Horizons Festival 2026 – Celebrating the Arts and Global Heritage in Greater Manchester

Date & time: 12 June 2026, 1:00pm - 13 June 2026, 3:15pm
Venue
Various Manchester venues

Horizons Festival is a free 2-day global arts festival in the heart of Manchester. A summer weekend packed with shows, live music events, creative family activities, global cinema, workshops, standup comedy and pressing discussions.

Taking place as part of Refugee Week, the programme centres stories of Mancunian artists and communities with global stories. Each year, Horizons curators seek out new artistic voices from Greater Manchester to bring local contemporary stories of migration to the public through new creative work. By honouring these layered histories and commissioning artists to shape their own narratives, Horizons celebrates migration not only as movement, but as a unique personal story and relationship to belonging, resilience, and creative practice.

Horizons Festival is curated by HOME and Community Arts North West (CAN) in collaboration with the Arts & Migration Group and is proudly supported by The Evan Cornish Foundation.

Come along and join in with our city’s long-held tradition of celebrating international cultures and creativity.

Cost
Free
Provider
Community Arts North West & Home Mcr
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