Manchester

Manchester Craft Beer Festival, Manchester's only city-wide beer festival, allows you to explore Manchester's thriving artisanal beer scene, alongside food, art and music.

The much-loved Parklife music festival takes place in Heaton Park every June! Prepare for two days of vibrant energy, showcasing over 200 live acts and DJs from around the world. It's a dance and electronic music extravaganza, but there's also plenty for pop and hip-hop fans to enjoy.

With a love of stories and childhood escapades at its heart, Just So Festival enables families to step out of their day to day lives and into a wonderland of world class literature, arts, theatre, dance, music, comedy and creative pursuits together. Underpinned by the Carnival of the Animals, the most bonkers competition in the land, it takes audiences (from bumps to great grandparents) on a unique expedition of mischief and mayhem, to lands full of magical midnight feasts, curious creatures, raucous pillow fights, hidden retreats, top notch food, drink and boutique camping options and breathtaking beauty.

Every winter holiday season, get ready to enter the mesmerising, fantastical worlds, bursting with colour and brimming with animal-inspired illuminations and traditional festive scenes. It's an experience that will leave you with that cosy, warm glow inside. Colourful Butterfly Garden, the authentic allure of Nordic markets, twinkling Christmas trees and a magical ice kingdom — all uniting with our favourite animal lanterns from Christmases past.