Band on the Wall, Manchester, Phush, Sunday August 24, Tickets: 0161 237 5554.

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, The Bear, Thursday August 21: Box Office 0161 907 9000.

Capesthorne Hall, Macclesfield, 4th Capesthorne Vintage and Classic Event and Bike and Rider Day, Sunday August 24 and Monday August 25: Tickets: 01484 452002.

Catalyst Museum, Widnes, Cool Chemicals, until Friday August 22, Super Soap Factory, Monday August 25 until Friday August 29,: Tel: 0151 420 1121.

Chester Racecourse, Sounds of the 70s with firework finale, Monday August 25: Box Office: 01244 251609.

Empire Theatre, Liverpool, Summer Holiday, until Saturday August 23, Daniel O'Donnell, Thursday August 28,: Box Office 0870 606 3536.

Flying Picket, Liverpool, Music Industry Workshops, until Thursday August 21, Tickets: 0151 708 5318.

Grand Theatre Studio, Blackpool, TV Acting, Thursdays August 21 and August 28, Street Dance, Saturday August 23,: Box Office 01253 290190.

Liverpool, International Beatle Week Festival, Thursday August 21 until Tuesday August 26: For information: 0151 239 9091.

Manchester Academy, Chris Smither, Thursday August 21, Interpol, Wednesday August 27, Box Office: 0161 832 1111.

Manchester Art Gallery, Contemporary Collecting: New Art for Manchester, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts Selection, until Monday August 25, Pop Art Prints, until Sunday September 14, Impressionists and Edwardians, until January 2004. Box Office: 0161 235 8888.

Manchester Evening News Arena, Europride, Saturday August 23: Box Office: 0870 190 8000.

Museum of Liverpool Life, Newly-acquired Beatles material, 'Mike McCartney's Liverpool Life', until September 28. Mike himself is giving a free evening lecture about the exhibition on August 21, 1940s House, Wartime Garden and Wartime Vehicles, until Monday August 25, Adventures in the Shelters, August, 24, 27 and 30, King's Regiment, Tuesday August 26, We'll Meet Again, Monday August 25,: Information desk 0151 478 4615.

Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Carmen, Wednesday August 27 until Saturday September 20: Box Office 01204 520661.

Pacific Bar and Grill, Liverpool, Row Z, Wednesday August 27: Tickets: 0151 236 0270.

Palace Theatre, Manchester, Sing-a-long a Wizard of Oz, until Sunday August 24: Box Office 0161 242 2503.

People's History Museum, Manchester, 'celebrity', until Sunday November 2. Tel: 0161 839 6061.

Pyramid, Warrington, One Minute Wonders, Dance, Music and Film Performance, Thursday August 21: Box Office 442345.

Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, English Youth Ballet, Coppelia, Friday August 22 and Saturday August 23, Noddy and the Magical Day, Monday August 25 and Tuesday August 26, Daniel O'Donnell, Wednesday August 27: Box Office: 0870 9080888.

Roadhouse, Manchester, Adult, Tuesday August 26, Vue, Wednesday August 27,Box Office 0161 237 9789.

Tate Gallery, Liverpool, Rebecca Horn, until November 16, Janet Cardiff, until September 7, Formal Situations, until October 5.

Tatton Park, Knutsford, Boredom Busters, until Friday August 22, Ali Baba, Saturday August 23, For information: 01625 534400.

The Lowry, Manchester, Conversation Pieces, until Sunday October 5, River Journeys, until Sunday October 26, The Impossible View, until January 11, Art Zone: Summer Fun, Saturday August 23 and Monday August 25: Box Office 0161 876 2000.

The Masque, Liverpool, Beach Party, Thursday August 28: Box Office: 0151 707 6171.

Warrington Libraries, The Reading Maze, until September.

Warrington Museum, Native American Story Sticks, Friday August 22, The Tin Forest, until Saturday November 1.