An epic cultural journey across Europe by Little Amal, a 3.5-metre puppet of a nine-year-old refugee girl, culminating in a finale event in Manchester.

A mass participatory public realm dance work created by choreographer Boris Charmatz for the opening of MIF21.

A secret adrenalin-fuelled rave experience by Mr Wilson’s Second Liners.

A temporary brewery and public toilet pub in a secret location for MIF19, created by Tokyo art collective Chim↑Pom.

A stirring theatrical and musical immersion into the sound and identity of singer Nico, co-created by Maxine Peake and Sarah Frankcom.

An anarchic street theatre extravaganza, bursting with colour and sound and rallying impromptu raves on street corners.

A unique gig/theatre hybrid industrial music drama created by Jane Horrocks, Nick Vivian and Wrangler for Manchester International Festival 2017.

Turner Prize-nominated artist Phil Collins returns a Soviet-era statue of Friedrich Engels to the city where he made his name in an extraordinary live film event.

A new initiative offering residents the opportunity to present their very own micro-international festival in their home for local community members.

One of the UK’s leading multi-arts festivals, programming and commissioning artists across music, comedy, visual arts, performance and more.

A dance competition which honours the culture of the street dance community, encouraging dancers to go head to head with each other in tag-team and two-man battles.

A new commission for MIF15 working with Brooklyn-based Flex dance pioneer Reggie ‘Regg Roc’ Gray and a specially assembled team of dancers from New York and Manchester.

Fourteen days and nights of theatre, music, film, cooking, exhibitions and opinion-gathering – produced and managed by young people.