Welcome to Manchester Folk!

Manchester Folk Festival is an urban multi-venue festival based in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The festival takes place each October and brings together a diverse range of artists who represent the broad definition of contemporary folk music.

As well as our annual festival, we hold gigs in Manchester throughout the year which you can find listed below as ‘concerts’.

What's On

Full Festival artist line up will be announced in April 2023.

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First Artists Announced for Manchester Folk Festival 2023

Today we announce the first wave of artist set to play at this year's festival which takes place in Manchester's vibrant Northern Quarter from Thurs 19th - Sat 21st October 2023.

15 March 2023

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ARTIST OPEN CALL

10 November 2022