[@]Manchester Festivals

Festival celebrations are often great ways to have shared experiences with your friends and family while enjoying specialist events and live entertainment.

We have selected a few of the best and diverse cultural festivals, coming this summer, including entertainment, parades, performances and film festivals.

In July the Manchester Fringe Festival presents a month’s worth of new theatre, comedy and much more, listen to and engage with writers and storytellers at the Literature Festival, in October, or simply marvel at the beauty of the ‘Steam Age’ at the East Lancs Railway, open all summer.

So grab your shoes, get those tickets and get going.

Manchester Christmas Markets

Now in its 26th year, the marlets sprawl across Manchester with over 225 stalls to discover gifts and trinkets. Look out for regular events such as the Ice Skating and Winter Gardens

When: 8th - 22nd Dec '24
Address: Across Manchester City Centre
Website: More information...
Manchester Film Festival

9 days of incredible films this March, sourced from all over the world as well as right here in the North West. Including shorts, features, premiers, Q&As, red carpet glamour and so much more

When: 15th - 24th Mar '25
Address: Odeon Manchester{c} Great Northern Warehouse M3 4EN
Website: More information...