M19 Bar

847 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3PW

0161 225 8359

An Irish Man walks into a Bar Comedy special

with Sean O’Shaughnessy and friends.

Paint your nose Green and join in the fun at M19 in this special night of Irish Comedy on Comic Relief night.

Doors 7.30pm, show starts 8pm

Admission £5

The Pack Horse

861 Stockport Road, Levenshulme,  Manchester M19 3PW

0161 224 4355

ShamRocknRoll St Patrick’s Eve special

with The Times, The Manyanas, The Nouvelles and Kick me in the….

This special event to kick start the St Patrick’s weekend celebrations features four of Manchester’s hottest new bands with Irish roots.

Headlining are the winners of last years YGG Unsigned ’The Times’ , plus runner up ‘The Manyanas’ plus the hotly tipped ‘The Nouvelles’ and ‘Kick me in the……’ 

Indie DJ James H will keep the party going until the early hours with his mix of U2 classics and Indie favourites with an Irish flavour.

Doors 7.30pm, First Band 8pm.

Tickets:  £3 adv, £5 doors

Manchester Town Hall

Children’s Irish Celebrations

Music workshops and Irish Language lessons for Manchester School children featuring the award winner Irish author Eddie Lenihan, the Manchester Irish Education Group charity and Manchester Music Service

9am-5pm

Admission: Free

Telephone 0161 223 3158 for further details

West Life

MEN Arena

Irish boyband Westlife return to the M.E.N Arena during the Irish Festival to perform tracks from their brand new album, ‘The Love Album’.

Shane, Mark, Kian and Nicky will be performing tracks from their new studio album, due out in November, as well as all their favourite hits including ‘Flying Without Wings’, ‘You Raise Me Up’ and ‘Mandy’.

The first act to sell over 250,000 tickets in the history of the Arena for their Face To Face Tour earlier this year, the boy’s 2007 shows will see them play the Arena for a staggering 23rd time.

Tickets £29.50

Barrel of Laughs Irish Special

The Frog and Bucket

3 comics from the international circuit, 1 of the fantastic Frog comperes and a disco until 2am. A full night out with a special Irish flavour.

Doors 7.30pm show starts 8.15pm

£12 / £6 concession

0161 236 9805

Hennigan’s Sports Bar

908 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester , M19 3AD 

0161 257 2702

Bet with Barry - a Cheltenham Race Afternoon

Sponsored by Guinness

Join top racing pundit ‘Barry Evans for an afternoon of Racing in the comfort of Levenshulme's friendly Sports bar. 

Can you beat Barry’s Cheltenham Race predictions and win the Guinness prizes?

Doors 12 noon

Admission:  Free

Union Irish Music Lounge

845 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3PW

0161 224 1271

Challenge Trish – Cheltenham Races

Watch the Cheltenham races live on the big screens.  Between races pub favourite ‘Trish’ will be mounting her trusty steed ‘Jumping Jimmy’ and challenging all comers to a ‘hobby horse race’. 

Guinness promotional prizes are up for grabs to those contestants up for the challenge.

Doors 12 noon

Admission: Free

Union Irish Music Lounge

845 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3PW

0161 224 1271

Festival Irish Karaoke session with ‘the Doc’

Fancy singing ‘Danny Boy’ or ‘Fairy Tale of New York’?  Then why not join legendary Karaoke man ‘the Doc’ from Irish Country and Western supergroup ‘Driftwood’ for a night of belting out classic Irish tunes. 

8pm-late

Admission: FREE

St Mary's Parish Centre,

Elbow Street, Levenshulme

St Patrick’s Eve - Friday Night Bingo

Eyes down for a full house at this Friday night session of Bingo straight after Coronation Street. What else have you got to do on a Friday night?

8pm-9.30pm

Admission: Free

St Kentigern's Social Club

Fallowfield

John Mc Cann.

A local lad from Manchester who can keep you on the dance floor all night

8pm - 2am

Admission £6.

The Palace Theatre, Manchester

The Producers

In Mel Brooks smash hit musical "The Producers" down on his luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock and his accountant Leo Bloom hatch the ultimate theatrical scam, to raise more money than they need to produce a sure-fire Broadway disaster! What do they need? The most tasteless musical in history and the world's worst director!

Chubby Bolton comedian Peter Kay, famous for such memorable catch phrases as "Garlic...Bread?", "Put t' big light on" and "Wanna brew?" and no stranger to directing himself is now starring as Roger DeBris, the camp director who is hired to put on the worst musical in Broadway history, "Springtime For Hitler".

Joining Peter, directly from the West End production are CORY ENGLISH as Max Bialystock and JOHN GORDON SINCLAIR as Leo Bloom. With direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, THE PRODUCERS is a guaranteed evening of “SHEER, UTTER, UNADULTERATED JOY!”

Times: Monday - Saturday 7.30pm
plus Wednesday & Saturday 2.30pm

Ticket Prices: £12.50 - £40.00

Palace theatre Manchester

The Mayo Man

Irish World Heritage Centre

Queens Rd, Cheetham Hill

8pm

£3

0161 205 4007

Johnny Star

Public Bar - The Southern Nightclub

Eamon McCann

Nightclub - The Southern Nightclub

Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton

Start your weekend here and enjoy the craic!

8pm

0161 881 7048

Flight of Earls

Whalley Hotel

Brook’s Bar, Whalley Range

Come along enjoy the night with the live music.

9pm till late

Admission free.

0161 232 7159

Skirm & Friends

O’Sheas Irish Bar

80 Princess Street, Manchester

Seamus Curly, one of Derry’s finest traditional musicians provides an entertaining evening of live music joined by some of the most talented musicians on the Manchester Irish scene.

9pm – 2am

0161 236 3906