The first part of City of Floating Sounds takes the form of a walk through the city, which may include crowded sections and navigating traffic. There are four routes, including two shorter ones, or you can choose your own route:

City Of Floating Sounds: Cathedral Gardens 1 mile

City Of Floating Sounds: Peel Park 1.1 miles

City Of Floating Sounds: Sackville Gardens 1.2 miles

City Of Floating Sounds: Ordsall Park 1.3 miles. Please note that though the route is accessible, the section alongside the canal on the Ordsall Park route has moments of terrain that might be challenging for wheelchair users.

City Of Floating Sounds: Choose Your Own Path

You'll use an app on your own device to join in the experience and listen to different sections of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra playing Huang Ruo's symphony. At each meeting point, there will be greeters who can help you get started using the app if you need a hand.

The second part of the experience will be a full performance by BBC Philharmonic Orchestra which takes place at Aviva Studios. There will be wheelchair positions and seating options for those who need it in various locations around the space. At the moment, we don’t envisage that this show will have fast flashing lights or strobing.

Our full address is Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ and the what3words is chop.feeds.chase.

To book access tickets and personal assistant tickets please call 0161 817 4531 (Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm) or email access@factoryinternational.org

Access bookings can be made by email or phone. They are also available in person at Aviva Studios.

Once inside Aviva Studios, there is step-free access to all areas of the venue. The flooring throughout the building is smooth concrete.

The entrance to the Hall is by lift, escalator or stairs from one side of the Social beside the brick arches. There is only one escalator, and this will take you up to the Hall before the show, and will be reversed so that you can travel down at the end of the performance.

The Social has a range of seating, including those with arms and backs.

The bars in the Social and Hall Foyer have lowered accessible service points.

Our building is large. We have portable stools available to borrow if you would benefit from resting along the way during your visit.

We have wheelchair spaces and seats at standing events for all events.

There are accessible toilets on all public levels of our building.

Accessible toilets are located inside the main toilets space in the brick arches of the Social.

Here you’ll find a mixture of accessible cubicles with left- or right-hand transfer, towards the back of the space, as well as ambulant accessible cubicles with grab rails, as well as a Changing Places facility.

The toilets in the brick arches of the Social are split into male, female and gender neutral – all of which contain accessible cubicles. There are shared handwashing facilities in each arch – they have soap dispensers under the mirrors to your left and dryers to the right. There are separate handwashing facilities inside the accessible cubicles.

There are additional single-room accessible toilets located in both Hall Foyers, at stalls and circle level.

There are additional single-room accessible toilets located in the Warehouse Foyer.

You do not need a key to use the accessible toilets at Aviva Studios.

Assistance dogs are welcome in our building, and we can provide mats and water bowls on request, just ask a host when you arrive. We can also take care of your assistance dog if you do not want to take your dog into the performance space. Please also refer to our assistance dogs policy.

If you are bringing an assistance dog to a ticketed event, please let us know in advance by contacting access@factoryinternational.org or calling our access phone number: 0161 817 4531 (phone lines are open 10am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday).