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Comedian Romesh Ranganathan to play huge Manchester arena show on new UK tour

Tickets go on sale next week.

Clementine Hall Clementine Hall - 14th November 2025

Ready to laugh your socks off? Romesh Ranganathan is coming to Manchester.

The comedy legend is embarking on an major UK arena tour, and of course he’ll be stopping off at our very own AO Arena.

Whether you know him for his fantastic stand up, or for the massively popular Rob & Romesh Vs series on Sky, one thing’s for sure, the man knows how to make us laugh.

After his last visits to us in Manchester have been nothing short of a roaring success, Ranganathan will be returning to our city with his next tour Romesh Ranganathan Will Change Your Life on Saturday 10 April 2027.

Yes we’ve got a while to wait, but we’re sure it’ll be absolutely worth it.

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It’s safe to say that Romesh has been on fire across the TV, radio, and live stages over the past few years.

From hit shows like The Ranganation, where he guides a panel of everyday people and celebrities through the week’s big topics, to the radio where he hosts For the Love of Hip Hop on BBC Radio 2, Romesh is now a part of our daily lives – and we’re not at all mad about it.

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On his upcoming tour, he’ll be treating us to a show comprised of brand-new material, and if his last arena shows were anything to go by, this one’ll be constant belly laughs throughout.

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan is coming to Manchester on his new UK tour / Credit: Supplied

Romesh Ranganathan is bringing his Romesh Ranganathan Will Change Your Life tour to AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday 10 April 2027, and tickets go on sale next week – with both pre-sales and general sales available.

There’ll be a Three+ Presale on Wed 19 November, a presale for AO Arena members on Thursday 20 November, both at 11am, and then General Sale will be on Friday 21 November, again at 11am.

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Five genuinely cheap eats and great value-for-money lunch deals in Manchester city centre

Danny Jones Danny Jones best lunch time deals in Manchester city centre

A daily dilemma for us seems to be deciding what to have for dinner (you heard), especially as we’re all trying to save more pennies nowadays, but luckily, Manchester does have some great lunch deals if you look hard enough.

You just need to know where, and in some cases, exactly when to find them…

That’s where we come in; we’re not talking about anything close to a tenner either, as that’s more of a monthly treat and few can feasibly afford to spend that kind of money on scran every day.

So, without further ado, here are some of the best and ACTUALLY cheap lunchtime deals and offers in Manchester city centre.

Five of the best lunch offers in central Manchester

1. Vanilla Fudge – Bridge Street

Up first is an old favourite of ours that doesn’t seem to have changed over the years, no matter how much the cost of living crisis continues to linger. We’ll be honest, we first tried this place after a night out in Mojos next door way back when, but we’ve been coming ever since we saw the specials board.

It may look like one of many standard Manc butty shops/kebab houses when the sun sets, but for our money, Vanilla Fudge still has one of the best lunch deals in Manchester to this day: TWO big, well-packed wraps ‘of the day’, complete with protein, plenty of salad and your choice of sauce for just £5.50.

You’ll always find a few in the know on their break.
We always hope to see Cajun chicken as the special.
You can add cheese for an extra quid, or chips and a drink for £8.50. Bosh. (Credit: The Manc Eats)

2. Zaytoni – Multiple

Any cheap eat in Manchester that starts from under a fiver in this day and age is a winner in our books, and with Zaytoni, you can get plenty for just that and no more than a ‘bluey’; better still, their menu – be it the low-end or stuff that creeps over that amount – always slaps.

With two regularly busy sites (hardly a shock) on Oxford Road and the edge of the Northern Quarter/Piccadilly, you can get some very solid pizzas and garlic breads from between £4.50 and £7, but our advice is to go for a super-filling fatayer, with loads of fresh salad, and split one with a mate.

3. Rustica – Northern Quarter

From one simply but satisfying spot to another, you can’t do a round-up of the best deals you can grab on your dinner in Manchester city centre without mentioning the local breakfast and lunchtime institution that is Rustica over in NQ.

Run by Manc mum to many, Jeanette, she and her team have literally been given a lifetime achievement award not only for keeping their food affordable for more than 25 years now, no matter what state the economy is in – and with lines around the block almost every single day without fail, it’s no wonder.

@the.manc This spot is – and we don’t say this lightly – a Manchester institution, serving fuss-free sarnies to the people of the Northern Quarter for decades. Do you reckon anywhere does a better-value lunch than Rustica? #themanc #themanceats #manchester #nq #northernquarter #rustica #butties ♬ original sound – The Manc

4. Meridian – Spring Gardens

Next up is the still incredibly best and well-kept secret, Meridian Cafe and Bar, tucked down the side streets not far from Market and King Street, and just around the corner from Pall Mall. Well, we say ‘secret’ – it’s not really anymore, sorry… But this is some of the best halal Asian fusion in town.

That being said, it never fails to surprise us how many people haven’t heard of this place when we bring it up, and the weekly midday crowd is still relatively manageable given just how good their offer is: a massive lunch box starting from just £5.80. You can add more if you want, but trust us, you won’t need it.

‘Manchester’s best lunch deal’ that’s only available for two hours a day
The catch is, it’s only up for grabs during a specific window – find out when right here.

This and That – NQ

Last but not least, it would be nothing short of a crime to overlook one of the most legendary lunch deals in Manchester: the original rice and three offer from the storied This and That Cafe on the otherwise unsuspecting Soap Street, just around from NQ’s bustling Thomas St strip.

This place should need no introduction, really, and it may not be the only place that does this kind of offer, but with nearly four whole decades of serving up some of the tastiest curries in the city centre for cheap, this is the epitome of what we want from the Manc foodie scene on our dinner hour. Iconic.

Honourable mention

Bunny Jacksons

Last but not least, to round things up to a nice even half dozen in case none of these takes your fancy, how could we possibly forget Bunny’s? Arguably the best dive bar not just in Manchester but the entire world, this place is built on serving up great value-for-money scran, especially in hard times.

Wings from just 20p have kept us going until the end of many a long month waiting for payday, and while this place truly comes into its own come the evening when the playlist gets even louder, and the likes of bandaoke get going, it’s still a great place to nip at noon. Six is plenty, and 12 is more than enough.

We’ll cheers to that.

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Inspiring new 360° immersive David Bowie experience to open in Manchester

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant David Bowie: You're Not Alone

Music lovers will get a glimpse inside the mind of a creative genius when a new immersive experience opens later this year.

Factory International has this week announced its programme of events for the upcoming autumn-winter season, and by far one of the stand-outs on the list has to be the return of Lightroom for a new 360° experience called David Bowie: You’re Not Alone – which is set to immerse audiences in the iconic performances and creative mind of one of the world’s most visionary and influential artists.

Bringing together a wealth of visual material from a wide range of sources, the experience combines rare performance footage, photography, drawings, lyrics, personal notes, and audio recordings from the late Bowie himself. 

You’re Not Alone will showcase some of Bowie’s landmark performances that redefined popular culture, using a mix of iconic, rarely seen, and even never-before-exhibited material.

Selected from thousands of hours of film in the vaults of the David Bowie Archive in New York, you can expect to see everything from Space Oddity and Diamond Dogs, through to Heroes, Black Star, and more.

Each track has been newly reconfigured by multiple Olivier and Tony award-winning sound designer, Gareth Fry, to utilise Lightroom’s specialised spatial audio system.

The 360° experience is set to be both a multimedia spectacle and an intimate self-portrait in one, giving audiences a unique insight into Bowie’s perspective on the subjects that were most important to him, like theatricality, spirituality, songwriting, and the transformative power of creativity.

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David Bowie: You’re Not Alone is being made in close collaboration with, and has been authorised by, the David Bowie Estate.

It’ll run at Aviva Studios from 8 December 2026 through to 10 January 2027.

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