Now in its 20th year, Manchester Literature Festival is presenting a special programme of spring events.

Enjoy fun and creative activities designed to encourage your little ones to play in nature.

Happening as part of MIF25, Blackhaine’s world premiere performance promises to be one of the most compelling and emotionally charged experiences of the festival.

An explosive new dance production heads to The Lowry, bringing a whole new dimension to The Who’s iconic rock album.

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

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

One of the most arresting offerings at MIF25 – a haunting, meditative journey through abstraction, perception and performance.

Happening as part of MIF25, Liberation is a bold new play inspired by real events in Black British history, bringing politics, power, and personal struggles to life on stage.

Mishka Henner and Emily Speed present work created during a residency at Energy House 2.0, a research facility for carbon-neutral homes.

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

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.

Director Whit Stillman presents a 35mm screenings of one of the best films of the nineties, as a group of twenty-somethings navigate The Last Days of Disco.