Welcome to Manchester Folk!

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

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

A limited number of Early Bird Weekend Festival Passes for the 2023 festival will go on sale 2nd December 2022. Full artist line up will be announced in April 2023.