6th-9th
ALL THAT JAZZ
Artists from across the north West will be joined by national and international stars for the 16th Southport Jazz Festival.
The popular event has an impressive, and growing, reputation and among the names on the bill at the Royal Clifton Hotel this year are the Alan Barnes Octet, the Swingtime Big Band and the Nick Maclean Quartet. southportjazzfestival.com
10th-June 28th
DIPPY ON TOUR
They’re going deeply dippy for dinosaurs on Rochdale where the Natural History Museum’s famous diplodocus will be spending a holiday this spring. Dippy has left his London home for the first time to go a on a tour of the UK, and Number One Riverside on Smith Street in Rochdale is one of just eight venues which will host him during the tour.
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