MANCHESTER SCIENCE FESTIVAL
Manchester Science Festival is back from Friday 18th – Sunday 27th October 2024.
Explore the extremes of nature, human capability and creativity through entertaining events, immersive performances, family fun and hands-on activities across 10 days of inspiring experiences.
Find out more about the festival here:
Manchester Science Festival | Science and Industry Museum
About Manchester Science Festival -
Manchester Science Festival is a biennial event produced by the Science and Industry Museum. The festival promises 10 days of scientific celebration, hands-on exploration, family fun and after-hours events.
Highlights include:
- Dive inside the human brain and discover how smartphones, apps and media technologies impact our lives, as you journey through new immersive experience, State of Mind, designed and developed by pioneering light, sound and technology artists, Squidsoup.
- Join computer scientist, Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, and the UK Space Agency's Head of Space Exploration, Libby Jackson, as they kick start the festival with a guest curated weekend of adult-only evening events.
- Be terrified and enchanted by artist Tim Davies' Arachnobot, a world-first giant spider puppet, as it wanders Manchester Arndale ahead of Halloween in the City.
- Get hands-on with the extremes of space, strength and sports in activity zones packed full of interactive activities for all ages.
- Enjoy a diverse range of co-produced events and showcases developed as part of our City Sparks community partnership programme.
- Plus, unravel the elusive relationship between the brain and body as the findings of a major international online study, delivered in collaboration with researchers at Western University, Canada, are revealed as part of the Festival programme.
Full details of this year's programme will be revealed in September.
Key Information
Festival dates: Friday 18 – Sunday 27 October
Social channels for MSF:
Twitter: @mcrscifest
Facebook: @manchestersciencefestival
Social channels for the Science and Industry Museum:
Twitter: @sim_manchester
Facebook: @scienceandindustrymuseum
Instagram: @scienceandindustrymuseum