Festival – Articles about Manchester

Outbreak Festival is one of the buzziest festivals on the local hardcore and hip-hop scene, regularly knocking it out of the park with line-ups featuring some of the biggest names in alternative music, and it's no different this year. Taking place at the B.E.C Arena, Outbreak Manchester 2025 will fe...

Parklife, one of the highlights of Manchester's festival summer, has announced the first wave of acts for next year's edition, and it looks like we're in for another Brat summer. That's right – none other than pop royalty Charli XCX is coming to Heaton Park in Manchester next year, riding the massiv...

The folks over at Manchester's popular hangout Grub have announced the return of their much-loved Winter Beer Festival in January. This year's event promises a fantastic selection of winter brews, featuring brewery bars and over 30 guest taps. Attendees can look forward to a variety of street food,...

Wing Fest is landing in Manchester this month, celebrating its tenth anniversary. The festival, which honours all things chicken wings and is the largest of its kind in the world, will take place at the new Victoria Baths from Friday, September 20, to Sunday, September 22. The festival will celebrat...

On a September Saturday, the city will host the inaugural Copita Mezcal and Tequila Festival, with visitors able to sample more than 100 different Mexican spirits. Taking place on the grounds of the Manchester Cathedral, the Copita Mezcal and Tequila Festival offers Mancunians the chance to sample a...

The Manchester Literature Festival, established in 2006 from the legacy of the Manchester Poetry Festival, is a welcoming space where people gather to celebrate language, culture, and connections. Held every October across various iconic venues in the city, the two-week festival offers a blend of li...

Celebrating Greater Manchester's storied history of queer screen talent, Scene will highlight new and classic LGBTQ+ productions. Across seven days, the Scene festival will showcase new and classic LGBTQ+ films and TV series with a varied programme. Launching on 16 August with a screening of a class...

Taking place in the Greater Manchester town of Bolton, the Bolton Food & Drink Festival is a massive undertaking, attracting upwards of half a million hungry, thirsty punters across the weekend, as well as some of the biggest culinary names in the country. During this year's four-day event, Bolt...

Later this month, the Northern Quarter will host a major 10-day comedy festival organised by the Creatures Comedy Club. The Creatures Comedy Festival will feature 30 performances by both local and international comedians at The Corner Boy, near Stevenson Square. The lineup includes Raul Kohli, winne...

Over the August bank holiday, a varied line-up of DJs and producers will take over Whitebottom Farm in Etherow Country Park for three days of music, dancing, and fun. Moovin Festival is a 5,000-capacity festival taking place in the Stockport countryside. A three-day getaway for fans of Bass, House,...

Joining the incredible line up of summer events in the city, Manchester Rum Festival is bringing its special brand of celebration to New Century on World Rum Day, 13th July, with its biggest ever line up of rums. Around 50 incredible brands from every corner of the world will be showing off their be...

June sees the return of a special food festival to Manchester, which in previous years has had people queuing down the street. Modern Polish restaurant Platzki in Deansgate has announced that its pierogi festival will take place between 12th and 14th June this year, offering you a whole load of dump...

If you're already thinking ahead to the August bank holiday and wondering what you can get up to over the long weekend, we've got some great news - the biggest Italian food festival in the UK is returning to Manchester for its seventh year. Festa Italiana is taking place on 23rd-25th August. The eve...

A brewery and taproom in Stockport has announced its first ever beer festival to celebrate its 10th anniversary and one year since it moved into its current premises. Runaway Brewery is known for brewing contemporary beers using traditional methods and runs brewery tours and tastings, as well as hav...