BRIDGEWATER HALL, Manchester. Sunday November 19, the Hall Orchestra perform Berlioz, Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £7, £9, £13.50, £18, £22.50 and £28.50. Ring 0161 907 9000.

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS ARENA, Manchester. AC/DC on 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. Craig David, Tuesday December 5, tickets £16. Also, Richard Ashcroft, Monday December 4, tickets £17.50. Also, Smash Hits Tour, Saturday December 2, tickets £15. Also, Shaolin Monks, Saturday November 25, tickets £18.50, £16.50, £12.50. Also, Thursday February 1 2001, Melanie C, tickets £16.50.

HALLE, BRIDGEWATER HALL, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester. Sunday November 19, Opus One Series including performances of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien. Nov 25, Halle Pop; The Russian Experience. December 9, Dancin' All Over The World. A Gala concert in aid of the Halle Appeal. All concerts start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated. Full-priced tickets from £7. Ring 0161 907 9000.

BRIDGEWATER HALL, Manchester. Saturday November 18, Manchester Camerata, 7.30pm, tickets vary from £6 to £25. Friday November 24, 7.30pm, Emmylou Harris and Spyboy with special guest Patty Griffin, tickets vary from £25 to £29.50. Tuesday November 28, 7.30pm, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, tickets from £10 to £21.50. Wednesday November 29, 7.30pm, Bryn Terfel, tickets vary from £15 to £45. 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. Queens of The Stone Age, Tonight £9.50. Thin Lizzy, Friday November 24, £17.50. Reef, Saturday December 2, £12.50. The Levellers, Thursday 14 December, £12.50.

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

PRESTON GUILD HALL & CHARTER THEATRE. Ring 01772 258858.

KING GEORGES HALL, Blackburn. Fivepenny Piece with special guest Norman Prince. Sunday November 19. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £8 and concessions £6. Ring 01254 582582.

OPERA HOUSE, Manchester. David Essex sings some of his old favourites and introduces some new tracks from his new album. Tonight. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £19.50 to £5. Also, Saturday November 18, Barbara Dickson in Concert. Starts 8pm. Tickets £16.50 to £12.50.

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