The LEGACY Issue: Five alternative music venues that have left their mark
Featured image: Talk Show @ YES by Gracie Hall You know the larger venues, but Manchester’s live…
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The LEGACY Issue: Exploring Sonny Angels, Tamagotchis and other nostalgic trends
Featured illustration: Snehal Dhanwate From fashion model and tiny toy collector Iris Law to singer-songwriter Beabadoobee leading…
The LEGACY Issue: A literary tour of Manchester
Featured illustration: Katelan Evans Manchester has given us many influential figures in literature and their legacies live…
The LEGACY Issue: A Home from Home: Hulme community garden centre
Featured image: Makenna Ali I stop before the entry sign and peek through the gate into the…
“We can bring the city to life”: The RHS Urban Garden show comes to Manchester with the Cloud Gardener
Featured image: Jason Williams Manchester Met students are collaborating with Jason Williams, aka the Cloud Gardener, to…
Paolo Nutini @ O2 Victoria Warehouse review – charismatic and beautifully crafted
Scotland’s finest, Paolo Nutini, performed a collection of his greatest hits from old to new, in front…
Sports Team @ Manchester Academy review – London six-piece wrap their audience up in gleeful chaos
Featured image: Lauren Maccabee Sports Team have always been a band whose music is designed to be…
Angel Olsen @ Manchester’s Albert Hall review and gallery – Big Time is where Olsen’s country yodel sounds most at home
Indie folk songwriter Angel Olsen performs a sentimental set full of mischief and intimacy at Manchester's iconic Albert Hall on her Big Time tour.
Rina Sawayama @ Manchester Academy review and gallery – Get in line! 
Featured image and gallery: Georgina Hurdsfield Excitement levels in Manchester Academy were peaking as fans clung to…
Beabadoobee @ Manchester Academy gallery and review – A flawless performance
The first time we saw Beabadoobee was on The Dirty Hit Tour in 2019 at Manchester’s Gorilla. Even during her bedroom-pop beginnings, it was clear that she was destined for bigger venues. Now, three years later, she’s headlining a packed-out Manchester Academy 1. Whether you discovered her through her TikTok famous hit, ‘Coffee’, or through her latest Beatopia era - expectations were high for her set, and dare we say, they were easily matched or surpassed.
Aitch is coming home with his ‘Close To Home’ headline tour
Platinum-selling Manc rapper Aitch is set to end his biggest tour to date in his hometown city…
“Celebrating the next generation of talent”: Manchester School of Theatre’s Autumn Season opens
The latest season of Manchester School of Theatre productions opens this week, featuring performances by students studying…
Gallery and review: Clairo brings her emotional indie-rock leaning melodies to Manchester
On her first UK run in three years, American singer-songwriter Clairo (AKA Claire Cottrill) made a triumphant return to Manchester with a stunning performance at Academy 1 and it’s safe to say she didn’t disappoint.
Your What’s On Guide: Things to do this October
aAh! rounds up the best things to do in Manchester this month.
Experience: Diary of a student music journalist at at Leeds Festival 2022
Set to be another incredible year of live music and unrivalled memories, aAh! Music Editor Camilla Whitfield…