb 2027, 7pm

Carol Jarvis conducts bold new arrangements of iconic tracks from the year that redefined rock

Colin Currie Quartet: Steve Reich Celebration

RNCM

Sun 14 Feb 2027, 6pm

The group performs a variety of adventurous works, centring on those by Steve Reich and composers inspired by his influential writing

Cabaret Extreme

Cabaret Extreme

Mon 15 Feb 2027, 7.30pm

A contemporary circus that blends burlesque, daring drag, and extreme stunts

The Vintage Explosion

Wonderworld Events

Sat 20 Feb 2027, 7pm

The Scottish soul singer and his band perform tracks from their catalogue

Sterling Elliott (cello) and Joseph Havlat (piano)

RNCM

Tue 23 Feb 2027, 7.30pm

The Radio 3 New Generation Artist performs a solo recital

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Fri 26 Feb 2027, 8pm

Sean Shibe and the orchestra examine the pageantry, rites and emotions of funeral music, ancient and modern

Prokofiev Symphony No 5

RNCM

Fri 5 Mar 2027, 7.30pm

Valentina Peleggi conducts Prokofiev’s cinematic Fifth Symphony alongside Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, performed by RNCM pianist Madeleine Brown

Elena Urioste (violin) and Tom Poster (piano)

RNCM

Mon 8 Mar 2027, 7.30pm

The duo brings a signature live Jukebox experience, performing together in Manchester for the first time

Marcin Dylla (guitar)

RNCM

Wed 17 Mar 2027, 7.30pm

The award-winning classical guitarist performs a solo recital