NOMA springs into a season of Singing and Dancing

This May and June, NOMA is welcoming the songbirds of spring in style with a season of Singing and Dancing. As part of this growing neighbourhood’s 2025 ‘Happenings’ series, NOMA is hosting an array of activities devoted to the theme Singing and Dancing.

For May’s spotlight event, NOMA is hosting a night of Irish Céilí dancing, complete with food, drinks, and a lot of fun at Altogether Otherwise on the 23rd of May. From 6.30pm ‘til 9.30pm, attendees can expect lively reels, jigs, and toe-tapping tunes to keep the dance floor busy. There’ll be plenty of Céilí dancing and a bar to keep dancers going throughout the night. Not to mention the brilliant five-piece Irish band who will be playing live traditional, Irish, and modern folk music all evening. What’s more, this barrel of laughs is completely free of charge!

Celebrating a vibrant lively springtime, other Happenings during this Singing and Dancing springtime includes:

Jot Book Shop will be experimenting with lyrics in the Write a Song workshop on the 14th of May.
The Make an Instrument event on the 21st of May where attendees can construct a range of simple instruments with simple tools.
An interactive, informal DJ workshop hosted by Ailsa, a BBC 6 music DJ, where as she gives you theinside track on building a funk and soul set on the 21st of June at the ‘Become A Superstar DJ’ workshop.
Violin and Cello duo, Hafren, come to Altogether Otherwise with musical friends for or an eclectic evening of folk and folk-adjacent classical music on the 9th of May, tickets start at £6.13.

NOMA’s Happenings are a series of free events, clubs, talks, and workshops curated by Altogether Otherwise, where the theme changes every two months. This third Happening follows NOMA’s season of Sowing and Growing in March and April, where events are designed to keep the energy flowing and fill this city centre space with music and movement.

Ben Young, Founder of Altogether Otherwise and curator of the Happenings, said: “We're excited to make a big song and dance out of the next couple of months. Movement and song are key components of community, but they are something we haven't fully explored yet. Will Manchester want to come to our neighbourhood Céilí dance? We are pretty certain they will, as people continually demonstrate to us that there is a huge appetite for joining in and trying new things."

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