Piccadilly Radio breakfast DJ Joel Ross recommends The Apollo for the new talent and relatively small capacity (2,000). Films cost £4.70/£3.70.7.00pm: Hide away with a quiet drink at Cord (Tib Street, 0161 832 9494), frequented by Ali Fogg, editor of the Big Issue in the North: “I like it because it’s the kind of place where you see the same faces every day, yet it’s in the most hip and happening part of town.”8.00pm: Check out the Manchester mosh pits and go to a gig. As well as three screens, the Cornerhouse has art galleries, a bar, caf?nd bookshop to pass the time in. (See page 7 for more on the Games).6.00pm: Turn up early to the Cornerhouse cinema (Oxford Street, 0161 200 1500, ), the city’s leading art house cinema. Aside from being one of the best indoor cycle tracks in the world, it allows the public to trade £6.50 for a one-hour taster session. It will be one of the venues for the Commonwealth Games from 25 July-4 Aug. Urbis opens on 27 June; opening hours are Mon-Fri 10am- 6pm, Sat 10am-8pm; closed on Sunday.5.00pm Get on your bike at the Manchester Velodrome, also known as the National Cycling Centre (0161 223 2244).
Passers-by can look both at a reflection of the city and into the museum itself. None of the interactive exhibits is in glass cabinets – but the museum’s glass construction guarantees that you’ll be on display. urbis .uk), a new museum of the modern city, complete with Wonka-esque great glass elevator. Tickets cost £3 for adults and £2 for children.4.00pm: Gaze endlessly at your own image at Urbis (Millennium Quarter, 0161 907 9099, www. The ground is still worth having a look around, however, as the club will be moving to the Commonwealth Games stadium in 2003 Guided tours run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and match days.
Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait for a friendly match, as the 2001-2002 season ends tomorrow with a sell-out home game against Portsmouth. Manchester City’s recent promotion into top-flight football makes every kick worth as much as the United trophy cabinet to these fans. If your budget can’t stretch to pop memorabilia, entrance to the Wonderland exhibition is £5.50 in advance or £7 on the door.3.00pm: Join the true Mancunian party animals as they spend their Saturdays pie-guzzling and foot-stomping at Maine Road, (0161-232 9009, ). If you’re there at 6pm on 27 April, you will be able to bid for rare posters, photographs and album sleeves donated by Oasis, Elbow and Mr Scruff among others All proceeds will go to MAG, a mine-awareness charity. The pub serves food between noon and 2pm .2.00pm: Get out of the city and head to the Zion Arts Centre (Hulme, Manchester, 0161 226 1912). Still peckish? Treat your tastebuds to a taste of the hot and exotic, such as kangaroo or ostrich pie. Serves food from noon on weekdays and Saturday, and 11am on Sunday.1.00pm: Wash it down with a pint at The Britons’ Protection pub (Great Bridgewater Street, 0161 236 5895).
