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Things to do in Trafford

Discover what's on and where to go in Trafford, Greater Manchester's cultural borough.

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Our pick of what's on in Trafford.

11 August

Sports and Leisure, Stretford

Manchester Super Giants Women v Sunrisers Leeds Women & Manchester Super Giants Men v Sunrisers Leeds Men, The Hundred

100 balls of non stop action and an electric atmosphere. See the best in the world take to the stage in The Hundred at Emirates Old Trafford.

1 May – 1 November

Sports and Leisure, Altrincham

ORIGIN at Dunham Massey

A Right/Left Project presents a deep listening art installation, unique to Dunham Massey. Visitors are bathed in sound and light with each cycle revealing what is hidden at its core.

Spies, Lies and Deception Press Illustration

29 November 2025 – 31 August 2026

Arts and Culture, Trafford Park

Spies, Lies and Deception

Explore how daring plots of deception have changed the course of conflict, how spies have been exposed and the costs of being both the deceiver and the deceived.

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18 December

Theatre and Performance, Sale

ComedySportz Improvised Adult Panto

Bored of the same pantomimes every year? The ComedySportz team are back this Christmas for more Totally Improvised Pantomimes!

19 December

Theatre and Performance, Sale

ComedySportz Improvised Panto (Tots)

The team behind crowd-pleasing comedy show ComedySportz are back with a show that is aimed at younger children aged 6 and under.

16 January 2027

Arts and Culture, Altrincham

Film - Holy Cow

When his father is killed in a tragic accident, a teenage farm-boy must give up his hedonistic lifestyle and find ways of financially supporting, and caring for, his seven-year-old sister.

The comedian Rob Rouse in a red armchair wearing a skeleton jumpsuit

23 January 2027

Theatre and Performance, Sale

“He’s a man with genuinely funny bones” — The Sunday Times

Recently crowned Comics’ Comic – Best Act of the Year 2025 by the UK Comedy Awards, and also voted Best Act at the 2025 Yorkshire Comedy Awards, Rob Rouse has been one of the most beloved and brilliantly bonkers comedians on the circuit since winning the prestigious Channel 4 So You Think You’re Funny Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998.