May 2002
- 2 May - Tickle Bounce & Fun Time: Books for Babies, Tonge Moor Library, Bolton
- 4 May – 30 June - Gateway to the Commonwealth exhibition, The Promenade, The Lowry
- 9 May - Bradshaw and it's Textile Industries, Harwood Library, Bolton
- 9 – 11 May - Angela de Castro's "Yo Yo", Manchester Royal Exchange
- 9 – 18 May - Kevin Gilbert's "The Cherry Pickers", performed by Sydney Theatre Company, Manchester Library Theatre
- 10 May – 12 October - See It Live in Bolton Festival
- 10 – 11 May - The Guide Association Lancashire Border presents "Songs and Dance of the Commonwealth"", Victoria Hall, Bolton
- 11 May – 23 June - "Spectator Sport" exhibition, Cornerhouse
- 21 May - Author Ruth Hamilton at the Lecture Theatre, Bolton
- 16 May - Moniza Alvi reads "The Other Room", Manchester Central Library
- 16 – 17 May - Compagnie Flak present "Perfume de Gardenias", Contact Theatre
- 16 May – 22 June - Queer up North festival
- 16 May – 28 July - "Reading the Games", programme of eventsin Manchester Libraries
- 18 May - Trilok Gurtu and Nitin Sawhney, Contact Theatre
- 19 May – 14 July - A Season of World Music at the Lowry
- 21 May - Nitin Sawhney and MJ Cole, Barbirolli Room, Bridgewater Hall
- 24 – 28 May - Linton Kwesi Johnson at Everyman Theatre Liverpool, Picture House Hebden Bridge and Manchester Library Theatre
- 24 May – 1 June - Amani Naphtali's "Ragamuffin", Contact Theatre
- 25 May – 17 July - "A Wealth in Common" exhibition, Bury Art Gallery and Museum
- 26 May - Bolton Hindu Forum Community Festival, Bolton Indian Sports & Recreation Club, Darcy Lever
- 26 May - Indoor League Pub Olympics, Cornerhouse Cafe Bar
- 28 May - Mica Paris, Barbiroilli Room, Bridgewater Hall
- 28 May - Central Band of the White Russian Army, Tameside Hippodrome
- 28 May - Sibongile Khumalo, at the Lowry
- 30 May – 8 June - Com.art.02 at Zion Arts Centre, Manchester
- 31 May - Bolton Youth Concert Band Concert in celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee, Albert Halls, Bolton
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