Manchester International Festival, the biennial celebration of music, arts and culture returned to Albert Square for its seventh anniversary earlier this month – here MM brings you the highlights…

The Manchester International Festival returns this year and with it brings a whole host of artists, films and exhibitions.

Manchester International Festival returns this July and will be bigger than ever: the 18-day festival welcoming projects from stars including Idris Elba, Skepta, David Lynch and Yoko Ono.

Liam Gallagher has been announced to play at Parklife – and he’s already claiming the festival will be ‘biblical’.

Don’t ask Skepta if Grime is having a resurgence. In a recent interview with Timeout London, the Tottenham MC made his thoughts on that statement pretty clear.

After stepping off an eight hour flight from New York to Manchester, grime MC Skepta kicked back to sit comfortably on the Red Bull music tour sofa with journalist Hattie Collins.