What's On at the Barton Aerodrome, Manchester

Below you will find what's on at Manchester Barton Aerodrome, the former City Airport Manchester, located in Barton-upon-Irwell, Eccles, close the M62 motorway.

Opened in 1930 as the United Kingdom's first purpose-built municipal airport, with its four grass runways, Barton Aerodrome is still used as a local airport for light aircraft and helicopters.

It famously regularly hosts music festivals and summer pop concerts from the biggest names in the business, with an outdoor capacity of 5,000.