Things to do

Some of Liverpool's most interesting producers get together for a night at 81 Renshaw this Friday, while there's lots to book ahead for with the news that RBMA will visit Liverpool for the first time this October. Read more »

It's a quiet week after all the bank holiday exertions and before the students return, but there's still a couple of top in-stores to catch at Eastern Bloc (hello, Pearson Sound!) and some nights to book ahead for, including a Modern Love showcase. Read more »

While the dreamy Festival No. 6 chugs away in North Wales, elsewhere you've got a den building festival in Leeds, Gin Society Festival in Manchester and, for film fans, the beginning of the month-long ode to cinema, Scalarama. Read more »

This just in, we're pretty much hurtling towards an apocalypse. In other news, culture! We've got gigs aplenty, Art Walk Porty, a Progression reunion at Liquid Room and Let's Eat Glasgow. Read more »

The best film events happening in Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester this week, including Paris is Burning at FACT, the final film from Chantal Akerman at Hyde ... Read more »

Pace yourself this bank holiday weekend, with a casual start on Friday from the good heads at Audio Chronicles through to a fitting finale on Sunday from Carl Craig Read more »