MIF Daily | Wednesday 16 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: An introduction to Everything is Recorded

Get to know Everything is Recorded – the boundary-blurring project from XL boss Richard Russell who brings a rare live show to MIF25 in an intimate and collaborative, ever-shifting set.

Happening tonight, expect something raw, soulful and truly special with special guests Tic, Laura Groves, Roses Gabor, Samantha Morton, Berwyn, Georgia, Yazz Ahmed, Clari Freeman-Taylor and Mela Murder.

But first, how did we get here?

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Snaps – Ruhaniyat (روحانیت)

A photo of singer Jyoti Nooran smiling, she is standing on stage with Manchester Camerata at Aviva Studios

A photo of three soloist singers sitting cross-legged on the floor

A photo of a woman dancing in falling role petals on stage with an orchestra and Sufi singers on the lower level of the stage below her

Watch: An Inheritance – Behind the Scenes

What do you hope the world will look like in 2125?

Last week, local school children took over our Instagram to introduce An Inheritance – a sprawling collection of knowledge, advice, jokes, memories and objects showing at Manchester Art Gallery in 2025 and again in 2125.

Catch up on their socials takeover here.

Listen: Everything is Recorded

Today we’ve got this Everything is Recorded playlist on repeat – featuring collaborators including Sampha and Florence + the Machine.

DO: The Art of Collaboration

How does collaboration shape creativity? Join DJ and broadcaster Mary Anne Hobbs, Creative Director of From the Other, Emma Thompson (the team behind Surround Sounds) and Josh Inyang – one half of electronic music innovators, producers, composers and performers and NTS Radio hosts, Space Afrika – for an exciting talk on the art of collaboration.
Afterwards, explore digital stories in an artist talk and workshop with Liam Ashworth as part of Venture Arts or join Night & Day on Festival Square with Madame Claude, ROLLA and DJ Mx World.
Festival Square line-up