Festivals

Local and national festivals are an effective way to engage new audiences and collaborate with other cultural institutions and partners.

The Rylands participates in a range of festivals including:

• University initiatives such as the Communities Festival
• Local festivals Muslim Arts and Culture, Manchester Histories, Festival of Libraries and Manchester Science Festival.
• National festivals like Being Human. 

We have relationships with festival teams and citywide cultural partners and can help you to develop and submit a proposal for festival events. If you are interested in participating in a festival to highlight your research using Rylands collections, please get in touch with the EPER team to discuss your idea and see how the Rylands can support your event.

Learn about our varied public events programme.

Further information about engagement at the University of Manchester.