Festival Of Libraries in various venues
Creative Tourist
Festival Of Libraries is a five-day multi-venue celebration of Greater Manchester’s libraries, returning in 2025 from 4 to 8 June.
Taking place in and organised by the UNESCO Manchester City Of Literature, the Festival Of Libraries is “a joyful celebration of the role that Greater Manchester’s 133 libraries play in wellbeing, culture, creativity and more”.
Last year, the festival was opened with a performance by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his band LYR (Land Yacht Regatta), who unveiled a new song, ‘The Enlightenment’, commissioned by Festival of Libraries and paying tribute to the transformational powers that lie within the walls of libraries.
More celebrations come with the annual Inspired By Libraries series, featuring a host of ‘in conversation’ events with the likes of Children’s Laureate Joseph Coehlo, actors Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake, and musician and spoken word artist Antony Szmierek at Manchester Poetry Library.
We’ll have more about what’s on at this year’s Festival of Libraries – the fifth – soon. In the meantime, check out our guide to Libraries in Manchester.