Factory Spotlight: Savanna Darnell + Friends at Aviva Studios

Marina Abramović brings her most ambitious work yet – a raw, ritualistic epic exploring desire, mortality and sacred eroticism.

What happens when the DIY underground collides with one of Manchester’s biggest, shiniest arts spaces?

Venture Arts sets up a pop-up studio at the Lab, with art-making takes place alongside collaborative experiments with dance and music.

Artists and footballers come together in ‘Football City Art United’, a MIF25 exhibition that showcases the best of both worlds.

Manchester will once again become the world’s stage this summer, with Manchester International Festival taking over venues and spaces across the city and beyond.

Festival Square is the beating heart of Manchester International Festival 2025.

Artist Social for all creatives at any stage for their career to network, mingle and connect with Factory International.

Get priority booking on the best seats, special discounts, invitations to exclusive events and much more. Are you in?

The Hallé invites audiences to a year of classical masterpieces, world premieres and appearances by some electrifying artists and composers.

For the first time ever, MIF joins forces with The Royal Ballet to present a bold new adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s seminal novel.

Meet other expecting parents and connect with yourself artistically in Bumps and Brushes a relaxed artistic workshop at Abbot Hall.

From years spent languishing in post-industrial decline to being crowned one of ‘the coolest neighbourhoods in the world’. What’s the story behind Ancoats?

SAUNIGA is an invitation for people to experience a live cultural ceremony drawn from Samoan ancestral knowledge.

The films of Michael Haneke take centre stage at HOME this summer, as audiences are invited to explore the austere, uncompromising visions of the Austrian writer-director.

Shilpa Gupta weaves together stories and voices of local communities for a brand new MIF25 sound installation ‘You are the place’.

HOME is transformed into FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE, a site of cultural ceremony by Queer Indigenous collective FAFSWAG.

Hop on your bike for this guided cycling tour, exploring fascinating corners of Manchester you may never have seen before.

Cinema on the Square returns this summer for four days of open-air film screenings, transforming Millennium Square into a giant outdoor cinema with concert-quality sound.