CELEBRATION DAY

TEASERS

There is something for everyone, including our pre-festival Trailblazer, and here are a few ideas of different events you might enjoy.

Manchester Histories Festival Trailblazer Event Landscapes of Identity

11am – 4.45pm, Wed 18 May

National Football Museum £6.50 (£4)

As the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Manchester bombing approaches, Manchester School of Art, Manchester School of Architecture, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Histories Festival and the National Football Museum present an event to discuss and explore the changes in the City’s historical, physical and cultural characteristics and the roles of heritage, design, art and culture in shaping its future identity.

Book at https://loi16.eventbrite.co.uk Making Manchester

9am – 5.30pm, Fri 3 – Fri 10 June (not Sat & Sun)

Manchester Technology Centre FREE

This exhibition by Manchester Modernists recreates the never-to-be-built visions of 1960s Manchester, including highways in the sky, elevated walkways, monorails and moving pavements.

M-HISTORIES WEEKENDER

Fri & Sat 3 & 4 June

Coffee Nubia FREE

The second edition of M-HISTORIES WEEKENDER celebrating Moss Side’s international heritage through a wonderful programme of exhibitions, events and activities.

For times and full details, check the MHF website

Queer Noise: The Hidden History of LGBT Music in Manchester

8pm, Fri 3 June

Band on the Wall FREE but booking required

A lively presentation exploring how queer music and club culture in Manchester helped to redefine attitudes to sexuality across the city and beyond, including rarely seen images and footage.

Book at www.bandonthewall.org

Destination Ireland

6.30pm, Sun 5 June

Irish World Heritage Centre £3 (£1.50)

Collating documentary and private film footage held in the North West Film Archive, these exciting short films explore the diversity of journeys between Manchester and Ireland across the 20th century.

Book at www.iwhc.com or 0161 205 4007

An Audience with FA Cup Heroes at the Manchester United Museum

6pm – 8pm, Wed 8 June

Manchester United Museum £5

An after-hours tour of the Manchester United Museum and the chance to pose your questions to FA Cup winners Arthur Albiston and Lee Martin. Find out more about United’s rich history.

Book at museum.enquiries@ manutd.co.uk

CELEBRATION DAY

Saturday 11 June 10.30am – 4.00pm Manchester Town Hall & Manchester Central Library

MHF’s Celebration Day provides a focus for the festival bringing together histories and heritage groups from across Greater Manchester and providing a wide range of activities to entertain, inform, challenge and engage all ages. Nearly 90 exhibitors will be present in Manchester Town Hall including the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre, Back on Track, Co-operative Archives, Greater Manchester Fire Museum, Jodrell Bank and Wood Street Mission. Join in with Snapshot our real time and digital treasure hunt suitable for all ages; listen to the Manchester Beethoven Orchestra and Manchester Community Choir; take part in a panel discussion about the histories of homelessness; practice your sketching skills in our Sketch Your Street workshop; find out what links lifeboats and the RNLI have with Greater Manchester; or take a heritage bus ride. Free talks and film screenings will take place in the Town Hall and Central Library including the founding of the 1001 Inventions exhibition started in Manchester; journalist Dean Kirby reveals the stories of Angel Meadow; or find out why the ice cream cone was created by Italian ice cream makers in Manchester.

For full listings of Celebration Day events and how to book, please go to the MHF website or call 0161 306 1982.