MUSIC: Marking the official start of The Warehouse Project’s 2024 season, Repercussion is back at depotmayfield next weekend with a huge day-to-night party celebrating dance music in all its forms, feat Bonobo and Jungle. Read more: creativetourist.com/event/repercus…

FAMILIES: Step inside The Hidden Garden at Waterside Arts on 28-29 September and enjoy a magical tale of a blossoming and unlikely friendship, by BlahBlahBlah. Find out more: creativetourist.com/event/the-hidd…

CINEMA: Featuring fearsome stars and iconic films, HOME 's Women of the West showcases some of the Western’s most memorable female characters. creativetourist.com/event/women-of…

CINEMA: Widescreen Weekend is back, with a lineup of films including Indiana Jones, Alfred Hitchcock and a selection of widescreen romances, ready to celebrate only the biggest and boldest in cinema. creativetourist.com/event/widescre…

NEXT MONTH: The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair is back! With over 200 makers from across the UK in any craft you can think of, sustainable innovations from graduate creators, and a chance to meet the artists - this is an unmissable event! #GNCCF creativetourist.com/event/great-no…

THEATRE: Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres (Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres) 2024/25 season brings an eclectic and brilliant programme. From contemporary Shakespeare to cult classics, we pick out some highlights in our guide ⬇️ creativetourist.com/event/everyman…

EXHIBITIONS: Opening soon - 'Jerwood Survey III' lands in Sheffield's Site Gallery at the end of the month with a showcase of work from 10 early-career artists, representing a cross-section of the concerns and interests of young creators today creativetourist.com/event/jerwood-…

LITERATURE: GET TICKETS! On 19 September, the iconic Manchester-made Tootal scarf is being celebrated in this one-off at Manchester Libraries Central Library in conjunction with Manchester Histories featuring specially commissioned stories and poems. Read more here… creativetourist.com/event/tootally…

TOURS AND ACTIVITIES: Kick off your Autumn with a soul warming weekend of stalls, art, music and food at The Hepworth Wakefield, in their brand new Harvest Festival. creativetourist.com/event/the-hepw… #wakefield #thingstodo #autumn #harvestfestival #Yorkshirelife #local #makers #art

EXHIBITIONS: Last few days to catch 'Nature' - the current chapter of 'Into The Wyld' at the Williamson Art Gallery & Birkenhead Priory before the the next one, 'Chivalry', opens on the 20 September! creativetourist.com/event/into-the…

MUSIC: Champion of the experimental, the underground and the outrageous in music and visual art, Fat Out Fest returns to Salford this month, taking over Islington Mill, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, WCML & Peel Hall. We explore the line-up: creativetourist.com/event/fat-out-…

LITERATURE: WEEK TODAY! Stella Halkyard's new title on Carcanet Press is called Library Lives: A Constellation of Books and Objects from the Rylands, so we head to Manchester's magnificent John Rylands Library on Deansgate for the launch. Read more here… creativetourist.com/event/library-…

CINEMA: To mark the centennial of his birth, HOME presents a season of films reflecting key moments from American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin’s time in Britain. creativetourist.com/event/james-ba…

EXHIBITIONS: Visit FACT_Liverpool's current exhibitions from Sara Sadik and R.I.P. Germain - shows are are immersive in very different ways, from the bright hues of a video game to the careful details in a labyrinth of rooms that you can freely explore creativetourist.com/event/sara-sad…

MUSIC: This month, Royal Northern College of Music launches its brand new Inspirational Artists series, spotlighting a huge range of touring musicians and ensembles, each bringing something unique to the stage. Read more: creativetourist.com/event/inspirat…

CINEMA: Travel to Middle Earth this September as Showroom Cinema presents all three Lord of the Rings movies, back to back, in one marathon event. creativetourist.com/event/the-lord…

FOOD & DRINK: Each course brings a new level of pastoral pleasure at Cumbria's Michelin-starred Cottage in the Wood. creativetourist.com/venue/the-cott…

LITERATURE: START PLANNING! Now in its 20th year, Chorlton Book Festival takes place from Friday 20 September to Saturday 28 September – expect everything from performance poetry and bestselling books to local history walks and family fun. Read more here… creativetourist.com/event/chorlton…

LITERATURE: GUIDE UPDATE! This year's Manchester Literature Festival tickets are being snapped up, and festival fever is also taking hold in the suburbs as well as further afield. Read more here… creativetourist.com/literature/

FAMILIES: Go on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of World War I France, in the acclaimed production of War Horse at The Lowry, 18-28 September. Find out more: creativetourist.com/event/war-hors…