NOMA

FLAT DAYS SOCIETY
2025-07-31 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-07 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-08-14 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-08-21 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-08-28 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
Celebrate the Spring Equinox with the return of our Surf Skate Crew. Bring a board if you have one, don’t worry if not. For all abilities.

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen—where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

Wildlife Gardening Club “Moss Safari”
2025-07-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
Join us for our weekly Wildlife Gardening Club.
This week we’ll be exploring the magical world of mosses.

oin us for our weekly Wildlife Gardening Club.
This week we’ll be exploring the magical world of mosses. From creating soil to retaining water, mosses play a vital role in reclaiming space for life to thrive.
We’ll be investigating these micro-habitats out in the garden, looking at the ecosystems they support – from invertebrates like woodlice, slugs and beetles to pollinators and nesting birds – and how these spongy, hairy organisms provide food, shelter and building materials for a huge range of species.
Come join us and never look at moss on a wall in the same way again!
This event is free to attend but booking is recommend.

IN PRESENT COMPANY: YOGA CLUB
2025-07-31 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-07 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-14 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-21 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-28 19:00 - 22:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
In this weekly yoga club we’ll be exploring all elements of Yoga from the physical practice & breath to meditation, philosophy & beyond.

In this weekly yoga club we’ll be exploring all elements of Yoga from the physical practice & breath to meditation, philosophy & beyond.
All levels of experience are welcome.
Bring a mat & wear something comfy. Every week at Altogether Otherwise.
Hosted by Tam – @tamara.gwen

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

FOOD TASTES GOOD
2025-08-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-11 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
Join our weekly cooking club. Bring ingredients, ideas of just yourself. Come down, cook and share a meal.

Come and enjoy our neighbourhood cooking club – a space to cook, share, eat, and connect. Whether you’re a kitchen pro or just love a good meal, everyone’s welcome.
The first Monday of every month is Pot Luck Night – bring a dish to share and discover the flavours your neighbours have to offer.
Good food, good company, and a warm welcome every time.

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

EVENING GARDENING CLUB
2025-08-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
Come along every Tuesday evening to potter around in our community garden.

Come along every Tuesday evening to potter around in our community garden.
Anything gardening related – you name it, we probably do it.

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

THE MYTHIC NEXUS
2025-08-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
A SCIFI / FANTASY BOOK CLUB

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen—where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

Wildlife Gardening Club “The Big Butterfly Count 2025”
2025-08-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
This week we’ll be joining the UK’s biggest citizen science project and taking part in The Big Butterfly Count 2025.

Join us for our weekly Wildlife Gardening Club.
This week we’ll be joining the UK’s biggest citizen science project and taking part in The Big Butterfly Count 2025 with the Butterfly Conservation Trust.
Last year’s count recorded the lowest number of butterflies spotted since the project began in 2010. That’s why 2025 is a critical year – your sightings can help reveal the true state of butterfly populations here in the UK.
We’ll be taking several sets of recordings from different areas of the gardens and uploading our results to the National Survey via the Big Butterfly Count app.
This event is free to attend but booking is recommend

A HANDSOME BANQUET
2025-08-08 19:00 - 22:30 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
Allotment produce and familiar faces. Enjoy a bountiful summer banquet at Altogether otherwise.

Bring your own drink – and we’ll take care of the rest with a surprise banquet made from fresh, locally sourced ingredients. It’s all about relaxed company, full plates, and friendly faces. No dress code, no formalities – just show up, eat well, and enjoy the night.

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

READING AND WRITING CLUB
2025-08-13 18:00 - 22:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
JOT BOOKSHOP READING CLUB

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen—where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.
Come and join Laura and Swen from Jot Bookshop to read fragments of contemporary literature together. For novices and buffs. Lovers, not experts. 6pm every second Wednesday.

Wildlife Gardening Club “BioBlitz with Lancashire Wildlife Trust”
2025-08-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
Become a citizen scientist for a few hours and discover the urban wildlife living right under noses at our first insect BioBlitz

Join us for our weekly Wildlife Gardening Club.
Become a citizen scientist for a few hours and discover the urban wildlife living right under noses at our first insect BioBlitz of the year with our good friends at the Lancashire Wildlife Trust.
But what is a BioBlitz? Simply put, it’s a citizen led survey that helps to create a snapshot of the variety of life found in a specific location. The records collected then go on to form part of a genuine scientific survey of the area and are added to the national database.
Or in other words, it’s an informal and fun way to meet some fellow nature lovers and have a good nosey around in the NOMA garden on a Thursday night with an expert by your side. Who knows, we might even let you have a go with the big butterfly net.
This event is free to attend but booking is recommend

AFRILIT BOOK CLUB - Your local African literature book club
2025-08-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
AN AFRICAN LITERATURE BOOK CLUB

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen—where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.
An African Literature book club meeting every third Wednesday of each month.

Our June pick of the month is New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby. It’s a powerful anthology bringing together the voices of 200 women writers of African descent from across the world.
There won’t be a book club meeting in July as we’re taking a short summer break, but we’ll be back in August as usual.

Wildlife Gardening Sessions “Moth Garden PT.1”
2025-08-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
Join us for our weekly Wildlife Gardening Club.

Get involved as we continue the creation of our specialist moth garden and explore the vital role these beautiful night-time navigators play in our ecosystems.
This event is free to attend but booking is recommend

WRITING AND WRITING CLUB
2025-08-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
Jot Bookshop writing and writing club

Read out loud from your writing practice (max. 10min) – prose, poetry, essay, memoir and everything in between – to a group of closely listening fellow dabblers in writing. Discuss your work and methods in an informal, friendly, supportive environment.

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen—where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

Wildlife Gardening Sessions “Moth Garden PT.2”
2025-08-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Altogether Otherwise, 6-10 Hanover Street, NOMA,, Manchester, M4 4BB, United Kingdom
Join us for our weekly Wildlife Gardening Club.

Get involved as we continue the creation of our specialist moth garden and explore the vital role these beautiful night-time navigators play in our ecosystems.This event is free to attend but booking is recommend

A LATE SUMMER FETE
2025-08-31 11:00 - 16:00 | Sadler’s Yard, Redfern Street, Manchester, England, M60 0AB, United Kingdom
Close your eyes and imagine a fete. Yep, that’s the one. Sponge socks, bunting, baking, folk music + Celebrating 10 years of Sadler’s Yard.

Close your eyes and imagine a fete. Yep, that’s the one. Sponge socks, bunting, baking, folk music + Celebrating 10 years of Sadler’s Yard.
On Sunday 31st August, it’s all happening in Sadler’s Yard, and you’re invited.
This isn’t just any fête – it’s also a celebration of ten years of Sadler’s Yard, the hub of the neighbourhood, city’s first public square built in a hundred years, named by public vote after James Sadler, balloonist, chemist, pastry chef, and first man (with cat) to launch into the skies from this very neighbourhood.
In honour of this strange and brilliant legacy, expect:
• LIVE FOLK MUSIC
• PLANT SALES
• A VEGETABLE COMPETITION JUDGED
(with absolutely no authority)
• COOKERY DEMOS
(with pastry, of course)
• CAT PORTRAITURE
By Mr Gordo
• THE FIRST OFFICIAL GATHERING OF PEOPLE NAMED JAMES™
Bring your James to claim a commemorative badge!
Throw in some morris dancing, a tombola, and whatever local honey is going, and you’ve got yourself a proper day out.
