ST STEPHEN AND ALL MARTYRS, Lever Bridge, Bolton. Ring 840741.

KING GEORGES HALL, Blackburn. Ga Ga a tribute to Queen. Thursday November 30. Starts 8pm. Ring 01254 582582.

VICTORIA HALL, Knowsley Street, Bolton. Christmas Concert featuring the Greater Manchester Police Band and Rossendale Festival Choir. Saturday December 2. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £5 and £4 concessions in aid of the Hearing Dogs for the Deaf available on the door or by ringing 399323.

QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, West Street, Oldham. Ring 0161 911 4072.

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS ARENA, Manchester. Savage Garden, Thursday, November 30; AC/DC, December 1. Ring 0161 930 8000. The Beautiful South, Sunday, December 17. Tickets £20. Savage Garden, Saturday December 9, tickets £19.50. Ring 0161 930 8000.

THE DANCEHOUSE THEATRE, Oxford Road, Manchester. Box Office 0161 237 9753.

MANCHESTER APOLLO, Manchester. Ring 0161 242 2560. Thursday November 30; Craig David, Tuesday, December 5, tickets £16. Richard Ashcroft, Monday, December 4, tickets £17.50. Smash Hits Tour, Saturday, December 2, tickets £15. Shaolin Monks, Saturday, November 25, tickets £18.50, £16.50, £12.50 Thursday, February 1, Melanie C, tickets £16.50.

HALLE, BRIDGEWATER HALL, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester. Ring 0161 907 9000.

BRIDGEWATER HALL, Manchester. Thursday, November, Elizabeth Weber and Midori Tamora perform Mozart and Brahms. Starts 1.10pm. Tickets £5. Sunday, December 3, Handel's Messiah, Halle Orchestra and choir, tickets vary from £7 to £29.50. Wednesday, December 6, 1.10pm, Manchester midday concerts' society, Travelling by Tuba, £5. Wednesday, December 13, Thursday, December 14, Sunday, December 17, 7.30pm, Halle Orchestra, tickets vary from £7 to £28.50. Ring 0161 907 9000.

MANCHESTER ACADEMY, Oxford Road, Manchester. Ring 0161 275 2930. Reef, Saturday, December 2, £12.50. The Levellers, Thursday, December 14, £12.50.

NIGHT AND DAY CAFE, Oldham Road, Manchester. Ring 0161 236 4597.

PRESTON GUILD HALL & CHARTER THEATRE. The Naughty Rhythms Tour. Thursday, November 30. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £13. Ring 01772 258858.

BUXTON OPERA HOUSE, Water Street, Buxton. Ring 01298 72190.