Manchester International Festival

12th May 2025

Life-sized animal puppets to be paraded through Greater Manchester this summer

Public artwork on a scale never attempted before....

12th March 2025

MIF to venture ‘further out than ever before’ into Wigan and Rochdale as 2025’s lineup is announced

The extraordinary bi-annual celebration of creativity is back this summer....

3rd August 2023

New late-night tickets added for Yayoi Kusama’s giant polka-dot inflatables exhibition in Manchester

The tickets have been made available following a successful run at MIF2023....

30th June 2023

Yayoi Kusama – Giant polka-dot inflatables take over in Manchester at £211m Aviva Studios

It's part of Manchester International Festival. ...

29th June 2023

Everything happening at Manchester International Festival 2023 – inflatable sculptures, coin treasure hunt, and more

MIF23 will take over Manchester city centre from Thursday 29 June - Sunday 16 July....

18th May 2023

Manchester International Festival reveals line-up of FREE events at Festival Square, in new riverside location

The food and drink line-up for MIF23's main hub, Festival Square, has been ......

4th April 2023

‘Deeply saddened’ Manchester International Festival confirms show will go ahead despite death of headlining artist

'Our production will go ahead as part of his unique legacy.'...

14th March 2023

Manchester International Festival programme to include inflatable sculptures, coin treasure hunt, and work from Juan Mata and Maxine Peake

Manchester International Festival has dropped its MIF23 programme for this summer. ...

2nd February 2023

One of the ‘best things to do in the WORLD’ is in Manchester – and it doesn’t even exist yet

This is very fancy of us. ...