Celebrate Festival Whalley Range

05/05/2026

03/05/2026

Tomorrow! We are back at JNR8 - and on top of our arts&crafts, face painting, story telling, inflatables, bubble performers and health and wellbeing area we also have an amazing line up of musicians, singers and poets for live performances 🙌

Look out for 🎙️
voice.choir

01/05/2026

The Celebrate programme is here!! 🌞🕊️🌻
https://www.whalleyrange.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Celebrate-programme-2026-FINAL.pdf

28/04/2026

Arts and creativity are a huge part of Celebrate Festival so here are some snaps from recent workshops. We always have a programme of pre event sessions in the lead up to the day where artists work with local community groups, schools and organisations. We are lucky to work with some fantastic artists on this, here you can see images from banner making with silk dying with and cyanotype printing with . They worked with Time to Change, WRYOA Girls Group, Leg Up, WR Women's Group and local schools. We'll be hosting another crafting session open to all this Friday at Manley Park with - more details soon!

23/04/2026

This year we are back on May 4th in the beautiful grounds of JNR8, Manley Park Methodist Church and Montessori House with live music, arts and crafts, health and wellbeing area, storytelling, inflatables, community stalls bubble performers and delicious food stalls. There are free activities for all ages so being the whole family with you!

21/04/2026

Getting ready for May 4th by looking over some of our photos from last year's Celebrate activities!

This year we are at JNR8 and will be bringing stalls, music, health and wellbeing area, arts and crafts tent as well as pop activities for all ages to brighten up your bank holiday Monday 🌻

17/04/2026

Watch out for updates about what you can expect at our fantastic festival on May 4th: this year is the 29th year since the first Celebrate event!!

We still have opportunities for people to volunteer at Celebrate including:
Putting up and delivering flyers
Helping to set up on the day
Welcoming people at the gate Giving out programmes and volunteer’s food...
Get in touch to find out more:
[email protected]

14/04/2026

This year's festival coordinator is supportied by !

Lucy - I’m a live events professional with over 10 years of experience managing venues that host all kinds of creative entertainment, from live bands, dance productions to radio sessions.

For the past couple of years I’ve been freelancing across all sorts of event roles - I love getting stuck in wherever I’m needed and helping make things happen behind the scenes.

I’ve called Whalley Range home for nearly four years and really enjoy being part of the local community. By day, I run the kitchen at , serving up fresh, organic dishes in one of South Manchester’s most loved community spaces.

I’m also a keen volunteer with , volunteer coordinator for and now I’m super excited to be part of this year’s Celebrate!

Jess - I was the festival coordinator for last year and am glad to be doing it again! I live in Whalley Range and both my kids go to school here. I'm an event producer who has worked mainly across festivals and venues in music, arts, heritage and food. Being part of Celebrate has helped me connect with my community more deeply and I'm excited to share what we've been working on for this year!

Come see what's happening on May 4th 🌱

26/03/2026