MIF Daily | Friday 18 July – Factory International

Manchester International Festival is back and so is MIF Daily – our curated guide to the festival! We’ll tell you what to read, watch, listen to and do to make the most of MIF25.

MIF Daily is filled with top tips, recommendations and free events to help you navigate the busy festival. Head behind the scenes with interviews, studio visits and editorials, taking you out into the city and far beyond.

Look out for MIF Daily on Factory+ from Tuesday to Sunday throughout the festival.

Come rain or shine, we’ll see you on Festival Square!

Read: Catch up on The Herds

Remember THE HERDS – the life-sized puppets who took over Greater Manchester for our opening weekend? This weekend, THE HERDS arrive in their next destination: Scandinavia! The animals will pass through Denmark, Sweden and Norway on their way to the Arctic Circle.

Revisit our introduction – featuring new videos of THE HERDS storming through the streets of Madrid, Venice and Paris – to find out more about their remarkable 20,000km journey.

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Snaps – Dogs of Festival Square

A dog on Festival Square on a sunny day, stood by a pink bean bag

Watch: Blackhaine: And Now I Know What Love Is – Teaser

Tomorrow is your last chance to see Blackhaine: And Now I Know What Love Is – an immersive performance in an old industrial warehouse at Diecast! Not sure what to expect? Watch our teaser here!

A photo of a dark warehouse space and a person stood silhouetted against a bright light coming from a shipping container

Blackhaine: And Now I Know What Love Is

Listen: 20 Years of Sounds

Tonight is Surround Sounds – a late-night takeover by Sounds From the Other City featuring WU LYF, Lex Amor, AFRODEUTSCHE b2b Jamz Supernova and many more.

Get to know the flavour of the legendary Salford festival with their curated playlist ‘20 Years of Sounds’.

Do: SFTOC takes over the building!

Sounds From the Other City presents a free Festival Square takeover with PRIDO and Beau Mec while Surround Sounds takes over the Warehouse.
Later on, Adele Tondu & Friends takes over the Square with genre-blending tunes from Ayy Denn, Chunky, Lotus Phaze and mamba.exe.
You can still catch Germaine Kruip’s A Possibility at RNCM. Want to know more about the work? Germaine will be in conversation with our Creative Director Low Kee Hong in the Social at 3pm.
Festival Square line-up