Festival event

The ReUnion – Age Without Limits Day (10 June)

Join this free event in celebration of Age Without Limits Day!

Following on from successful performances at prestigious venues including Manchester (Royal Exchange Theatre), Oldham, Chester - You are invited to join Annette, Enid, Joan, Kinisha Yvonne (the cast) for this extra special performance. 

Horizons Festival 2026 – 12 June & 13 June

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.

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

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.

Various Manchester venues

Youth Charter Race for Peace 2026

Youth Charter Race for Peace invites communities to participate in Race for Peace 2026, an event that promotes peace, unity and community through sport, community leadership and education. 

Race for Peace 2026 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Soweto uprisings in South Africa in 1976 recognising the historic role of young people in the struggle for equality and educational opportunity.

Moss Side Park, 140 Raby St, Manchester M14 4SL.

Inspire Fest 2026 - 4 July

Tales to Inspire warmly invites you to attend Inspire Fest, a one-day immersion into the heart of the UK's changemakers. This isn’t a corporate conference; it’s a gathering of humans from all walks of life who refused to stay silent, stay small and chose to make a difference instead, in their lives and in their communities. 

Leave the negativity at the door and join Tales to Inspire in the heart of Manchester for a day that will prove, once and for all, that hope is alive and well.

Four Pillars of Inspiration

Tales to Inspire: Inspire Fest 2026

Are you tired of the headlines? It’s easy to look at the news and wonder if there is any good left out there. We’re told the world is divided, but here at Tales to Inspire, we know a different story.

Welcome to Inspire Fest, a one-day immersion into the heart of the UK's changemakers. This isn’t a corporate conference; it’s a gathering of humans from all walks of life who refused to stay silent, stay small and chose to make a difference instead, in their lives and in their communities. 

Bridge 5 Mill, Manchester, M4 7HR

We All Grow Together Naturally: Free organic gardening workshops

Join Ryder Brow Community Allotment Society for free organic gardening workshops throughout 2026.

When: Saturdays or Sundays from 30 May 2026 to 19 October 2026

Time: 10am - 12pm

Venue: Ryder Brow Community Allotment Society, Far Lane, Gorton, M18 7FF

Ryder Brow Community Allotment Society, Far Lane, Gorton, M18 7FF

Cracking Good Food: Carnival Cook-Up fundraiser

On Tuesday 2nd June, the fundraiser Carnival Cook-Up! is taking over Manchester as we (Cracking Good Food) head back to the fantastic venue, Freight Island. Take your team away from their desks as they don their aprons, network with fellow foodies and feel the electric buzz of social good!

We absolutely smashed our targets last year and this time we have the ambitious task of 2,000 meals in 1 day, are your team up to the challenge?

Freight Island, 11 Baring Street, Manchester, M1 2PZ

Manchester Outdoor Education Trust (MOET) Film Night

Manchester Outdoor Education Trust  (MOET) is a charity which aims to increase the opportunities for Children and Young People to access the outdoors and learn through participation in outdoor adventurous activities. We do this by working with delivery partners, youth groups and the education sector and try to influence decision makers.   We use funds to support training and develop skills of teachers and youth workers. 

Withington Public Hall Institute, Manchester, M20 3ED