Factory International

Manchester International Festival 2025

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Date
3 - 20 Jul 2025
Venue
At Aviva Studios, across the city and beyond

Accessibility features available for this event: Captioning Audio Description Relaxed Performance BSL Interpreting Wheelchair Access

Dream Differently at Manchester International Festival this summer

MIF is back – inviting you to leap into the unknown with some of the most exciting creative minds of our generation.

Taking over Aviva Studios and spreading across the city and beyond, experience art that pushes boundaries, addresses the big questions of our time and creates hope for the future.

With lots of free events, take a chance and try something new. Gather your friends and family, find your joy – and Dream Differently

Aviva £10 Tickets are available across the festival. What will you discover?

Become a member now for priority booking! General tickets on sale Wednesday 19 March, 10am.

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Events

Festival Square

A DJ set on Festival Square from MIF23, showing a large crowd of people dancing and filming a DJ on stage. The lighting is hazy green and there are purple strobe lights.
Festival Square – the buzzing heart of MIF – returns with a free programme of live music and performances announcing soon. Watch this space.
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"It has been an incredible journey building the MIF25 programme with such a diverse range of artists from around the world whose voices are ever more critical in these challenging times. They encourage us to lean into visions of other possible futures, encounter cosmologies unfamiliar to our own, and enter into worlds that propose a re-enchantment of dreaming to rediscover our ability for joy, hope and belief in each other and our communities to build these tomorrows we want to be part of."

Low Kee Hong, Creative Director, Factory International

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Plan Your Visit

MIF25 Venue Access Information

Visit Aviva Studios

Facilities at Aviva Studios

Visiting Manchester International Festival

Official MIF25 programme

A person holding the MIF25 official programme.
Get inside MIF25 with the official festival programme. Discover exclusive insights into the lineup, meet the artists behind the shows, and explore behind-the-scenes stories and editorial features. Pre-order your copy for just £5 by adding it to your ticket during booking, and collect it at Aviva Studios during the festival.

International Residencies

Meet the international artists taking up residency in Manchester for MIF25. Get to know them here.

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