Sun 7 Jul, 6pm Tickets: £10 An elegy for Peterloo with Emily Howard, Michael Symmons Roberts and BBC Philharmonic. On 16 August 1819, more than 60,000 people flooded into St Peter’s Field from all over Manchester. They came in peace, united in their passion for the right to vote. But as the speeches began, armed … Continued
Sun 7 Jul, 3pm – 4.30pm Tickets: £4 Fresh (?) from a 3-day, 50-mile walk across the Pennines, carrying a replica of the Skelmanthorpe Flag from its home village, Commoners Choir and Shepley Singers from Yorkshire and SHE Choir from Manchester will be making a tuneful noise to remember and celebrate people’s resistance and persistence, … Continued
Wed 17 Apr, 1-3pm Free, no booking required. Join us for this interactive role playing family event exploring what happened in the lead up to the protest. Make banners, sing ballads, and choose a side. There will be a role for everyone taking part!
Fri 12 Apr 7pm – 8.30pm Free, no booking required. ‘Blessèd are the Meek’ is a novel, a work of fiction, yet one largely based on factual evidence and set amongst real events in real places in and around the mills of Hyde in the years after the momentous battle of Peterloo in 1819. Conditions … Continued
Sat 13 Apr, 1pm – 3pm Tickets: £3 Art will not be silent! Your voice can be heard… and you can be seen. Be creative and make a bold statement to become a catalyst for new ideas. This practical workshop will guide you through making your own wearable piece of art with artist Pui Lee, which … Continued
Sat 10 Aug, 10am – 2pm Free, no booking required. Come and join us in commemorating 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre. Find out what happened from historical characters in pop-up performances throughout the event. Meet radical Sam Bamford and magistrate William Huyton. Help revive the liberty cap as a symbol of freedom and democracy … Continued
Thu 30 May, 11am – 2pm Free, no booking required. Join us for a creative and fun day of protest to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, Protest & Peterloo. We want to know what is important to you, what would you fight for? Craft your own protest pebble and make a badge. Help … Continued
Sat 18 May 2019 – Sat 2 Nov 2019 Free, no booking required. In 1819 around 60,000 men, women and children from across the North West, marched peacefully into Manchester to call for parliamentary reforms to secure more rights for themselves. This ended in blood shed as the local magistrates sent in the cavalry to disperse … Continued
Fri 16 Aug, 12pm – 4.30pm Free, no booking required. The official launch of the book Tameside Remembers Peterloo. Commemorating the 200th Anniversary – members of the Tameside History Forum will be dressed up – gazebo table – chairs – banners – pennants.
Sat 6 Jul 3pm – 4.15pm 8pm – 9.15pm Tickets: £5 (first 200 tickets sold) / £12 Watch artist’s Mandy Wigby and Katie Chatburn discuss the performance The Peterloo Massacre is a watershed moment in Britain’s struggle for universal suffrage that would ultimately mark Manchester as a radical city like no other. The RNCM and … Continued
