5 Best Performing Arts in Manchester, Liverpool, and the Peak District, England

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City Centre Fodor's choice

The city center's oldest building is now a creative hub encompassing contemporary visual arts, live art, literature, music, and dance, along with a café and bistro.

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University Quarter Fodor's choice
This cutting-edge contemporary arts venue houses a main 450-seat theater, a studio theater space, a gallery, five cinema screens, and digital production and broadcast facilities, as well as a bar, a café, and a bookshop.

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Royal Northern College of Music

University Quarter

The College hosts classical and contemporary music concerts—everything from opera to jazz.