Artist and DJ Samuel Kerridge

Manchester author and poet Lemn Sissay

Manchester author and musician Dave Haslam

Manchester sound artist Vicky Clarke

Literature reading event at DAF

'Didsbury's Got Talent' festival event winners

WELCOME TO DIDSBURY ARTS FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 24 JUNE – to – SUNDAY 02 JULY 2023

Didsbury Arts Festival (DAF) is an exciting contemporary festival of art and creativity, where everyone is welcome.

Join us for a rich programme of Music, Film, Theatre, Visual Art, Exhibitions, Spoken Word and more - delivered through Events, Performances, Workshops, Immersive Experiences and Community Engagement - whilst also having the opportunity to become an artist yourself and learn about creative careers.

For our 2023 festival we celebrate the theme Your Festival : Your Voice, and we have used the public feedback from our community consultation process to influence our programming and ensure that the next festival will truly be 'a people's festival'.

We want all ages to find something inspiring and enjoyable, and events will take place over 9-days, in the daytime and evenings, with both indoor and outdoor events throughout our partner venues in and around Didsbury.

Furthermore, we have reimagined the festival to be a diverse and artistically challenging event, relevant to audiences of all cultures, ages, and backgrounds, in Greater Manchester and beyond.

All of this is made possible thanks to the support and collaboration of our partners, sponsors, funders, donors, volunteers, artists and of course YOU - our audience and our inspiration!

DAF 2023 : YOUR FESTIVAL : YOUR VOICE

DAF 2023 Call Out

CALL-OUT

APPLY TO PERFORM, EXHIBIT, OR HOST AN EVENT

Are you an Artist, Musician, Creative?

Click here to submit your idea for an Event, Performance or Activity that could become part of Didsbury Arts Festival 2023! All art-forms, genres and content ideas are welcome, both small and large scale.

VOLUNTEERING

APPLY TO BE A FESTIVAL ASSISTANT / VOLUNTEER

Would you like to get involved and become a Festival Volunteer or Festival Assistant?

Click here to submit your details and we’ll get back to you with further information.

DAF 2023 Volunteering
Rod - New DAF Director

INTRODUCING OUR NEW DIRECTOR

Creative Producer and Arts and Events specialist, Rodney Adams, looks forward to his latest challenge as the new Director of Didsbury Arts Festival. We catch up with Rod, to learn a bit about his journey and what he has in store for DAF 2023.

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WATCH AGAIN: our summer of art events recorded online, available free on-demand.

We presented a summer of art including Manchester poets Mike Garry and Afshan D'souza-Lodhi. A studio tour with portrait artist Clae Eastgate who has been painting the UK's finest female poets, sound artist extraordinaire Vicky Clarke and an in-depth look at the artistic influences in Marvel Comic illustration from the 1970s and 80s by UK collector Stephen Josland.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH

 

DAF Video Trailer

Let's get warmed up for DAF2023!

Past Festivals

Watch this short film that shows the highlights of some of our past festivals since 2009