Things to do

Record Store Day 2016 brings free gigs, in-store performances and mini festivals to Manchester and Liverpool. From an all-dayer at Soup Kitchen to a complete takeover of Jacaranda in Liverpool, here's our pick of the best RSD events. Read more »

This week sees ¡Viva! return to HOME, along with a lorra, lorra laughs from a comedic new art exhibition Double Act: Art and Comedy at the Bluecoat, a quiz themed on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and a celebration of classic Woody Allen stand up. Read more »

Glasgow International arts biennial swells into action this week, Aye Write! continues with a Kate Tempest gig, Summerhall throws the geekiest rave imaginable and Mexican Morrissey band Mexrrissey visit SWG3. Wave adieu to your chores and usher in the fun Read more »

LightNight, Liverpool's annual night-time celebration of arts and culture in the city, returns for its seventh year with a programme of light projections, new musical compositions and other late-night cultural happenings Read more »

Manchester After Hours returns for 2016, with late opening at galleries, museums and venues around Manchester, and performances, workshops and experiences of all kinds across the city. Here's our pick of the programme. Read more »

Between a Northern Ballet transformation of Orwell's 1984, Glasgow's Buzzcut and Counterflows festivals, a chocolate workshop and Comic Con's return to the capital, you Scotland dwellers are sitting pretty for things to keep you occupied this week Read more »