29/07/2026
📌 Here We Are.
Our week-long celebration of music is back!
📅From 15–20 September, we’ll be performing for free across all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.
📍 From a once-in-a-lifetime performance of Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports in Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2, to family storytelling adventures at Manchester Museum surrounded by natural wonders, a playful collaboration with Goofus Theatre, and intimate concerts in surprising urban spaces, every performance is a chance to experience orchestral music in a brand new way.
🎵 At the same time, we’ll be running free Music Café taster sessions across Greater Manchester for people living with dementia and their carers and family
📋 Full list of activities below - we can’t wait to see you.
Tues 15 Sept - Open Rehearsal at
Wed 16 Sept - Open Rehearsal at The Monastery
Thu 17 Sept - Salford Crescent Hospital with
🎫 Fri 18 Sept - The Expansion of Sound
Sat 19 Sept
📍The Met, Bury with
📍St Andrews House Medical Centre, Stalybridge | Dementia Friendly Concert
📍Bolton Library and Aquarium Sharing a Shell
📍Oldham TBA
📍Stockroom, Stockport
Sun 20 September
📍Manchester Museum, Sharing a Shell
📍Manchester Airport | Ambient 1: Music for Airports
📍The Old Courts Wigan | Northern Soul
📍Stretford Mall Car Park, Carpark Minimalism
📍Rochdale | String Theory: Rap, Soul & Strings
📍Aviva Studios Carmel Smickersgill x Manchester Camerata
With thanks to: Scops Arts Trust, Granada Foundation, The Zochonis Charitable Trust, and to all supporters of our work.
