'What does MIF do best? Those projects that are wonderfully indefinable' - Mark Ball, creative...
David Blake discusses The Factory, artistic ambition and the city's growing cultural clout with Manchester...
David Blake discusses The Factory, artistic ambition and the city's growing cultural clout with Manchester...
Promising disco and house at a stately home, the one-day debut hits Capesthorne Hall this...
We Are Lager takes over Upper Campfield from 4th-7th April (and yes they've sorted a...
And it’s entering double figures with a bang on 23 June…
Headliners this year include David Lynch, Phillip Glass, Janelle Monae, Yoko Ono, Idris Elba, Skepta...
The Grammy award-winner will return to the city for the first time since her One...
The beer celebration will take over Castlefield's Upper Campfield Market in March
They join Kraftwerk as headliners at Jodrell Bank’s summer festival, which returns 18-21 July
Film, theatre, vegan, punk…and that’s just for starters
GRAMMY-nominated singer and actor will perform on Manchester International Festival launch night (Thurs 4 July)
Confidential’s increasingly irritable publisher gets very grouchy this time of year. Here’s why…
Manchester International Festival (4-21 July) will open with thousands of bell ringers
Seven big and bold beasties colonised the city’s rooftops
Can art really transform a city for the better? David Blake talks to Manchester Art...
Danny Moran reports on the lit scene's rude health ahead of this year's MLF (6-2...
Brace yourselves for four hour tasting sessions and the chance to make your own bottle
The city's biggest food and drink celebration returns from the 27th Sept to 8th Oct
From the big parade to the main stage - we've picked our favourites shots from...