MIF

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....

18th October 2023

Aviva Studios, the home of Factory International and the biggest cultural centre in the UK, officially opens in Manchester

A huge day for the arts not just in Manchester but the UK as ......

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....

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 ......

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. ...

17th November 2022

Huge beams of light will illuminate the skies above Manchester this winter

This is going to be quite a spectacle. ...

4th October 2022

Factory International goes over budget AGAIN and now needs another £25.2m

It's now almost £100m over budget. ...