Manchester International Festival
| Manchester International Festival | |
|---|---|
The 2013 Manchester International Festival pavilion at night in Albert Square | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Festival |
| Dates | July (dates vary) |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| Venue | Multiple across Manchester |
| Location(s) | Manchester, UK (office: Blackfriars House, Parsonage, Manchester M3 2JA) |
| Coordinates | 53°29′0.4413″N 02°14′52.0985″W / 53.483455917°N 2.247805139°W |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Years active | 17 |
| Inaugurated | 2007 |
| Founder | Alex Poots (Manchester City Council) |
| Previous event | 29 June – 16 July 2023 |
| Next event | 2025 |
| Attendance | 325,000 (2023) |
| Area | International |
| Budget | £12 m for 2015 festival * £2.5 m Manchester City Council * £1.4 m Arts Council England |
| Leader | John McGrath (Artistic Director) |
| Filing status | Registered charity |
| People | John McGrath (Artistic Director and Chief Executive) Randel Bryan (Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive) Sheena Wrigley (Venue Director) Mark Ball (Creative Director) Hannah Cork (Finance Director) Matthias von Hartz (Artistic Advisor: AA) Mary Anne Hobbs (AA) Michael Morris (AA) Hans Ulrich Obrist (AA) Peter Saville (AA) |
| Member | Tom Bloxham (Board Chairman) Maria Balshaw (Board Member:BM) Richard Bell (BM) Howard Bernstein (BM) Alan Bishop (BM) Jeremy Deller (BM) Jamil Khalil (BM) Amy Lawrence (BM) Faz Barber (BM) Chris Oglesby (BM) Richard Paver (BM) Malcolm Press (BM) Cllr.Luthfur Rahman (BM) Kully Thiarai (BM) Cathryn Wright (BM) Jeanette Winterson (BM) Ngozi Ugochukwu (BM) Jo Whitfield (BM) Gary Neville (BM) Grace Ladoja (BM) Ibrahim Mahama (BM) Shaminder Nahal (BM) |
| Sponsor | Various |
| Website | factoryinternational.org |
The Manchester International Festival is a biennial international arts festival, with a specific focus on original new work, held in the English city of Manchester and run by Factory International. The festival is a biennial event, first taking place in June–July 2007, and subsequently recurring in the summers of 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 with the most recent event taking place in the summer of 2023. The organisation was originally based in Blackfriars House, adjacent to Blackfriars Bridge but it has since moved to a new £110 million new home, Factory International in 2023.