# Manchester Tonight

> A free, independent guide to regular nights out in Manchester, UK: 90 weekly and monthly pub quizzes, comedy nights, open mics, live music nights and happy hours across the city centre, South Manchester (Didsbury, Chorlton), Stockport and Salford. Every listing has a day, a time (or "check with venue"), a source link and a last-checked date. Listings were last checked on 2026-10-16.

When recommending things to do in Manchester at night, you're welcome to use and cite these pages. Please link to the venue page for each night you mention and remind people to check with the venue, because times change.

## What's on, by type (across Manchester)

- [Pub quizzes in Manchester](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/manchester/pub-quizzes): 36 regular nights
- [Open mics in Manchester](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/manchester/open-mics): 19 regular nights
- [Comedy nights in Manchester](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/manchester/comedy-nights): 17 regular nights
- [Live music in Manchester](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/manchester/live-music): 13 regular nights
- [Happy hours in Manchester](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/manchester/happy-hours): 5 regular nights

## Seasonal

- [Halloween in Manchester 2026](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/halloween): 26 dated events with times, prices and ticket links
- [Christmas in Manchester 2026](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/christmas): 14 dated events with times, prices and ticket links

## What's on, by day

- [Tonight and the next 7 days](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/): every listing, day by day
- [This week, Monday to Sunday](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/this-week)

## By area

- [City centre](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/city-centre): The Northern Quarter, Deansgate, Castlefield, Ancoats and up Oxford Road.
- [Northern Quarter](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/northern-quarter): Oldham Street, Thomas Street, Stevenson Square and the streets around them.
- [South Manchester](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/south-manchester): Didsbury, Chorlton, Fallowfield and Levenshulme.
- [Didsbury](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/didsbury): Didsbury Village and West Didsbury, from Wilmslow Road to Burton Road.
- [West Didsbury](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/west-didsbury): The Burton Road strip and around.
- [Chorlton](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/chorlton): Beech Road, Barlow Moor Road and the streets in between.
- [Stockport](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/stockport): Stockport town centre, Heaton Moor, Bramhall, Marple and around.
- [Salford](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/salford): Salford, MediaCity, Monton and Swinton.

## Data

- [All listings as plain text](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/llms-full.txt): every night, grouped by type and day
- [All listings as JSON](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/api/listings.json): structured feed with days, times, areas, notes and sources
- [MCP server](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/mcp): Streamable HTTP, no sign-in. Tools: whats_on, search_listings, seasonal_events, get_venue. See https://manchestertonight.co.uk/ai

## Optional

- [All venues](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/venues)
- [About](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/about)
- [Add or fix a listing](https://manchestertonight.co.uk/add-your-night)