Events picks of the week

Future Everything , Manchester As the name suggests, this is a multi-faceted festival. Celebrating digital innovation, the four-day event is crammed with geek cool: Serendipity Apps is an art show of iPhone and Android Apps; and budding electro noiseniks can build and perform their own instruments at the Dirty Electronics workshop. There are performances from sound artists such as Konono No 1 and high-profile speakers, as well as the launch of a global networking system. Various venues, Wed to 15 May Emma Davies Concrete And Glass , London Unexpected art and music collaborations should inspire an air of anything-can-happen glee for artists and audiences alike, and happy accidents are just what the Concrete And Glass festival specialises in. This year, absurdist experimenters Volcano The Bear mix and match a Fischli and Weiss art film soundtrack using bizarre gadgets and DIY instruments; homemade arts and crafts get revisioned with Owl Project's wooden iPod, the mLog; David Shrigley curates a wayward night of music; and there's wayward art, too, including a kinetic music sculpture and feather installation by Kate MccGwire. Various venues, N1, Thu to 28 May Ella Walker Museums At Night , Nationwide Bringing the film Night At The Museum to life, this weekend of late openings offers a fresh perspective on our cultural spaces. Tate Modern's Turbine Hall stays open until midnight for No Soul For Sale, which unites the film, art and performance of 60 art collectives, with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore among the collaborators. Surrey's Brooklands Museum hosts a sleepover for young motor racing enthusiasts, while the Cabinet War Rooms caters more for adults who want a taste of leading the country through the Blitz. Ghost hunters should head for Chatham's Historic Dockyard, which promises murderous hauntings until 3am. Venues across the UK, Fri to 16 May Iain Aitch Out & about Seaside Sisters Craft Workshops , London, Sat Learn how to make bunting or the cult Japanese art of gocco prints, buy offbeat Seaside Sisters creations or try the tombola, hoopla or cakes at a grand day out. Craft Central, St John's Square, EC1, 10am-5pm, call 07949 491306 Festival Of Ideas , Bristol, Sat to 29 May Melvyn Bragg, Julian Baggini, Francis Wheen, Ben Goldacre and more tackle ideas from the arts to inequality and atheism and beyond. Various venues Resonances , Sun to 28 May The first of four after-hours journeys through historic houses, here at Wallace Collection, with a soundtrack by Simon Fisher Turner and audio by Jeanette Winterson. Wallace Collection, Hertford House, WC1, 6.15pm & 8.30pm Word 10 Writer's Festival , Aberdeen, Fri to 16 May A feast of fiction, non-fiction and poetry explored by international writers. Various venues, times and prices, call 01224 641122