MUSIC FESTIVALS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Music Festivals in Manchester
Sounds From The Other City 2024
Sunday 5 May 2024
SFTOC is Salford's annual celebration of new music, performance & art, uniting some of the UK's finest independent promoters, collectives and clubs....
Bad Dreams Festival
Friday 24 - Monday 27 May 2024
Now Wave presents a two all-dayer events at New Century, Manchester taking place on May Bank Holiday weekend. Friday May 24th:Crumb + Babe Rainbow + Ducks LTD + more tba. Monday May 27th:Bodega + Model/Actriz + Maruja + Panic Shack. ...
Buckle & Boots 2024
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 May 2024
Buckle & Boots is a country music festival that will host the cream of UK Country talent alongside chart topping US Country stars....
Party in the Pews 2024
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 May 2024
Party in the Pews is back at the iconic Christ Church in Macclesfield with headliners Neville Staple from the Specials & The Slow Readers Club...
Saturday Party in the Pews
Saturday 25 May 2024
SATURDAY ONLY TICKET for Party in the Pews Feat Neville Staple from the Specials Nigel Clark fron DodgyHeavy SaladThe Pagans SOHWax Tree Cast...
Buckle & Boots Country Festival
Sunday 26 May 2024
Get ready for an epic celebration of country music as Buckle & Boots Country Festival returns in May 2024! The 2024 edition of Buckle & Boots will take place May 23rd - 26th and is set to be the biggest and best yet to celebrate our 8th yea...
FerringoFest 2024
Sunday 26 May 2024
Once again a fantastic day on the cards for the full family. Terrific bands, top grub, and drink....
Sunday Party in the Pews
Sunday 26 May 2024
SUNDAY ONLY Party in the Pews feat. The Slow Readers Club, Deja Vega, Hollows, The Dirt, Horsemeat, Jessie Scarlet...
North West Calling
Saturday 1 June 2024
All-day punk festival, North West Calling, is back and features another riotous line-up: The Exploited + Buzzcocks ("Singles Going Steady" 45th anniversary show) + Cockney Rejects + The Rezillos + Anti-Nowhere League + Resistance 77 + Gimp ...
Parklife Festival
Saturday 8 - Monday 10 June 2024
Parklife 2024 sees the Manchester festival return to the city's Heaton Park in summer 2024 for a weekend alongside some of dance and alternative music's foremost names. Line-up for 2024: Highlights include: Saturday 8th June: Disclosure + ...
We Invented The Weekend Festival
Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 June 2024
For 2 days the We Invented the Weekend festival takes over MediaCity UK and Salford Quays. As part of the festival The Lowry will open its doors for free special performances, backstage tours and workshops. After a hugely successful launch...
Green Island Festival
Saturday 15 June - Saturday 7 September 2024
Grassroots festival Green Island returns to Manchester, presenting a three-part series of day festivals, with line-ups that place underground, underrepresented, emerging artists from across the UK and global sounds at the forefront. Green I...
Frame Works Festival
Saturday 15 June 2024
Manchester's newest day festival to be held on Saturday June 15th at Castle Hotel and Gullivers presenting 13 acts in one day....
Could Be Real Tribute Festival
Friday 21 June 2024
Touring the UK, the Could Be Real Tribute Festival stops at the stunning grounds of Walton Hall & Gardens with some of the very best tribute artists in the country. Full line up to be announced! ...
Góbéfest
Friday 21 June 2024
Gobefest was established in 2017 to celebrate the little-known culture and traditions of the Szekler people - a group of ethnic Hungarians living in Transylvania, which is part of Romania. A Gobe is a friendly word for a 'crafty Szekely'. W...
Daresbury Festival
Saturday 22 June 2024
A day of House, Disco and happiness at the brand new Daresbury Festival taking place a mile down the road from Daresbury, at the picturesque settings of Walton Hall in Cheshire. - A Boutique Festival set in the grounds of Walton Hall. - A ...
Salford Pride Presents: The Pink Picnic 2024
Saturday 22 June 2024
The Pink Picnic is Salford's annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Non-binary plus (LGBT+) pride event and is back again in 2024, now in it's thirteenth year. The grassroots pride celebration personifies the true essence of what pride me...
Outbreak Fest
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June 2024
Finding its roots in hardcore and punk, Manchester's three day Outbreak Fest has built a major platform to the UK's consistently thriving counterculture, while also providing a rite of passage for major touring acts across the world such as...
Tributes On The Hill 2024
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June 2024
A quality 3 day music festival, with camping set in the beautiful rolling countryside of the Cheshire Plains....
Restricted Forest
Saturday 29 June 2024
With over 6,000 people partying to DJs over four different stages, Restricted Forest delivers what you have been waiting for with a music festival from the genres of House, Techno, Old Skool and more in the woodland setting of Witton Park, ...
Alderley Music Festival
Saturday 29 June 2024
A Fantastic Day & Night of World Class Tributes to:Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Elton John, Freddie Mercury &, Soul,Motown, Disco & Club Classics...
SOS Festival XV 2024
Friday 5 - Sunday 7 July 2024
3 days, 2 stages, of rock music, infectious metal vibes, and acoustic artists. Now in its 15th year supporting the underground and emerging artists....
Mvson World
Saturday 13 July 2024
Mvson World heads to Progress on Saturday 13th July for a three stage street party in Manchester...
B - Fest Music Festival
Saturday 13 July 2024
B-Fest - Bolton Nonstop hits, nostalgia and fun from some of the most iconic pop and soul Tributes...
Hits On The Pitch
Saturday 13 July 2024
Cheshire's ultimate 'blast from the past' music festival is back, bigger and better than ever, featuring iconic acts from the 80s, 90s and noughties...
Craic by the Creek
Friday 19 - Sunday 21 July 2024
Craic by the Creek is a music festival bringing some of the biggest names in traditional and contemporary Irish music to the Greater Manchester countryside. ...
90s Baby Festival
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 July 2024
90s Baby heads returns to Manchester Barton Aerodrome bigger and better than ever and, due to phenomenal demand, will now be over two days. An epic outdoors summer festival which invites you to roll back the years and relive the glorious d...
RADAR Festival
Friday 26 - Sunday 28 July 2024
The newest progressive rock and metal festival in the UK is moving to a new venue, the O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester. This bigger space means bigger bands, bigger production, and a bigger experience for everyone attending. Announced li...
Teletech Festival
Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 August 2024
Teletech techno festival returns to its home city of Manchester for a third time in 2024. Line-up to be announced. ...
Firevolt Rock Festival
Thursday 8 August 2024
Formally FIRESTORM Festival, Manchester's Best Camping Rock Fest, bringing you the best rock bands on 2 stages over 3 days on a picturesque farm through Etherow Country Park. 2023's headliners include The Answer + Royal Republic + Massive...
BTID at the Forsaken Forest
Saturday 10 August 2024
BTID Events Summer Festival Set in the grounds of an abandoned theme park reclaimed by nature...
Creamfields 2024
Thursday 22 - Sunday 25 August 2024
The world's leading electronic music festival is back in Daresbury, Cheshire, in 2024. ...
Manchester Pride
Friday 23 - Monday 26 August 2024
Manchester Pride Festival is an incredible four-day celebration for LGBTQ+ life that takes place across the city every year over the August Bank Holiday weekend. One of the world's leading celebrations of LGBTQ+ life, Manchester Pride Fes...
Moovin Festival 2024
Friday 23 - Sunday 25 August 2024
Moovin Festival is back for 2024 and promises to get you dancing to a music lover's mix of bass, funk, soul, reggae, house and d&b until the cows come...
Flixton Festival
Sunday 25 August 2024
Join us once again for a family fun filled day at Flixton Festival. We are back it bigger than ever with loads of surprises in store...
Old Skool Neverland Festival
Sunday 25 August 2024
This is a 3-day festival in old basing area which consists of old garage and RnB artists and DJs....
St Helens Gala Fest 24
Sunday 25 August 2024
Get ready to groove at this Family Friendly Music Festival with an unbeatable lineup featuring six of the most phenomenal tribute acts in the UK...
Manchester Psych Fest
Saturday 31 August 2024
Multi-venue festival at O2 Ritz, Manchester Albert Hall, Gorilla, CANVAS, YES and Deaf Institute. Ticket gains access to all venues. Venue capacities are based on first come first serve so please arrive early for specific acts. ...
Manchester Psych Fest
Saturday 31 August 2024
Multi-venue festival at O2 Ritz, Manchester Albert Hall, Gorilla, CANVAS, YES and Deaf Institute. Ticket gains access to all venues. Venue capacities are based on first come first serve so please arrive early for specific acts. ...
Festwich Tribute Festival
Saturday 31 August - Sunday 1 September 2024
The tribute act festival that brings you blistering sets from the best rock and indie bands in the universe. Now with 3 stages over 2 days. ...
