Our next festival will be in June 2021 and we look forward to bringing you an exciting and creative range of events, exhibitions and performances.   In 2019 the  festival attracted over 10,000 visitors and enjoyed strong support from local businesses, community groups, venues and patrons.  We wish to thank our audience...

While legendary chanteuse, Edith Piaf, is celebrated as one of France's biggest international stars, much of her life is shrouded in mystery. To shed light on the Parisian Sparrow, DAF showcases an intriguing evening, with a talk by musician and lecturer Derek Blyth, accompanied by Didsbury-based songbird, Jill Taylor. Those who attended DAF two ye...

Get ready for Afro-Cuban rhythms in the park One of the highlights of DAF 2019 will be the Curious Picnic in Didsbury Park with music by the unmissable ZunZun. The band plays Afro-Cuban music – get ready to rumba! 'We play a range of rhythms such as macuta, bata, palo, yuka and rumba. They all have dances associated with them,' said ZunZun band mem...

Blog post   The Child Who Spoke With Her Eyes, Sue Stern  I'm delighted to be presenting once again at the wonderful Didsbury Arts Festival. This time I shall talk about The Child Who Spoke With Her Eyes, my recently published 1960s/70s memoir of Vanessa, our beautiful, charismatic daughter. She was profoundly disabled by cerebral palsy b...

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After a number of years organising and delivering the community lantern parade, DAF will be taking a step back this year as we look towards the planning future festivals. Thank you to everyone who has supported, attended or participated in the parade in the past. We look forward to working with community groups and to being able to support a f...